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More or Less: Behind the Stats

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Does the Russian government really spend 40% of its budget on the military?

According to the head of the British military, the Russian government spends 40% of its budget on...

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Is public speaking really our biggest fear?

For over 50 years it’s been widely reported that speaking before a group is people’s number one...

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Ultramarathons: Are women faster than men?

As running races get longer, the gap between male and female competitors seems to close. Tim...

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School spending, excess deaths and billions of animals at Heathrow

Is school funding at record levels as the education secretary claimed? Why did the ONS change how...

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NBA basketball: Is height more important than skill?

In the NBA, the US professional basketball league, the average player is a shade over 6ft 6...

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Per capita GDP, MP claims and the entire EU budget

What does per capita GDP tell us about the UK economy? Did the government spend £94bn helping...

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The digital ‘robots’ unlocking medical data

Big medical datasets pose a serious problem. Thousands of patients’ health records are an...

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Debt, students, shark and chips

What is the government’s fiscal rule on the national debt? Are international students stealing...

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The global gender split in young people’s politics

In a surprising new trend, young men and women around the world are dividing by gender on their...

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Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster

Do you really pay more in council tax on a semi in Hartlepool than a mansion in Westminster? How...

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A pocket-size history of the calculator

How was the calculator invented? How did it go from something the size of a table to something...

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Measles, Traitors and the cost of Brexit

Was there really a 5% measles vaccination rate in Birmingham? Has Brexit already cost 6% of the...

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Is Oxfam right about the world’s richest and poorest people?

We investigate Oxfam’s claim that “since 2020, the five richest men in the world have seen their...

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Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

Was Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves wrong about the increase in the price of the weekly...

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Are there more possible games of chess than atoms in the universe?

We investigate how the vast possibilities in a game of chess compare to the vastness of the...

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Life expectancy, inheritance tax and the NHS vs winter

We report on the state of the NHS as it struggles through a double wave of Covid and flu...

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Do we see 10,000 adverts per day?

How many adverts does the average person see in a day? If you search for this question online,...

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Deaths, taxes and missing cats

Did London see a 2500% increase in gun crime? Are taxes in the UK the highest since the 1950s?...

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How much money do the ‘Ndrangheta mafia make?

The ‘Ndrangheta are one of Italy’s biggest and most dangerous criminal gangs. One piece of...

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Numbers of the year 2023

Each year we ask some of our favourite statistically-minded people for their numbers of the year....

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