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    The World's Most Profitable Product

    Is the iPhone the most profitable product in history? What are the other contenders?

  2. The World鈥檚 Most Diverse City

    Is it true that London is the most diverse city in the world?

  3. Leicester City football fluke?

    The statistics behind the English Premier League鈥檚 surprise winners

  4. The Most Profitable Product in History

    The most profitable product in history. Can the iPhone claim this accolade?

  5. Simpson鈥檚 Paradox

    We explore how statistics can support two seemingly contradictory results.

  6. EU Migration

    What will happen to migration if the UK leaves the EU?

  7. Most Expensive Building

    How much to build The Great Pyramid, a nuclear power station, or an airport?

  8. Brexit Numbers

    Do the Treasury's Brexit numbers add up?

  9. The Life Expectancy of a Pope

    Statistics show that the Head of the Catholic Church can expect to live to an old age

  10. Celebrity Deaths

    Have more famous people died this year than usual?

  11. The story of average

    How astronomers introduced the world to the average.

  12. Fathers and Babies

    Have only 1 per cent of men taken the option of shared parental leave?

  13. The Great EU Cabbage Myth

    Does the European Union dedicate 26,911 words to cabbage regulation?

  14. The Great EU Cabbage Myth

    Does the European Union dedicate 26,911 words to cabbage regulation?

  15. Safe Drinking

    UK Alcohol guidelines recommend drinking less 鈥� but do the numbers support them?

  16. Mobiles or lightbulbs

    Are there more mobile phones than lightbulbs in Uganda? And thyroid cancer in Fukushima.

  17. Can We Trust Food Surveys?

    The pitfalls of nutrition science - how do really know what people are eating?

  18. Fact checking The Big Short

    Is it true that 鈥渆very one percent unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die"?

  19. Antibiotics and the Problem of the Broken Market

    The world needs new antibiotics so how do we entice big pharmaceuticals back in?

  20. When 拢10,000 isn鈥檛 a good incentive

    Could no prize have been a better way to motivate snooker player Ronnie O鈥橲ullivan?

  21. Fishy numbers?

    Will there be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050?

  22. Selfies, Sugar Daddies and Dodgy Surveys

    Women take selfies for five-and-a-half hours a day. Really? Tim Harford on junk surveys.

  23. Do e-Cigarettes Harm Your Chances of Quitting?

    Should research described as 'misleading; and 'not scientific' have been published?

  24. E-cigarettes: Can They Help People Quit?

    Tim Harford investigates whether e-cigarettes harm people's chances of quitting.

  25. Swedish Refugees

    Have refugees caused a gender imbalance in Sweden's teenage population?

  26. How Harmful Is Alcohol?

    Are there problems with the way we judge the harms from alcohol? Tim Harford finds out.

  27. Oxfam and Wealth Inequality

    Were Oxfam right to compare the wealth of the rich with that of the poor?

  28. Billionaires v the World

    Does it matter that 62 people now own as much wealth as half of the world's population?

  29. Gravitational Waves

    In search of a previously unobserved part of Einstein鈥檚 theory.

  30. Weekend Stroke Deaths

    Jeremy Hunt says if you have a stroke at the weekend, you are 20% more likely to die.

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