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    The end of the penny.

    Canada has stopped distributing its smallest coin 鈥搕he one cent or the penny.

  2. A case of statistical significance in Greece

    The case of Andreas Georgiou, head of the Greek statistics agency, charged with treason

  3. Fat or Fiction

    A 鈥榥ew鈥� BMI calculation has been proposed by Oxford Mathematician Professor Nick Trefethen

  4. Indian Farmer Suicides

    This week Ruth Alexander is looking at farmer suicides in India

  5. Food waste and Scrabble

    Reports this week suggest that we are wasting 50 per cent of our food globally.

  6. The Parable of the Ox

    Tim Harford tells us about a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition.

  7. The Parable of the Ox

    What the Parable of the Ox can tell us about a bloated and dysfunctional financial system.

  8. Numbers of 2012

    Tim Harford and guests look back at the most surprising statistics of 2012.

  9. Numbers of 2012

    Tim Harford and guests look back at the most surprising statistics of 2012.

  10. Fact-checking US gun-crime statistics

    Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the debate on firearms deaths.

  11. Fact-checking US gun crime statistics

    Tim Harford investigates US gun crime statistics and the average age of first-time buyers.

  12. What is "rare"?

    When we say something is rare what do we mean?

  13. The Census, and what is 'rare'?

    Tim Harford looks at why the estimate for Eastern Europeans coming to the UK was so wrong.

  14. Nigeria鈥檚 GDP revision and Kate and William鈥檚 bab(ies)

    Where does Nigeria's plans to revise their GDP leave our understanding of growth in Africa

  15. Royal twins and the Autumn Statement

    Tim Harford asks what severe morning sickness tells us about the chances of having twins.

  16. How reliable is Kevin Pietersen?

    Assessing the cricketer's performance in the recent test match between England and India.

  17. The art of polling, Kevin Pietersen, stacking lego

    Tim Harford looks at opinion polling, and how high you can stack Lego bricks.

  18. Fergie-time

    Fergie-Time. Do Manchester United really get more added time at the end of matches

  19. Ash Dieback and Fergie-Time

    Tim Harford fells some ash tree related statistics and asks if Fergie-time really exists.

  20. Brain food and bacteria

    Ruth Alexander explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

  21. Polling voodoo? Predicting the US election

    How did Nate Silver predict the outcome of voting in every state in the US elections?

  22. US Convictions

    Do 99.5% of prosecutions in the US end up in convictions as Conrad Black claims?

  23. Predicting L'Aquila Earthquake: is it right to blame the scientists?

    On More or Less this week we look at how the probability of an earthquake is estimated.

  24. Life-saving Economics

    How Nobel prize-winning economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley are helping save lives.

  25. Predicting the global population

    Predicting the global population

  26. Predicting the Presidency

    This week Nate Silver tells us who he thinks will win the 2012 Presidential race.

  27. Plenty more fish in the sea?

    Newspaper headlines claim "Just 100 cod left in the North Sea". Can that be right?

  28. Factchecking America

    We ask - who fact-checks the fact-checkers?

  29. Investigating crime statistics

    Investigating Sweden's high rape rate; and which surprising countries top kidnap league?

  30. Where are all the US Paralympics gold medals?

    Why did the USA top the gold medals league in the Olympics, but not the Paralympics?

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