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WS More or Less: Counting Crowds
How many went to celebrate – and how many to protest – the Trump inauguration?
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
WS More or Less: Why January makes us want to scream
Blue Monday and Oxfam’s comparison wealth of billionaires and the poor –the stories that come around every year.
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
WS More or Less: Christian Martyrs
Were 90,000 Christians killed because of their faith in 2016?
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
WS More or Less: Should we really be drinking eight glasses of water a day?
How much water should you be drinking? There’s some age-old advice that suggests you should be drinking eight ounces (230 ml) eight times a day. Some people even advise you should be drinking this on…
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
WS More or Less: Does Sweden Really Have a Six Hour Day?
There have been reports that those radical Swedes have decided to reduce the working day to just six hours because, it has been claimed, productivity does not suffer. Before you all rush to the Swedi…
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
The Haber-Bosch Process
Saving lives with thin air - by taking nitrogen from the air to make fertiliser
Published on 9 years ago
WS More or Less: Life, death and data
Improving data to target help to the poorest people
Published on 9 years ago
Christmas Quiz
Tim Harford poses a tough statistical challenge
Published on 9 years ago
WS More or Less: Yellow cards for Christmas
Are footballers trying to get suspended for Christmas?
Published on 9 years ago
Have more famous people died this year?
Notable deaths, Rule Britannia and creating your own Christmas speech
Published on 9 years ago