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Education, Education, Education (and immigration)
Tim Harford investigates migrants and jobs, VAT and private schools, and a hard maths exam
Factchecking claims that 400 churches were burned to the ground in France
Looking into the numbers behind claims of attacks on churches
Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes
Tim Harford investigates migration and housing, Welsh literacy, and bond market drama.
The known unknowns of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The data race to find out how fast Ebola is spreading
Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means?
Tim Harford explores healthy life expectancy, HS2 costs, VAT cuts and his marathon time.
Is the ‘loneliness epidemic’ real?
We investigate if loneliness is increasing at epidemic rates
Are refugees more likely to commit crime?
Asylum seekers and crime, nuclear fish, the Quiet Revival and Sir David Attenborough.
Erdos Problem 1196: Can AI now solve maths that no human can?
How a 23-year-old mathematician used AI to crack an unsolved maths problem
Why it’s wrong to say vaping is as bad for you as smoking
Vaping vs smoking: how the evidence on cancer and other health risks compare
Does it take 15,000 litres of water to produce a kilogram of beef?
How a stat about cows and water is not all it seems
