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Numbers of the year: Part two
Our listeners' favourite numbers of 2024
Do 79% of Swedish asylum seekers go on holiday to the country they fled from?
We investigate a refugee claim that is often being taken out of context.
Can redheads handle 25% more pain than brunettes?
We investigate if people with red hair have a hidden pain-blocking superpower
Did Trump make billions with his meme-coin?
We investigate if the US president’s crypto is really worth tens of billions of dollars.
Are quantum computers already super-powerful?
We investigate what a big claim about the speed of a quantum chip really means.
Are black babies in the US really more likely to die under the care of white doctors?
How baby mortality statistics gave a misleading impression about racism in healthcare
Has the US sent $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza?
Are Hamas bombing Israel with condoms sent by the US?
Are 150 year olds getting social security payments?
Is this ‘the biggest fraud in the whole of history'?
Has the US really given Ukraine more aid than Europe?
Donald Trump says the US has given Ukraine more aid than Europe - what does the data say?
Is there really $500bn of Rare Earths in Ukraine?
Trump wants access to Ukraine’s Rare Earth deposits.
What is an IQ map and can we trust them?
We investigate maps that suggest extremely low average IQs in developing countries
What are the chances of an asteroid hitting earth in 2032?
Why the likelihood of planetary impact changed as asteroid 2024 YR4 approached.
What’s Trump’s problem with Canada?
Does the US subsidise Canada $200 billion a year and why does Trump call them nasty?
Trump tariffs: All about the deficits
Explaining the maths and economics of the US ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
How much is a human life worth?
The Price of Life author Jenny Kleeman on the cost of making and taking a life
The pioneers of proof
Professor Adam Kucharski on his new book, Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty
Are 80% of women really only attracted to 20% of men?
Dispelling an incel myth that featured in the Netflix drama Adolescence
Donald Trump: 100 days fact-check
Working out the reality behind President Trump’s claims on immigration, fentanyl and eggs
Warren Buffett’s brilliant bets
How retiring Berkshire Hathaway boss Warren Buffett made his money and made a point
How dead is the internet?
We investigate the claim that bots make up 50% of internet traffic
Is the UN underestimating the global fall in fertility?
How one graph shows the conservative side of the United Nations’ population estimates
Factchecking the Trump istration’s Autism claims
Why has the rate of autism risen so dramatically in the last 30 years?
