(WS) Weight of the world
How fat could the global population become? Plus, Angela Saini considers whether statistics could settle the disputed result of the world title fight between boxers Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
23 Jun 20129min
(WS) Chance encounters
Is the likelihood of bumping into your boss on holiday greater than you think? Angela Saini and the More or Less team assess the probabilities of some of life's great coincidences. This edition of More or Less was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
18 Jun 20129min
Interview with Daniel Kahneman
Tim Harford interviews Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics. The author of Thinking, Fast and Slow describes the common mistakes people make with statistics.
11 Jun 20129min
Counting images of The Queen. (WS)
How many images of Queen Elizabeth II have ever been created? And is Facebook really worth more than twice as much as every company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange?
4 Jun 20129min
Would firing staff 'at will' work? (R4)
Is there any evidence to support the Beecroft Review's recommended changes to employment law? Plus: hard-working Greeks, infidelity, and Ben Goldacre on publication bias.
28 Mai 201224min
The maths of infidelity (WS)
It’s a very commonly-held belief that men are less faithful than women But it takes two to tango. So can this be mathematically possible? And we answer a cry for help from an Australian listener who wants to be “a bit more average”.
25 Mai 20129min
Where are the world hardest workers? (WS)
Earlier in the year we found out that Greeks put in more working hours than Germans. But the Germans are more efficient. So that got us thinking: who works the longest hours in the world?
21 Mai 20129min
Troubled families and unneutered cats. (R4)
Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats.
17 Mai 201227min
