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WS More or Less: Is democracy failing in America? Feb 03, 2017

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Does North Carolina really rank alongside North Korea if you measure electoral integrity

WS More or Less: Counting Crowds Jan 27, 2017

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How many went to celebrate – and how many to protest – the Trump inauguration?

WS More or Less: Why January makes us want to scream Jan 20, 2017

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Blue Monday and Oxfam’s comparison wealth of billionaires and the poor –the stories that come around every year.

WS More or Less: Christian Martyrs Jan 13, 2017

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Were 90,000 Christians killed because of their faith in 2016?

WS More or Less: Should we really be drinking eight glasses of water a day? Jan 06, 2017

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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 top of what you normally drink. There is lots of advice out there but how do you know when you’ve had enough or if you’re drinking too much. With help from Professor Stanley Goldfarb from the University of Pennsylvania, Wesley Stephenson finds out.

(Image: Hand holding a glass of water. Credit: Charlotte Ball/PA Wire)

WS More or Less: Does Sweden Really Have a Six Hour Day? Jan 03, 2017

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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 Swedish job pages this is not quite the case – but there have been trials in Sweden to test whether you can shorten people’s working hours without having an effect on output. Tim Harford talks to our Swedish correspondent Keith Moore about what the trials have found. He also speaks to professor John Pencavel, Emeritus Professor of Economics, at Stanford University, and finds that reducing working hours may not be as radical idea as it first appears. (Photo: A business man carries a black briefcase)

The Haber-Bosch Process Dec 28, 2016

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Saving lives with thin air - by taking nitrogen from the air to make fertiliser

WS More or Less: Life, death and data Dec 26, 2016

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Improving data to target help to the poorest people

Christmas Quiz Dec 23, 2016

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Tim Harford poses a tough statistical challenge

WS More or Less: Yellow cards for Christmas Dec 16, 2016

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Are footballers trying to get suspended for Christmas?