Is public speaking really our biggest fear?

Tim Harford investigates the claim that public speaking is people’s number one fear.

• 8 mins

Does the Russian government really spend 40% of its budget on the military?

We investigate how much the Russian state is spending on the war in Ukraine.

• 8 mins

What's happening to Arctic ice?

Arctic ice has been in long decline. Do recent fluctuations change the story?

• 9 mins

Bonus episode: Daniel Kahneman on Thinking, Fast and Slow

In an episode of More or Less from 2012, Daniel Kahneman explains his big ideas.

• 9 mins

Remembering Daniel Kahneman

Tim Harford on the great social scientist, who has died at the age of 90

• 8 mins

Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking?

The connection between being alone and an early death

• 8 mins

Tackling The Three-Body Problem

Is the physics in Netflix's new show accurate?

• 8 mins

98%: Is misinformation being spread about a review of trans youth medicine?

Investigating claims that the Cass Review ignored valuable evidence

• 11 mins

Has Milei fixed Argentina’s inflation problem?

What falling inflation means for Milei’s austerity plan and economic “shock” measures

• 8 mins

Do one in five young Americans think the holocaust is a myth?

How problems with opt-in polling can lead to controversial headlines

• 9 mins