Tim Harford is joined by Jacob Goldstein to answer your questions. Does winning the lottery make you unhappy? Is Bitcoin bad for the economy? When does correlation imply causation? And what will ...

Gordon Moore’s famous prediction about computing power must count as one of the most astonishingly accurate forecasts in history. But it may also have been badly misunderstood — in a way that now ...

Cautionary Tales will be LIVE on stage in London 21 May 2024. Tickets are on sale now. Neatly dressed in his suit, Hans Ferdinand Mayer was every inch the unassuming corporate executive. So, ...

If there is a Dog Heaven, what must Bobi be thinking as he gazes down? Bobi’s place in the record books seemed assured when he died in October at the age of 31 years and 165 days — more than two years ...

Gordon Moore’s famous prediction about computing power must count as one of the most astonishingly accurate forecasts in history. But it may also have been badly misunderstood — in a way that now ...

Bonus: When Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526, it was the beginning of the end for the Inca. Their bloody pursuit of gold, fame and fortune was rife with treachery and deceit. Within a few ...

Jasmin Paris is not built like ordinary mortals. Last month she won a moment of fame after completing the Barkley Marathons, a race so brutal that only 19 men have managed to finish in the past 35 ...

Cautionary Tales will be LIVE on stage in London 21 May 2024. Tickets are on sale now. Sam Israel had a problem. The investors in his hedge fund, Bayou Capital, were expecting spectacular returns. Sam ...