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Nigel Hawkes :: Fri, 13/01/2012 - 16:22

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Percentagewise, it’s a common error

If a price doubles, is it 200 per cent higher? No, it’s 100 per cent higher.

Nigel Hawkes :: Fri, 29/04/2011 - 09:10

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Never let the facts put you off

The British media hasn’t picked up on the tale of Senator Jon Kyl (pictured) who during budget debates in the US Senate earlier this month about the healthcare provider Planned Parent

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed, 30/03/2011 - 17:13

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Disease clusters: chasing after shadows

Clusters of anything – suicides, birth defects, diseases – are a magnet to journalists.

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 17/03/2011 - 17:33

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Would the last thin American turn out the light?

Is obesity in the United States going up, down, or nowhere much at all?

Nigel Hawkes :: Mon, 21/02/2011 - 16:10

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Have a heart!

American cardiologists are aghast at the results of a survey of 1,933 people to measure how many matched all seven co

Nigel Hawkes :: Mon, 24/01/2011 - 15:39

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Searching for happiness around the bend

Is happiness U-shaped? Everywhere but in the US, it seems.
 

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 11/01/2011 - 18:13

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Much ado about New York abortions

Anti-abortion campaigners in New York have recently been shocked by the discovery that 41 per cent of pregnancies in the city end in terminations.

Nigel Hawkes :: Mon, 20/12/2010 - 16:39

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Miscalculating New York City's bedrooms

Statistics can give a story an air of conviction – but they had better be the right ones, as this cautionary

Nigel Hawkes :: Mon, 13/09/2010 - 10:14

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2011 Census: how private?

How private will the results of the 2011 Census be?  Officially, privacy is absolutely guaranteed under the Census Acts of 1920 and 1990.
 

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 21/01/2010 - 13:59

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Getting the needle

More than three quarters of US medical students believe that Western medicine would benefit from integrating more complementary and alternative therapies and ideas.