More or Less: Behind the Stats

On 3 November, millions of people from across the United States turned out to have their say in the midterm elections - a vote which saw many seats flip from red to blue and the Democrats take control of both the Senate and the House for the rest of Donald Trump's presidency.

The extent of the political change came as a surprise to many. While a Democrat victory had be...

French high school students have been on the streets for weeks, blockading schools to demand the government spends more money on education. Their protests have proven the catalyst for a wider movement across Europe, with thousands taking to the streets to protest about issues like the cost of living. Some of the protests have turned violent. But what about the claims abo...

Witches and witchcraft have captivated people for centuries. From the curse tablets of Ancient Greece to the witch of Wookey Hole, belief in magic has long been woven into human culture.

But accusations of witchcraft have also had deadly consequences. Across Europe, tens of thousands of people were investigated, prosecuted and executed during the witch trials that swept...

Terence Tao is widely celebrated as the world’s greatest living mathematician.

He was doing university-level maths at the age of 9, won Gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad at 13 - still the youngest person to have done that - and got his PHD at age 20.

At 31 he won the Fields Medal - somewhat equivalent to a Nobel Prize for pure mathematics. He has now...

Last week, Ukraine launched drone attacks against three data centres owned by Russian tech giant Yandex. After these attacks Yandex announced that they were struggling to maintain their services.

This led to widespread claims that Russian disinformation campaign on social media had been affected, as users produced graphs that they argued showed a dramatic decline in sus...