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    Are bad teeth the number one reason kids go to A&E?
    More or Less

    Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week:

    (00:33) Are crumbling teeth the number one reason children attend A&E? We drill down into the dental health of the nation’s kids.

    (08:20) The US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has claimed that a quarter of pharmaceuticals used in the UK come from Israel. We check the facts.

    (13:20) Is former Education Secretary Michael Gove responsible for increasing number of young people not in education, employment or training?

    (20:11) An AI researcher has caused a global firestorm by suggesting there’s more than a 10% chance AI kills all humans within the next decade. We explore the rigorous maths (or lack thereof) behind these kinds of predictions.

    Guests:
    Dr Chris Vernazza - head of the School of Dental Sciences at Newcastle University
    Daisy Christodoulou - Director of Education at No More Marketing
    Dr Alexandru Marcoci - Assistant Professor of Global Risk and Resilience at the University of Cambridge

    Presenter: Tim Harford
    Series Producer: Tom Colls
    Reporter: Lizzy McNeill
    Producers: Nathan Gower, Phoebe Keane
    Editor: Richard Vadon
    Programme Coordinator: Maria Ogundele
    Sound Engineer: Neil Churchill

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