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Could an Apple-a-day Reduce Illness?

A study in the British Medical Journal has shown an apple-a-day will actually keep the doctors away, but is it accurate? Plus, Jolyon Jenkins debunks a classic mind-reading trick.

An apple-a-day will actually keep the doctors away, according to a study in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal. It generated headlines around the world. But were the media right to take the story so seriously? Tim interviews one of the study’s authors and critic Paul Marantz.

And, mathemagical mind-reading with Jolyon Jenkins as he reveals the maths behind a classic long-distance mind-reading card trick.

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