Is AI polluting medical literature?

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Dr Chris answers the usual spectrum of science questions from listeners to CapeTalk, including; are sweeteners bad for our cardiovascular health? If a mother has hypoglycemia while pregnant, what happens to the baby? Why did I have cravings during my wife's pregnancy? How does science track dangerous asteroids headed for Earth? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
21 Feb English United Kingdom Science

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