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Back to SearchTHIS Is What You Need To Worry About With The Rise Of AI
Episode 400
Should we really be afraid of AI? Many headline statements from the likes of Anthrophic, OpenAI and even the King are raising alarm bells…
14 hours ago
The Mystery of Childbirth Is Finally Being Unravelled
Episode 399
Some aspects of childbirth have remained surprisingly mysterious - and scientists haven’t been able to agree on what actually kicks off t…
2 days, 16 hours ago
AI Just Solved One of the Hardest Problems in Mathematics
Episode 398
OpenAI says it has just solved one of the hardest problems in mathematics. The Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem has been un…
1 week ago
New Discovery Reveals the Secret Lives of Denisovans
Episode 397
The first evidence has been discovered that Denisovans lived in south-west China. This ancient species of human spent over 100,000 years …
1 week, 1 day ago
The Nepal Disaster: How Climate Change is Reshaping the World
Episode 396
A devastating climate disaster has killed at least 1,200 people in Nepal. A mass of ice and rock came crashing down off the Langtang moun…
2 weeks ago
Scientists Find Best Evidence Yet For Dark Matter
Episode 395
Dark matter particles may have finally been spotted for the first time. LUX-ZEPLIN is the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth - …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Why Humans Like Bigger Breasts - And a New Way to Augment Them
Episode 394
A new technique using a woman’s own fat cells has been used to reconstruct her breast without silicone implants. By injecting her own tis…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
ADHD Is Not a Myth - What the Science Really Says
Episode 393
A controversial TV show has suggested ADHD is a myth - a largely made up condition that is really just a “social construct”. But the scie…
4 weeks ago
Wildfires Changed Human Evolution - Is It Happening Again?
Episode 392
Ancient wildfires may have shaped the course of human evolution. A reconstruction of the environment in East Africa 1.75 million years ag…
1 month ago
New Treatment Saves Children With Terminal Brain Cancer
Episode 391
Brain tumours are the most common and most deadly form of solid tumours in children. But a brand new kind of immunotherapy has shown incr…
1 month, 1 week ago