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Is AI telling lies with Dr Jessica Bloom (399)
Season 7 Episode 36
Dr Karl interviews Dr Bloom in NYC on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. If AI delivers misinformation, how could we tell?
Dr. Karl
1 year, 9 months ago
The G's of AI with Dr Jessica Bloom (398)
Season 7 Episode 35
At the moment there are two G's in AI. Dr Karl gets the 360 tour of both with Dr Jessica Bloom in New York City.
DrKarl
1 year, 9 months ago
Women who Measured the Stars with Dava Sobel
Season 7 Episode 34
Edwin Hubble is world famous. What about Henrietta Swan Leavitt? She found a way to measure and classify the universe. In Dava's book "The Glass Univ…
1 year, 10 months ago
Meet the Incretins with Dr Fuller (397)
Season 7 Episode 38
There is a family of chemicals that has drug companies popping corks. Obesity researcher Dr Nick Fuller explains to Dr Karl how they work and why the…
1 year, 11 months ago
Sport+Maths 2 with Dr Tom Crawford (393)
Season 7 Episode 28
Dr Tom Crawford explains to Dr Karl how using fluid density might improve your sporting performance. Listen out for duelling and marathon running ref…
1 year, 11 months ago
Sport Maths with Dr Tom Crawford (392)
Season 7 Episode 27
Playing sport on a rotating planet has advantages. Dr Tom Crawford gives Dr Karl tips on using Maths to score more goals and break records.
TomRocksM…
1 year, 11 months ago
Blinking Stars with Dr Kirsten Banks (393)
Season 7 Episode 26
When degenerate electrons meet 0.47 of a solar mass what happens? This is the start of Dr Kirsten Banks' PhD thesis. Dr Karl investigates the secret …
2 years ago
Avian Ancestry with Professor Simon Ho (390)
Season 7 Episode 25
The bird family tree may need pruning. Geneticists have made new connections that take us back to the great extinction event. Professor Ho explains t…
2 years ago
Dunkelflaute with Dr Barnes (391)
Season 7 Episode 24
Dr Karl learns a new German word 'dunkelflaute'. Rare in Australia yet it plays havoc in colder countries. Yet another reason why atomic reactors are…
2 years ago
Nuclear free Net Zero with Dr Rosie Barnes (390)
Season 7 Episode 23
Under current net zero plans, local renewables should directly supply 75% of our energy needs. What about the remainder? Dr Karl consults an engineer…
2 years ago