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31 October 2019: An AI masters the video game StarCraft II, and measuring arthropod abundance
This week, a computer beats the best human players in StarCraft II, and a huge study of insects and other arthropods.
In this episode:
00:45 Learning t…
6 years, 11 months ago
Podcast Extra: Detecting gravitational waves
As part of Nature's 150th anniversary celebrations, we look back at an important moment in the history of science.
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6 years, 11 months ago
24 October 2019: Quantum supremacy and ancient mammals
This week, a milestone in quantum computing, and rethinking early mammals.
In this episode:
00:43 A quantum computing milestone
A quantum computer is re…
6 years, 11 months ago
17 October 2019: Mapping childhood mortality, and evolving ‘de novo’ genes
This week, investigating child mortality rates at a local level, and building genes from non-coding DNA.
In this episode:
00:43 A regional view of chil…
6 years, 11 months ago
10 October 2019: Estimating earthquake risk, and difficulties for deep-learning
This week, a method for predicting follow-up earthquakes, and the issues with deep learning systems in AI.
In this episode:
00:47 Which is the big quak…
6 years, 11 months ago
Podcast Extra: Q&A with Nobel Prize winner John B Goodenough
In this Podcast Extra, we speak to John B Goodenough, from the University of Texas at Austin, in the US. Today, John was announced as one of the join…
6 years, 11 months ago
Podcast Extra: Q&A with Nobel Prize winner Didier Queloz
In this Podcast Extra, we speak to physicist Didier Queloz, who was announced today as one of the joint winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. S…
6 years, 11 months ago
03 October 2019: Leapfrogging speciation, and migrating mosquitoes
This week, how new species may form by sexual imprinting, and a previously unknown way for mosquitoes to migrate.
In this episode:
00:43 New species by…
7 years ago
Nature PastCast, September 1963: Plate tectonics – the unifying theory of Earth sciences
This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCast series, highlighting key mo…
7 years ago
26 September 2019: Mysteries of the ancient mantle, and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
This week, diamond-containing rocks may help uncover secrets of the Earth’s mantle, and a reflection on science since the Hitchhikers Guide to the Ga…
7 years ago