Episodes
Tuesday Nov 29, 2016
Episode 198 - Learning from robotic blunders
Tuesday Nov 29, 2016
Tuesday Nov 29, 2016
Learning from robotic blunders - how are artificial intelligence can often fail and what we're doing to improve it. Robots can fail at university entrance exams, landing on planets and even navigating daily life. So how do we make them better?
Tuesday Nov 22, 2016
Tuesday Nov 22, 2016
How long would Chicago last in a zombie outbreak? What animal can humans easily detect hidden in a noisy signal? How are frogs adapting to climate change? All this and more in a survival special.
Tuesday Nov 15, 2016
Episode 196 - Bacteria helping humans from Acne to Plastics and antibiotics
Tuesday Nov 15, 2016
Tuesday Nov 15, 2016
Turning bacteria into allies to help with antibiotics, plastics and more. Bacteria that thrive on acne can help us tackle skin disease, other bacteria can help us prey on antibiotic resistant microbes. Plus cracking the structure of plastic forming bacteria.