Futureproof Gold: How does the brain conjure consciousness?
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20 of 480 episodesCould AI be conscious?
Guests: Charlotte Blease, Philosopher at Uppsala University and author of ‘Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us – and How AI Could Save Lives’ Ke...
Extra: Could base editing lead to designer babies?
Guest: Oliver Bower, Founding Scientist at ‘Preventive’
The fish species with no males
Guests: Ed Ricemeyer, Senior Bioinformatician and Chair of Animal Systems Genomics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Jessamyn Fairfi...
Extra: ET Code of Conduct
Guest: Professor Michael Garrett, Astrophysicist at the University of Manchester and Chair of the International Academy of Astronautics’ SET...
The problem solving powers of bumblebees
Guests: Jussi Kantola, Data Analyst at the University of Oulu Matthew Campbell, Professor of Neurovascular Genetics, Trinity College Dublin...
Extra: Neuroscience and AI
Guest: Rana Gujra, CEO of Behavioural Signals, tech entrepreneur and AI expert
Is sitting down for long periods killing us?
Guests: Dr. Frederick Ho, Senior Lecturer in Public health at the University of Glasgow Laura Hayes, Assistant Professor and Royal Society-R...
Extra: What is Cystinosis?
Guest: Anuj Chauhan, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
Is photographic memory a real thing?
Guests: Gabrielle Principe, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the College of Charleston Jessamyn Fairfield from the University of...
Extra: How VR can improve the health of the elderly
Guest: Martin O’Neill, Lecturer in Population Health Informatics & Statistics at the Atlantic Technological University
The Internet of Animals
Guests: Martin Wikelski, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Andrea Kwakowsky, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & The...
Extra: How Wi-Fi can be used for surveillance
Guest: Felix Morsbach, Privacy and Security Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
What happens when you're struck by lightning?
Guests: Jessamyn Fairfield from NUI Galway, Eoin Murphy Science Communicator, Mary Ann Cooper Managing Director in the African Centres for L...
Extra: Can we cure nightmares?
Guest: Michelle Carr, Director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory at Montreal's Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine and author o...
Before Trees - What Were ‘Prototaxites’?
Guests: Dr. Corentin Loron, Paleobiologist in Trinity College Dublin Dr. Susan Kelleher, Associate Professor of Chemistry in DCU Shane Bergi...
Extra: Was there human sacrifice in ancient Rome?
Guest: Frederic Auth, Doctoral Researcher at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
How does sperm work in outer space?
Guests: Hannah Lyons, Reproduction Researcher in Adelaide University Matthew Campbell from Trinity College Dublin Dr Ruth Freeman from Resea...
Extra: How microbes tackle pollution
Guest: Ludmilla Aristilde, Environmental Engineering Professor at Northwestern University
The Chimpanzee War in Uganda
Guests: John Mitani, Primatologist at the University of Michigan and Co-Founder of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project Laura Hayes, Dublin Institut...