Is data failing us? - with Grace Huckins

Everywhere you look across the scientific landscape, AI and big data play a vital role. But is that role good or bad? This year’s Nine Dots Prize question looked to tackle just that, and award-winning science journalist and neuroscientist Grace Huckins ’ entry was deemed the most innovative. Grace joins us this month to discuss how AI could be changing the way science operates, and how data has transformed the field of neuroscience specifically. Read an extract from Grace’s winning essay: Producer and presenter: Lia Hale Assistant producer: Poppy Aves Music: Joseph Sandy Ri Science Podcast episodes are released on the last Wednesday of every month, and our new ‘From the Theatre’ episodes are released on the second Wednesday of the month.

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Is data failing us? - with Grace Huckins is an episode from Ri Science Podcast by The Royal Institution.

This episode is 42:49 long.

This episode was published on Aug 26, 2025.

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