54 min listen
AI research prize and risks, football and lifespan, smart glasses see with sound, most powerful solar storm and killer whale contamination
AI research prize and risks, football and lifespan, smart glasses see with sound, most powerful solar storm and killer whale contamination
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Nov 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Canadian AI researcher wins Herzberg medal, cautions world about his work; Pro football player lifespan depends on the position they play; Killer whale blubber is telling a sad story about pollution; Smart glasses help blind people see with sound; The most powerful solar storm ever struck before it could do much damage.
Released:
Nov 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (27)
Eating fossil fuels, sea stars get a head, Right whale diet, music soothes pain and does biology suggest we lack free will?: Edible fats and oils could be synthesized from fossil fuels; Sea stars lost their tails to get a head; Southern Right whale skin samples helps tell the story of their history and future; Music soothes physical as well as emotional pain; Does biology trump free will? A behavioural scientist argues we have no choice; Quirks listener question — Fires and oxygen. by Quirks and Quarks