@BBCScienceClub

The sound of BBC Science.

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Joined October 2012
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AI - could it be our digital friend? bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001ry…

How to Spot Potential - Potential futures - BBC Sounds

How will human potential change in the future?

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Why are some people left-handed and others right-footed? And what about animals - can they be left-flippered or right-pawed? Luckily @CarolineSteel3 is on hand to unpack what's known and unknown about handedness #CrowdScience

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Our #CrowdScience team would like to know, are you...
18%Left handed
76%Right handed
6%Both - ambidextrous
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How efficient are us humans? @amsterdammed pits her energetic self against everything from cars to rabbits to find out how she shapes up 🏃‍♀️🐇🚗 bbc.in/3pjlT36

CrowdScience - Human v machine - BBC Sounds

How efficient are humans?

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‘What is this mysterious force pulling us together?’ @CarolineSteel3 & I are nominated for an @absw award and have a nice photo shoot on the roof of the BBC. 🥰🧲
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From @BBCRadio3, @DrMatthewSweet hits you in the gut with a disgusting edition of @BBCFreeThinking with @elsacrichardson,@BrendanMcGeever and @MrMMarsh - but why the bottle of wine? listen to find out bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mvd…
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Do come and see a recording of The Evidence @bbcworldservice at @explorewellcome in London - Fri 1pm. My panel includes Julia Gillard as we discuss storytelling in research & solastalgia. Part of the brilliant @LBecologies festival. Free tickets here eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-a…

Stories as Evidence (in-venue)

Hear from a panel of experts from around the world as they consider the power of storytelling in science and global health.

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What's a neat little trick with a floating toy boat got to do with MRI scanners? @suziesheehy shows us a really ✨cool✨ application of magnets.
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.@jimmy_wales on bots and #Wikipedia slowdowns. 6G – what we can expect and when, and #computer labs for schoolchildren in rural #Kenya w. @WairimuGitahi In the #pod: what really happened to @GarethM’s keyfob under that #TV transmitter: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Jimmy Wales on bots and blockages

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales speaks to Gareth Mitchell.

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We look at #biometrics this week. We are using fingerprints and #facialrecognition to access our banking, work emails and healthcare systems. But who is in control of our digital identity? With @hare_brain BBC’s Howard Zhang and @alicelthwaite bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Digital identity: Where are we now?

Who owns our data and what do they do with it?

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The app that’s helping spot enemy drones in #Ukriane. Landslides + floods in #Brazil - could the country’s #supercomputers have provided better weather predictions w. @angelicamari? And citizen tech in #Taiwan tackling illegal factories @ShiromaTSilva bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Ukraine’s drone spotting app

Ukrainian’s are using an app to identify drone attacks more quickly and accurately.

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Computers in self-driving cars could produce similar amounts of greenhouse gases to data centres @MIT @IEEEXplore @soumya_sudhakar. How to fix Brazil’s antisocial media @boomartins @angelicamari and getting South Africa connected @RaniSinghjourno reports: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Self-driving cars could be a massive source of global carbon...

Self-driving cars could be a huge source of global carbon emissions says an MIT study.

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Listener Volodymyr Bielikov tells us how he gets #online in #Ukraine during #poweroutages. Also #AI created #avatars undressed + #virtual employees @gboddington @chengevelyn @cnbc + age verification with #AI, reporter @ShiromaTSilva checks out @getyoti bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Getting online in Ukraine’s blackouts

We hear from one of our listeners about how to stay online during a blackout in Ukraine

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More than 8m unregistered SIM cards are blocked in Ghana @Thomas_Naadi explains. @mccainlab @meganrexiushall @uscbme @USCViterbi create a #heart attack on a chip to better treat patients + could it be the end of hard copy games? @DJChrisBerrow reports. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Eight million SIMs blocked in Ghana

More than 8 million unregistered SIM cards have been blocked in Ghana

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Customers of @ShopeeTH say money missing from bank accounts wo authorisation, company stops bank transfer payments, but say #phishing #scams to blame. #facialrecognition plans dropped in Sao Paulo + #3Dprinted violins for $7USD with @mary_beth_brown. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Shopee in Thailand – is it safe?

Shopee in Thailand – is the platform safe to use?

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This week #robots that can build themselves @MIT Center for Bits & Atoms, war on words on #Wikipedia @ShiromaTSilva reports and #AI used in predicting #suicide - does it work and could it do more harm than good? bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Robots that can assemble almost anything.

Robots that can assemble almost anything a step closer.

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What might happen with #twitter? @billt + what you should do now + @angelicamari on the impact in #Brazil. @dgwbirch analysing #Pixpayments 2 years from launch. What's new in @WhatsApp + could #gaming be good for the #brain? @DJChrisBerrow bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Twitter – what next?

What can we expect to happen with Twitter?

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A web programme that allows #Iran authorities to track protestors by changing #network coverage @samfbiddle @theintercept. Also @Europol on policing the #Metaverse with @EmmaWoollacott + artist @hollyherndon explains the tech behind @hollyplus_ new single bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Controlling protesters in Iran via phones

Authorities in Iran are intercepting messages of protestors by reducing network coverage

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This week; #Ukraine #missile strikes destroying #power infrastructure cause internet #blackouts @atoker @netblocks. Boom in #mobilemoney #Somalia, getting aid to rural drought hit areas @__TomCollins @AbdinurAliMoh and @billt conjuring up the #metaverse bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31z…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Internet under attack in Ukraine

Missile attacks are not the only attacks in Ukraine – the Internet is threatened too.

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Microrobots cure deadly pneumonia in mice @JWangnano @UCSanDiego @NatureMaterials. When + why can #internetshutdowns occur in #India? @SFLCin @MishiChoudhary @EmmaWoollacott and @hfishaay visits the UK's first @NRobotarium bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct31y…

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Tiny robots cure mice with deadly pneumonia

Mice cured of deadly pneumonia by tiny swimming robots

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