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Nature Podcast

21 June 2018: Pancreatic cancer, silica cages, and AI bias

Nature Podcast

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4.5893 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, pancreatic cancer-related weight loss, tiny silica cages, and bias in Artificial Intelligence algorithms.

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0:00.0

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.

0:11.1

Not a care in the world as you simply lean back and before you know it, you're there.

0:16.7

London to Glasgow from just 46 pounds each way.

0:20.5

Avanti West Coast.

0:22.0

Feel good travel.

0:23.8

Exclusions and limitations apply.

0:25.6

Full terms and conditions can be found at avantiwestcoastcoast.com.

0:28.0

U.K. forward slash plan.

0:36.1

In an experiment, I don't know yet. Why is Blight so far?

0:40.3

Like it sounds so simple.

0:41.3

They had no idea.

0:43.3

But now the data's...

0:44.3

I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.

0:52.3

Nature.

0:53.3

Welcome back to the Nature podcast.

0:58.0

This week we'll be learning about the ethics of AI algorithms

1:02.0

and we'll be finding out about the underlying causes of weight loss in pancreatic cancer.

1:06.0

Plus we'll be hearing about super small, self-assembling silica structures. Sounds super.

1:11.6

Certainly does.

1:13.6

This is the Nature Podcast for the 21st of June 2018.

1:16.6

I'm Charmini Bundell.

1:17.6

And I'm Benjamin Thompson.

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