AI takes weather forecasting by storm, and crabs use aspirin

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Life Sciences, Technology, Health & Fitness, Naked Scientists

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In the News pod, Google DeepMind's weather forecasting AI model outperforms traditional tools. Also, new data from volcanoes on Venus dampen theories it was once a watery world, and is this double action weight loss drug the successor to Ozempic and Mounjaro? Then, we hear the proof that crustaceans can feel pain, and will seek drugs to relieve it... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:04.5	Absolutely genius.
0:05.4	Welcome.
0:06.3	Welcome.
0:07.2	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is...
0:10.5	Discovery is...
0:11.1	...davances.
0:12.1	Research.
0:12.9	Technology.
0:13.7	Unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado.
0:15.6	This is the Naked Scientists.
0:17.9	Hello, welcome to this week's Naked Scientists.
0:20.5	This is the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.
0:25.8	I'm Chris Smith.
0:26.9	Coming up, the new AI system set to transform weather forecasting, we hope.
0:32.3	A Cambridge student rules out a wet young Venus, apparently it's always been a horrible
0:36.9	place to exist. And can crabs
0:39.1	and lobsters feel pain? Scientists show this week they'll take an aspirin to ease discomfort,
0:44.8	so maybe we shouldn't be dumping them in pans of boiling water.
0:47.9	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education, this is The Naked Scientists.
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