New ideas in science, technology and medicine arrive at such a breakneck pace that it can be hard to know what to make of it all.

So it helps to have a guide.

I'm Alok Njah, science and technology editor at The Economist and host of our Babbage podcast.

Every week we take a look at the latest discoveries

that are shaping your world. Count me in our lock. That sounds interesting. Ah, Econobot,

it's things like you that we're fascinated by here at Babbage. Maybe you can help me figure out

what to cover next. Well, the advancements in artificial intelligence are a good place to start.

Now, I did think you'd say that. And on Babbage, we do cover chat bots like you and chat

GPT and the large language models you're all based on. These foundation models are bit like

the printing press. And in the long run, it's that importance, I think. How about you look at

cosmology or perhaps genetics?

Well, we do explore breakthrough technologies across science

and speak with Nobel Prize winners like Jennifer Dowdner,

the inventor of the gene editing tool, CRISPR.

Increasingly, we're going to see biological research

having a profound impact on the economy going forward.

OK, Alok, what can we expect next?

You'll find personal stories from those at the sharp end of everything from climate change.

Iraq is suffering from very sharply rising temperatures.

To medicine.

Ketamine was first mentioned to me by a psychiatrist I was seeing,

and I am getting better all the time. There's always more to investigate, so have a listen to Babbage,

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