Cyberwarfare

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Conflict around the world is no longer simply fought on the ground, in the water or in the air but also in the airwaves. As digital devices pervade our lives, so too do they become both agents of and targets for conflict. To navigate us between the bombs in the bitstreams, we speak with a young student from Ukraine, unpick cyberwarfare within society, tease apart the technicalities, investigate how this changes the rules of conflict, and ask what it means for the future... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
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0:05.0	I'm so genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	advances, research, technology, unbelievable. is where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.
0:23.7	I'm Chris Smith.
0:25.0	This week how strapping lights onto fishing nets can help fishermen avoid catching the
0:28.6	wrong sorts of fish, researchers work out what time of year the dinosaurs died out and the device that
0:34.9	boosts your solar panel power and gives you water for free. Plus we're going to be
0:39.5	discussing cyber warfare Vladimir Putin has repeatedly threatened to unleash disruptive cyber attacks
0:45.1	against a range of target countries.
0:47.2	But what could these comprise and how much damage can he really do?
0:51.6	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. Let's kick off with the news as we always do and overfishing. Now this has had a
1:09.2	major impact over the years on our marine ecosystems.
1:12.5	Apart from depleting fishing stocks, catching unwanted fish,
1:15.5	known as bycatch can disrupt food chains,
1:17.5	it damages the natural world
1:19.0	and it can needlessly further endanger rare species.
1:22.0	However, reducing the amount of bycatch while still
1:25.2	maintaining profitable fishing enterprises has been very difficult. But now, new research is shedding
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