Malaria bites back, and the lunar base race

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

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In the news podcast, what's causing the uptick in malaria cases in Africa? Also, scientists show statistically that the sex of a baby at birth is not random, and South Korea joins the throng in the race for settling on the Moon. Then, we hear how computer scientists are programming ethical AI to explain its decision making, and, sticking with AI, what are some of the environmentally friendly projects seeking to offset machine learning's vast energy consumption? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:55.1	the biggest breakthroughs and talk to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology
0:59.7	and medicine. I'm Chris Smith and coming up this week, malaria is on the move. Cases are up across
1:06.1	Africa and a cut to US funding is to blame, some are saying.
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