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Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientists, the program that brings you the latest breakthroughs

in science, technology, and medicine.

I'm Chris Smith, and this week, the naked scientists have been to the city of science, Trieste,

to take part in their annual science festival and to speak to some of the researchers who are

pushing back the frontiers of knowledge in this beautiful part of Northeastern Italy

On the way using artificial intelligence to unlock the workings of the universe, but can we trust what it tells us? Halfway up a hillside I stumble on the boat

Marconi used to develop the first telegraph a century ago in England and working from home,

the oceanographer who drives a sea-going drone from a bedroom.

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The coastal city of Trieste is about an hour and a half north of Venice, it's a short drive from the

Croatian and Slovenian borders, and it overlooks the Adriatic Sea. It's dubbed the city of science

because the place is dominated by research institutes and facilities including even

a synchrotron particle accelerator. And where you've got a lot of scientists in one place,

just like in Cambridge, inevitably you need a science festival

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