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Discovery

BBC

Science, Technology

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Hannah Fry explores two tales of data and discovery.

A young researcher gains access to a secretive data set and discovers a system causing harm to the very people it is supposed to help.

One day a student makes a discovery which, if true, could shake the intellectual foundations of a global movement, and undermine politicians around the world.

Producer: Lauren Armstrong Carter

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and trust me you'll get there in a moment but if you're a comedy fan
0:05.2	I'd really like to tell you a bit about what we do. I'm Julie Mackenzie and I commission comedy
0:10.1	podcast at the BBC. It's a bit of a dream job really. Comedy is a bit of a dream job really.
0:13.0	Comedy is a fantastic joyous thing to do because really you're making people laugh,
0:18.0	making people's days a bit better, helping them process, all manner of things.
0:22.0	But you know, I also know that comedy is really
0:24.3	subjective and everyone has different tastes. So we've got a huge range of comedy on offer from
0:29.8	satire to silly, shocking to soothing, profound to just general pratting about.
0:35.0	So if you fancy a laugh, find your next comedy at BBC Sounds.
0:40.0	The Global Jigsaw is the podcast Lifting the Language Barrier to show you the world through its media.
0:46.0	Radio Téhane.
0:48.0	We are in the territory of Ukraine.
0:52.0	The Western countries are not the international community. The global jigsoe from the
0:57.2	from the BBC World Service.
0:59.3	Listen now by searching for the explanation
1:01.9	wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
1:04.0	A busy Chicago Hospital, A weary doctor. And before him a patient breathing heavily in
1:18.5	ragged gasps. The doctor has been on shift for 14 hours. He's struggling to think straight.
1:27.0	The patient shows ominous symptoms of a heart attack.
1:32.0	And yet, this could well be a simple case of panic. The doctor must
1:38.9	make a choice. Does he send the patient home with a simple pill to calm them down or summon a
1:47.8	cardiac expert diverting a medic away from other patients who also need their care.
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