The Science Ear

Stuff about science - that you can hear. From BBC Science Radio's Julian Siddle.

[BBC Science News @BBCScienceNews]

AI - could it be our digital friend?
https://t.co/OdlxK5b5CE

[BBC Free Thinking @BBCFreeThinking]

From @BBCRadio3, @DrMatthewSweet hits you in the gut with a disgusting edition of @BBCFreeThinking with @elsacrichardson,@BrendanMcGeever and @MrMMarsh - but why the bottle of wine? listen to find out https://t.co/mvoIEMs1Kh

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

.@jimmy_wales on bots and #Wikipedia slowdowns. 6G – what we can expect and when, and #computer labs for schoolchildren in rural #Kenya w. @WairimuGitahi
In the #pod: what really happened to @GarethM’s keyfob under that #TV transmitter:
https://t.co/H3egL2qBsb

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

We look at #biometrics this week. We are using fingerprints and #facialrecognition to access our banking, work emails and healthcare systems. But who is in control of our digital identity? With @hare_brain BBC’s Howard Zhang and @alicelthwaite
https://t.co/OruNfJDCUt

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

The app that’s helping spot enemy drones in #Ukriane. Landslides + floods in #Brazil - could the country’s #supercomputers have provided better weather predictions w. @angelicamari? And citizen tech in #Taiwan tackling illegal factories @ShiromaTSilva
https://t.co/mg469UGxB3

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

Computers in self-driving cars could produce similar amounts of greenhouse gases to data centres @MIT @IEEEXplore @soumya_sudhakar. How to fix Brazil’s antisocial media @boomartins @angelicamari and getting South Africa connected @RaniSinghjourno reports:
https://t.co/eXqhKpxK2N

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

Listener Volodymyr Bielikov tells us how he gets #online in #Ukraine during #poweroutages. Also #AI created #avatars undressed + #virtual employees @gboddington @chengevelyn @cnbc + age verification with #AI, reporter @ShiromaTSilva checks out @getyoti
https://t.co/f1uCgVOd0a

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

More than 8m unregistered SIM cards are blocked in Ghana @Thomas_Naadi explains. @mccainlab @meganrexiushall @uscbme @USCViterbi create a #heart attack on a chip to better treat patients + could it be the end of hard copy games? @DJChrisBerrow reports.
https://t.co/bIfE0u1TZg

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

Customers of @ShopeeTH say money missing from bank accounts wo authorisation, company stops bank transfer payments, but say #phishing #scams to blame. #facialrecognition plans dropped in Sao Paulo + #3Dprinted violins for $7USD with @mary_beth_brown.
https://t.co/bd5WhHIs3G

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

This week #robots that can build themselves @MIT Center for Bits & Atoms, war on words on #Wikipedia @ShiromaTSilva reports and #AI used in predicting #suicide - does it work and could it do more harm than good?
https://t.co/2PhRr1NVnn

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

What might happen with #twitter? @billt + what you should do now + @angelicamari on the impact in #Brazil. @dgwbirch analysing #Pixpayments 2 years from launch. What's new in @WhatsApp + could #gaming be good for the #brain? @DJChrisBerrow
https://t.co/oPv5pSbmpP

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

A web programme that allows #Iran authorities to track protestors by changing #network coverage
@samfbiddle @theintercept. Also @Europol on policing the #Metaverse with @EmmaWoollacott + artist @hollyherndon explains the tech behind @hollyplus_ new single
https://t.co/iPb7ylX3kY

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

This week; #Ukraine #missile strikes destroying #power infrastructure cause internet #blackouts @atoker @netblocks. Boom in #mobilemoney #Somalia, getting aid to rural drought hit areas @__TomCollins @AbdinurAliMoh and @billt conjuring up the #metaverse
https://t.co/zhwVAgrHpj

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

Microrobots cure deadly pneumonia in mice @JWangnano @UCSanDiego @NatureMaterials. When + why can #internetshutdowns occur in #India? @SFLCin @MishiChoudhary @EmmaWoollacott and @hfishaay visits the UK's first @NRobotarium
https://t.co/v9VQgvFoc3

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

Can you #inoculate people against #misinfomation? Research in @ScienceAdvances suggests it's possible @roozenbot @Cambridge_Uni @_BGoldberg @Jigsaw explain. Also major #databreaches in #Indonesia with @astudestra and #robotic dogs:
https://t.co/1cBw3QNDMQ

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

This week: @Mimansa_Verma talks #digital #scams in #India, @GBoddington on ultrasound stickers that monitor your body 24/7, and @markmccaughrean @ESA shares what to expect from his upcoming @NASAWebb observations
https://t.co/POiX1pE8W9

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

What to do about #misinformation on the #US #Midterms2022 online? @EmmaWoollacott @Forbes on #Twitter @tiffkhsu @nytimes on #TikTok. @billt on #Facebook handing over messages as evidence and the unintended impact of #satellites with @ritoque3

https://t.co/6ReJimgpB3

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

This week: Can #grassroots #data hold the powerful to account? Crimes #UkraineWar Charlotte Godart @bellingcat @IntelCrab @COUPSURE @vcdgf555. #GUNviolence in #Brazil @Cecillia @fogocruzado @angelicamari. #Eco activism in #China Ma Jun & blue map app.
https://t.co/p3V94EMrB7

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

What’s the deal with the #Metaverse? This week we have @CathyHackl @cb_harvey & our very own @GBoddington in the #studio to discuss what it is and where it’s going. Plus @DJChrisBerrow is in the #Metaverse & reports from @AltspaceVR. #VirtualWorlds
https://t.co/QrDhqPrOHp

[BBC Digital Planet @digitalplanet]

@bbcworldservice Follow us on @digitalplanet and listen on @BBCSounds to hear much more on this story.