How a neural network taught itself chess
Tom McGrath describes how the neural network AlphaZero taught itself how to play chess without observing a human game.
3 Jan 20237min
Honeybees: Nature's puzzle solvers
Orit Peleg, Golnar Fard and Francisco López Jiménez explain how honeybees overcome geometric constraints to construct honeycombs.
19 Des 20227min
Cultural identity in sperm whales
Taylor Hersh explores how patterns of clicks produced by sperm whales suggest the exchange of cultural information between the whales.
5 Des 202210min
Tuning into nature's music
Researchers discuss what animal soundscapes can tell us about the health of ecosystems.
14 Nov 202219min
Point sources of methane emission
Daniel Cusworth discusses combining aircraft-based and satellite-based measurement to identify methane emission point sources.
31 Okt 202210min
How climate warming releases ocean methane
Syee Weldeab describes what researchers can learn from ancient global warming about the risks posed by ocean floor methane hydrates.
17 Okt 202210min
U-turn in occupational gender segregation
Ling Zhu and David B. Grusky explore intergenerational factors influencing occupational gender segregation in the United States.
3 Okt 202210min
Activated patients reduce implicit bias
Izzy Gainsburg and Veronica Derricks discuss how patient activation can disrupt implicit bias in physician-patient interactions.
19 Sep 202210min
