Mysteries of Science

Looking for Atlantis

Atlantis. Just saying the name fills you with a sense of adventure. But where is it? And could a city really have sunk without a trace? Michael and Dan go looking for Atlantis with the help of Cinzia and David… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…

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Looking for Atlantis

Atlantis. Just saying the name fills you with a sense of adventure. But where is it? And could a city really have sunk without a trace?
Michael and Dan go looking for Atlantis with the help of Cinzia and David… See omnystudio.com/listener for privac…

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Is your computer smarter than you?

You might have heard of something called AI – which stands for Artificial intelligence. Smart machines have featured in a lot of movies and popped up in the news lately but what is it exactly? How does it work? And could computers become so smart that …

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Is your computer smarter than you?

You might have heard of something called AI – which stands for Artificial intelligence.
Smart machines have featured in a lot of movies and popped up in the news lately but what is it exactly? How does it work? And could computers become so smart that…

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Is luck real?

What’s considered lucky might be different depending on where you live and who you are. But what is luck exactly and does luck actually exist? Or is it just something we’ve made up? Two top professors and famous illusionist Derren Brown tackle whether …

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Is luck real?

What’s considered lucky might be different depending on where you live and who you are. But what is luck exactly and does luck actually exist? Or is it just something we’ve made up?
Two top professors and famous illusionist Derren Brown tackle whether…

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Is time travel possible?

For many of us, what we know about time travel comes from stories, whether those be books, films or TV shows where characters go from the present to the past to the future and then back again. But is it possible to time travel outside the world of fict…

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Is time travel possible?

For many of us, what we know about time travel comes from stories, whether those be books, films or TV shows where characters go from the present to the past to the future and then back again. But is it possible to time travel outside the world of fict…

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Your mysteries answered

Why do flies eat poo? Why, when I touch something, do my atoms not merge with the object? Are we living in a computer simulation? All season we’ve been trying to answer the top mysteries that have baffled scientists for centuries. Now, we’re answering …

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Your mysteries answered

Why do flies eat poo? Why, when I touch something, do my atoms not merge with the object? Are we living in a computer simulation?
All season we’ve been trying to answer the top mysteries that have baffled scientists for centuries. Now, we’re answering…

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