About this episode

The episode discusses NASA's Artemis III astronauts, a survey on aliens, a mysterious quantum compass in pigeons, and the world's first AI-designed vaccine tested in humans.

For science news, professor ⁠Jesse Rogerson⁠ joins us with these top stories: NASA announces its Artemis III astronauts⁠; Scientists were surveyed about aliens and their answers were revealing⁠; A mysterious quantum compass may be hiding inside pigeons' livers⁠; and World's first AI‑designed vaccine tested in humans for the first time⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Cooper

Guest: Jesse Rogerson

Topics covered

• NASA
• AI
• vaccine
• science news
• aliens
• quantum compass

Keywords

• NASA
• Artemis III
• AI vaccine
• aliens
• quantum compass
• Jesse Rogerson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

Products: AI‑designed vaccine

Places: pigeons

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