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Podcast: Credit rating inequalities, making mosquito music, and better batteries
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In this edition: How AI has magnified credit disparities, how malaria research was translated into sound, and how batteries can make a better world.
News: Boosting sex drive and sourcing dark energy – We hear about how the hormone kisspeptin can help people with low sex drive, and why black holes may be the source of dark energy.
Magnifying disparities with machine learning – We talk to Professor Tarun Ramadorai about new research that shows how machine learning is exacerbating inequalities in credit ratings – and who gets approved for a mortgage.
Sonifying malaria research – How do you turn data about genetically modified mosquitos and their egg-laying rates into music? Target Malaria scientist Dr Federica Bernardini brought in creative composer Jamie Perera to take up the challenge.
Batteries for a sustainable world – We catch up with Dr Billy Wu to find out the state of battery research, and how more sustainable batteries can help power a fossil-fuel-free world.
Find out more about Sustainability Week at Imperial.
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