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Podcast: Credit rating inequalities, making mosquito music, and better batteries

Published: Feb. 22, 2023, 4:16 p.m.

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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 \\u2013 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 \\u2013 We talk to Professor Tarun Ramadorai about new research that shows how machine learning is exacerbating inequalities in credit ratings \\u2013 and who gets approved for a mortgage.

Sonifying malaria research \\u2013 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 \\u2013 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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