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Briefing Chat: Top researchers are being misled by sham academic societies

In this episode we discuss a recent Nature exclusive investigating an international constellation of sham academies and societies that have successfully misled some of the world’s leading scientists and universities.Nature: Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star ... Show more

. 12min 50sec

‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel Ply

In this episode, we speak with Hernan Diaz whose most recent novel Ply blends a vision of a dystopian future with questions about selfhood and asks whether advanced physics could be used to unravel the fabric of spacetime itself.Ply Hernan Diaz Picador (2026)Music supplied by SPD ... Show more

. 32min 19sec

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