The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time.
How Is AI Changing the Science of Prediction?
October 23, 2024
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The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 specialists how they define the concept and you might get 10 answers. In this episode, co-host Janna Levin speaks with evolutionary biologist Kevin de Queiroz about what makes defining and delineating species such a slippery process, and why it matters to our understanding of both evolution and conservation.
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