2026.08.12 – Dr Karl Kruszelnicki – Wednesday’s with Dr Karl

1) Water, Best Way to Drink Drinking water? Surely, you just pour it down your throat? Yes, but the timing counts for a lot. 2) Viruses, Made by AI Yes, it seems that AI was trained in the DNA of many viruses, and was then able to make up a blueprint for a specific type of virus (called a “bacteriophage”, and which infects bacteria). They then used easily available technology to join the various needed molecules together to make an actual chain of DNA, that was also an actual bacteriophage. The AI (called EVO) trained on 17 trillion genes, made 700,000 suggestions, 285 of which were turned into viruses by scientists, and 16 of which made totally functional bacteriophages 3) ICE to EV, lower emissions It’s good for the planet to scrap a new petrol car and buy Electric. Carbon savings from driving EVs are so large that it makes sense to scrap a working petrol car to make the switch