How AI is creating a UK super-museum and revealing our planet's history
The resource is called the Distributed System of Scientific Collections, external (DiSSCo UK). Its body is dark brown to black, long and slightly flattened, with several irregular cream-coloured markings along its wing cases. Fine antennae project from its head, while six slender legs curl beneath its body.
- ▪The resource is called the Distributed System of Scientific Collections, external (DiSSCo UK).
- ▪Its body is dark brown to black, long and slightly flattened, with several irregular cream-coloured markings along its wing cases.
- ▪Fine antennae project from its head, while six slender legs curl beneath its body.
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| Original publisher | BBC News — Science |
| Canonical URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv5yjgrj4ello?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss |
| Publication time | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:46:29 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-30T00:47:34.124Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-30T00:47:34.124Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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How AI is creating a UK super-museum and revealing our planet's historyImage source, Kevin Church/BBCImage caption, Beetles that look as if they are gold plated are among the millions of specimens that will be available to view onlineByPallab Ghosh, Science Correspondent, Kevin Church and Maddie MolloyPublishedJust nowResearchers are using AI to create a vast digital museum of millions of specimens from collections across the UK that they say could "supercharge" our understanding of the natural world.People will eventually be able to see around 70 million animals, plants, fossils and rocks from their phones and computers.Robots and AI are being used to scan and analyse the specimens - some collected centuries ago - speeding up the digitisation process from hundreds of years to a decade.
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