AI Archaeology: Unlocking Science's Secrets | Lara Lewington & Ben Clark
· 54 min
Episode AI Archaeology: Unlocking Science's Secrets | Lara Lewington & Ben Clark
What if decades of scientific breakthroughs were already discovered… but never used?
In this episode of The Age of AI, we sit down with Sam Munday, the founder of Data Revival, a startup using AI to unlock “lost” scientific knowledge buried in handwritten lab notebooks, PDFs, and decades-old research files.
From chemical companies discovering forgotten experiments to pharmaceutical teams accelerating drug discovery, AI is now turning unstructured R&D data into usable scientific intelligence.
We explore how:
• Entire breakthroughs have been unknowingly re-tested decades later
• AI is digitising 40+ years of hidden scientific knowledge
• Lab notebooks contain critical insights modern systems can’t access
• Chemistry, materials science, and medicine could all be accelerated
This is a conversation about more than data — it’s about what humanity may have already discovered, but never fully used.
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