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Our galaxy's central black hole 'not as dormant as thought'

26 Jun 2023

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Research finds that the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s centre is ‘not as dormant as previously thought’.Report says NHS performing ‘...

Mysterious ancient 'Dutch Stonehenge' discovered

23 Jun 2023

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Ancient Dutch burial mound designed as a solar calendar. How US Navy tech detected Titan’s implosion hours after it lost contact with the mothership...

Ex-OceanGate worker ‘warned of sub safety concerns'

22 Jun 2023

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Sub search continues: hull concerns raised in 2018 ‘ignored’ say US court docs. Hybrid working ‘here to stay’ says LinkedIn. Met Office: Londo...

Missing Titanic Sub: ‘Banging’ sounds heard by sonar devices

21 Jun 2023

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Canadian aircraft’s sonar detects underwater sounds in search for the Titan sub. How people might be using AI to automate responses on a site that p...

Race to find lost Titanic sub crew as air runs out

20 Jun 2023

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OceanGate's Dr Steve Ross, chief scientist of the 2022 Titanic survey expedition, on how the vessel functions, plus Submarine escape expert Steve Thor...

Whoopi Goldberg ‘upset’ over Blizzard’s Diablo IV

19 Jun 2023

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Whoopi takes to Instagram over Diablo IV beef. Switzerland votes to cut back on fossil fuels. First disabled astronaut says his selection sends a ‘p...

New dinosaur species discovered on Isle of Wight

16 Jun 2023

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A new species of dinosaur has been named following a lockdown research project focussing on an Isle of Wight skeleton excavated in the 1990s. Tech &am...

Scientists create ‘human embryos’ with no egg or sperm

15 Jun 2023

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University of Cambridge and California Institute of Technology scientists say they’ve created synthetic early human embryos using “reprogrammed”...

Vodafone and Three merge to create UK’s biggest mobile network

14 Jun 2023

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Mobile giants Vodafone and CK Hutchison, which owns Three UK, have agreed a merger to create Britain’s biggest phone operator. ‘Massive impact’ ...

Covid-19 Inquiry: Hearings for bereaved families begin

13 Jun 2023

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The inquiry’s first module will focus on whether the pandemic was properly planned for and “whether the UK was adequately ready for that eventuali...

London Tech Week kicks off, and the new AI to beat traffic jams

12 Jun 2023

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak kicks off London Tech Week 2023. From the event: TfL deploys AI-connected sensors to improve traffic congestion and air ...

Taurine: The key to slowing down ageing?

09 Jun 2023

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A study suggests that a lack of a specific molecule which is found in the body - called taurine - could be speeding up the ageing process.Joe Biden sa...

Wildfires: New York hits air quality pollution record

08 Jun 2023

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New York hits pollution record with hundreds of flights delayed amid Canada wildfire haze.Heat-health warning for parts of England as UK prepares for ...

Cybercrime gang’s ultimatum to major British companies

07 Jun 2023

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Cybercrime gang, Clop, is warning major British companies - such as the BBC, Boots and British Airways - to email them before 14th June or stolen data...

WWDC23: Apple’s Vision Pro headset revealed

06 Jun 2023

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We take a look at Apple’s Vision Pro headset, the company's ‘most advanced device ever’, and share details of what to expect from iOS 17.A cyber...

Apple to launch ‘mixed reality’ headset

05 Jun 2023

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Our tech reporter on Apple’s expected ‘mixed reality' headset announcement - its first entirely new product for eight years. Nasa invites you to s...

Lunar dust warning for future moon missions

02 Jun 2023

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Could dust from lunar landings jeopardise future missions? Reddit responds to criticism of its plans to hike API costs. Are delivery apps charging dou...

This wild AI camera takes photos using GPS data

01 Jun 2023

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Describe the scene, generate the photo: Bjorn Karmann’s AI ‘camera’. Speaking to us from Kyiv, Supernatural actor Misha Collins explains how vol...

Is AI really a threat to humanity?

31 May 2023

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Expert responds to big tech’s AI extinction warning. Researchers find 4,000-year-old plague DNA in Britain. North Korea’s failed attempt to launch...

Nvidia AI lets you chat to video game cast

30 May 2023

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Demo shows real in-game conversations with NPCs. Are we closer to cargo drone same-day deliveries? Mining firm LKAB on why we need more precious metal...

Awesome detail of Nasa’s distant galaxy pics

26 May 2023

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Stunning images of galaxies, nebula and stars 200,000 light years away from Earth captured using multiple telescopes have been revealed by Nasa. Switc...

Harvesting clean energy ‘out of thin air’

25 May 2023

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The synthetic thunderstorms invention by Massachusetts University Amherst, called Air-gen, is being compared to the ‘Replicator’ on Star Trek: The...

Future AI ‘drone wars’ alert from Elon Musk

24 May 2023

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Artificial intelligence-powered “drone wars” sounds like a Star Wars instalment - but now Elon Musk is warning about the very real risk being depl...

Brazil bird flu: Six-month emergency declared

23 May 2023

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Brazil’s government declares a six-month state of animal health emergency after its first detection of the highly virulent avian influenza in wild b...

Mega new cyber scams warning includes 'pig butchering'

22 May 2023

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Consumer group Which? is warning about the most convincing scams it’s seen so far this year, also including new phone malware and fake missing perso...

Smartphone facial recognition tech fooled by 2D photo

19 May 2023

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Could your smartphone be unlocked using a 2D photo? The device which helps amputees feel warmth in their ‘phantom hand’. Is AI about to hit the wo...

Cancer research's 'golden age' AI technology

18 May 2023

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The ‘iKnife’ that can sniff out tumours, a breath test to detect lung cancer and how AI saves doctors’ time. Why is Apple being investigated in ...

Is cryptocurrency gambling?

17 May 2023

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The Treasury Committee says that ‘cryptocurrency trading should be treated as gambling’.New iPhone feature can create a voice that sounds like you...

Tom Hanks: AI will resurrect me after death

16 May 2023

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Forrest Gump star Tom Hanks tells the The Adam Buxton Podcast he could live forever in the movies after death with the help of artificial intelligence...

London to Sydney in two hours via space

15 May 2023

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The UK Civil Aviation Authority is funding medical studies into the effects of suborbital space flights - in which passengers could go into space for ...

Elon Musk hires new CEO for Twitter

12 May 2023

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Rumours spread on who will take over after Elon Musk’s tweet. Wind power overtakes gas in the UK for the first time. Pregnant mum’s life ‘saved ...

Google AI major announcements reviewed

11 May 2023

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Our tech reporter Simon Hunt reviews Google’s newly announced AI tech. Wendy’s to take orders with drive-thru AI bot. The dating app that talks to...

First UK baby born with DNA from three people

10 May 2023

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The treatment that helps women avoid passing on defective genes to their child. Foldables, tablets and AI expected at Google’s I/O event. Thousands ...

Can AI save school teachers time?

09 May 2023

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Schools minister backs artificial intelligence to take over marking and lesson planning. Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to earth after 276 days in...

Film to 4K: Evolution of coronation media tech

05 May 2023

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It’s a King Charles III coronation tech and media special.The newly-minted monarch’s big day will be streamed, broadcasted, tweeted, browsed and c...

Coronation is ‘biggest UK police facial recognition op’

04 May 2023

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London’s Metropolitan police plans a massive deployment of facial recognition cameras at the coronation of King Charles III to find alleged suspects...

Can 'leaked' radio signals help aliens contact us?

03 May 2023

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Scientists examine earths ‘leaked radio signals’. Anti-ageing expert highlights two supplements that could actually work. The pet food that could ...

AI ‘godfather’ quits Google with tech danger warning

02 May 2023

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Deep learning and neural networks expert Geoffrey Hinton, 75, fears the explosion of AI such as ChatGPT and Google’s Bard will fuel misinformation a...

Russian spacecraft appears to be chasing US satellite

28 Apr 2023

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Russia’s Kosmos-2558 has repeatedly come close to the American military satellite USA-326, which the Pentagon said is meant to gather intelligence.T...

Microsoft hits out after UK Activision Blizzard block

27 Apr 2023

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Microsoft has hit out at the UK after its regulator blocked the Activision Blizzard takeover - saying the EU is better for firms.Zelda: Tears of the K...

New twist in DNA discovery

26 Apr 2023

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Professor Matthew Cobb from the University of Manchester on the evidence that dispels a common misconception around how DNA’s structure was first di...

First high-res shots of Mars moon Deimos

25 Apr 2023

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Captured asteroid or planetary origin? UAE Space Agency discuss moon mystery. The university turning robot concepts into reality. “Significant step ...

Review into emergency alert fail

24 Apr 2023

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Why the UK government is reviewing the emergency alert. The celebs who’ve got their Twitter blue ticks back. The graphene “tattoo” that could he...

XR's Earth Day eco protest

21 Apr 2023

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Extinction Rebellion’s demands as part of ‘The Big One’ eco-event. ChatGPT makes marking coursework ‘virtually impossible’. The Facebook gro...

Football headers ‘immediately alter brain function’

20 Apr 2023

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How does the brain react to football headers? Simple test could show your risks of developing cognitive impairment. Nasa says its satellite didn’t c...

AI song with 'Drake' and 'The Weeknd' removed by Spotify

19 Apr 2023

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Ghostwriter977’s 'Drake' and 'The Weeknd' track dropped from Spotify, Apple Music and others. Why we need to act quicker to slow biodiversity loss. ...

Artist refuses photo prize after AI confession

18 Apr 2023

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German artist Boris Eldagsen’s AI photography entry. Could WhatsApp become blocked in the UK? Elon Musk claims he’s working on ‘TruthGPT’. The...

Netflix apology for Love is Blind fail

17 Apr 2023

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What caused Netflix's Love is Blind live reunion failure? Hear the UK’s national alert ringtone before Sunday. Why Elon Musk’s playing down Monday...

Eco-anxiety and How to Deal with It (EON.Next promotion)

15 Apr 2023

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In this promotional episode brought to you in partnership with E.ON Next: What is eco-anxiety? Should we feel powerless about climate change? Can smal...

Green Noise Guided Meditation (E.ON Next Promotion)

15 Apr 2023

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This is a bonus episode featuring a green noise guided meditation, brought to you in partnership with E.ON Next. If you heard our episode on Eco-Anxie...

Lift-off for Esa’s Juice mission to Jupiter

14 Apr 2023

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The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission has successfully launched after rocket and probe blasted off from French Guiana - follo...

New Covid Arcturus strain ‘spreads faster than Kraken’

13 Apr 2023

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The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed Covid’s new Arcturus sub-variant has arrived in Britain. While presently there are under 100 known UK ca...

Theranos founder to start 11-year prison sentence

12 Apr 2023

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Elizabeth Holmes was once compared to Steve Jobs, but the failed blood-testing start-up founder will begin her prison sentence at the end of April. An...

New Nasa telescope 'will rewind time'

11 Apr 2023

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New Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to turn back the “cosmic clock” by capturing larger portions of the universe than ever before. ...

Big tech gender pay gap increases in UK

06 Apr 2023

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Evening Standard analysis finds gender pay gap at UK arms of tech giants including Facebook, Google, Apple and Monzo has gotten worse.  Deme...

Trial finds psychedelic drug improves depression symptoms for six months

05 Apr 2023

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Trial finds psychedelic drug improves depression symptoms for six months. Ethical hacker explains the dangers of AI data mining. ‘Popping’ plants ...

TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children's data

04 Apr 2023

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It’s estimated 1 million under-13s were inappropriately granted access to TikTok. The first woman and person of colour assigned to a lunar mission. ...

Twitter blue tick removal confusion

03 Apr 2023

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Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis’s crypto copycat. Will Wikipedia start using AI? The country that has now banned ChatGPT. UK team develops testoste...

Plants make NOISE when stressed

31 Mar 2023

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Hear the ‘popping’ sounds from plants recorded by experts in Israel. What experts are now saying about the T-Rex. God of War cleans up at the Baft...

Elon Musk leads AI pause calls over 'society risk'

30 Mar 2023

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Calls for six-month AI development pause to avoid ‘risks to society and humanity’. School exam board’s warning over AI and coursework. EU approv...

Meatballs made from woolly mammoth DNA

29 Mar 2023

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How a cultivated meat firm made a woolly mammoth meatball. The ultramassive black hole ‘30billion times the mass of the sun’. Researchers create ‘...

Moon’s new 'potential water source'

28 Mar 2023

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Signs of water found thanks to tiny glass beads on the lunar surface. THAT pope picture - real or fake? Five planets visible to the naked eye. The bea...

AI ChatGPT is a danger to these jobs

27 Mar 2023

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OpenAI’s list of jobs at risk of being ‘impacted’ by ChatGPT. Expert explains the risks behind banning nitrous oxide. Reports Apple staff aren’...

Mystery of Oumuamua ‘alien spaceship’ solved

24 Mar 2023

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Research by the University of California, Berkeley and Cornell University sheds new light on how the interstellar flying object, which is about a quar...

Are Emma Chamberlain’s ‘$10K Instagram DMs’ real?

23 Mar 2023

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Tech & Science Daily podcast examines how the ‘relatable’ 21-year-old Gen Z YouTuber rocketed to fame and fortune. Now, Chamberlain denies kno...

Real Armageddon...asteroid crash pics drama

22 Mar 2023

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Stunning aftermath images reveal swirling clouds of blue dust caused by Nasa’s asteroid-knocking test. Dr Cyrielle Opitom, a comets specialist at th...

First female astronaut on the Moon?

21 Mar 2023

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US Navy Lieutenant Commander Kayla Barron, is part of a class of Nasa astronauts that could be selected to be the next humans to step on the Moon. She...

Undersea ‘Lost City’ link to alien world

20 Mar 2023

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Scientists from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology examine links between what’s known as Earth’s “Lost City” of hydrothe...

ChatGPT AI comes to Microsoft 365

17 Mar 2023

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Copilot, means the world's most talked about artificial intelligence system will be embedded into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Microsoft says...

TikTok ban on UK government phones

16 Mar 2023

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The Chinese-owned social media app is set to be banned on phones used by UK government ministers and civil servants over security fears. Virgin O...

Bye ChatGPT, hello GPT-4

15 Mar 2023

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Open AI’s latest chatbot: more creative, and less biassed. Nasa’s plans to destroy the ISS using a ‘space-tug’. The robots designed to boost w...

UK TikTok ban ‘not ruled out’

14 Mar 2023

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UK security minister awaits review from the National Cyber Security Centre before deciding on the “hugely important question”. Scientists discover...

Silicon Valley Bank UK rescue ‘protects tech industry’

13 Mar 2023

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The UK branch of Silicon Valley Bank has managed to avoid being declared insolvent by the Bank of England. Nasa is tracking a newly discovered asteroi...

Mick Fowler: A Life in Climbing (Berghaus Promotion)

11 Mar 2023

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Mick Fowler, one of the UK's most celebrated mountain climbers, talks to us about his astonishing career scaling some of the highest, most difficult p...

Circular sand dunes on Mars mystery

10 Mar 2023

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Nevermind earthly crop circles, scientists are scratching their heads over these near-perfect round sand dunes on the surface of Mars - see the images...

Scientists revive 'zombie' virus

09 Mar 2023

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Experts warn more ancient viruses could emerge from the ice. Russian missile strikes cut off Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Is another ‘sob...

Warning over NHS celeb weight loss jabs

08 Mar 2023

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Semaglutide: how it works and side effects explained - (check out our full Leader episode on the drug here). International Women’s Day: why more sup...

UK Space Agency sets sights on Mars

07 Mar 2023

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UKSA’s £1.6million investment in space projects. Is the UK now investing in ‘spy balloons’? New test developed for deadly asian bat virus. Head...

High Seas treaty to save ocean life

06 Mar 2023

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Ocean treaty agreed after ten years of negotiations. Could ChatGPT play a role in the UK government? Vase is ‘only piece of evidence’ of Roman gla...

Humanoid worker robots blueprint

03 Mar 2023

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Tech start-up Figure's "general-purpose" concept droid design resembles a slick, next-generation version of parkour-jumping Atlas - with a computer fo...

Supercomputers 'powered with brain cells'

02 Mar 2023

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A “biocomputer” powered with brain cells is being developed at Johns Hopkins University. Scientists are working to vastly expand the capability of...

Driverless EV crash data revealed

01 Mar 2023

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Alphabet-owned Waymo reveals stats on crashes and prangs involving its autonomous EVs over one million miles. But how do you swap insurance details wi...

Drones ‘blow up’ Russian spy plane in Belarus

28 Feb 2023

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Anti-government resistance activists in Belarus say the Beriev A-50, reportedly worth £274 million, was targeted in an airfield sabotage attack near ...

US Presidents’ DNA blasts to deep space

27 Feb 2023

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DNA from four American presidents plus remains of late Star Trek crew are being blasted 186 million miles into deep space as “humanity’s time caps...

E-skin boosts robot self-awareness

24 Feb 2023

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We hear from the developers of AI-powered ‘electronic skin’ that boosts self-awareness in robots.Boeing is ending production of the Super Hornet f...

‘Monster galaxies’ challenge understanding of universe

23 Feb 2023

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The discovery of six ‘monster’ galaxies date back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang and are far bigger and more mature than scientists e...

Are the rules of the internet about to be reshaped?

22 Feb 2023

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How two supreme court battles in the US could ‘reshape the rules of the internet’.The reason behind the fruit & veg shortage and how long it’...

Could a four-day work week become reality?

21 Feb 2023

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A major four-day week trial has shown most companies see massive staff mental health benefits and profit increase. Are we one step closer to the end o...

Instagram & Facebook get paid-for verification

20 Feb 2023

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Meta introduces paid-for verification for Instagram and Facebook in a move to improve ‘security and authenticity’.A man in the US developed an ‘...

Are driverless cars really safe for cities?

17 Feb 2023

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How Nissan’s modified Leaf EVs can ‘see round corners’. Why we need more sleep during the winter. Replacement agreed as Youtube CEO steps down. ...

Can CBD treat psychosis?

16 Feb 2023

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New study set to test CBD on psychosis patients. How women are using Facebook to vet men on dating sites. Glacier warning after scientists film under ...

Warning over UK police's 'Chinese spy cams'

15 Feb 2023

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Is Chinese CCTV tech a bigger surveillance concern than spy balloons? The election hacking ‘black ops’ revealed in an undercover sting. 6.1 magnit...

The Science of Love

14 Feb 2023

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The part of our brain that shuts down when we’re in love. How women can smell if there’s chemistry. Why we should spend less time messaging while ...

China ‘spy balloons’: UK jets standby to fire

13 Feb 2023

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Rishi Sunak’s warning that jets are on standby. Video shows the moment a shooting star asteroid explodes over the English Channel. The UK’s 100 me...

The Last of Us: Secrets revealed

10 Feb 2023

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In this special episode, we look at the technology and science behind HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’.VFX supervisor on the hit TV series, Stephen James ...

Google's Bard AI mistake knocks $100bn off shares

09 Feb 2023

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An advert designed to show off Google's Bard - its answer to Microsoft’s ChatGPT - showed it answering a question incorrectly. Alphabet then lost 10...

Wolf 1069b: Could new planet support life?

08 Feb 2023

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Astronomers from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have spied an exoplanet outside our Solar System with a similar mass to Earth, which o...

China ‘spy balloon’ explosives probe

07 Feb 2023

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U.S. Navy divers scour the seabed for debris after the 200ft tall device was shot down by F-22 fighter jets. Crypto: ES tech reporter Simon Hunt on fu...

Turkey-Syria earthquake: What caused it?

06 Feb 2023

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As second massive earthquake devastates region, Tech & Science Daily speaks with Dr Tom Merry, a seismologist and postdoctoral researcher at the A...

Chinese ‘spy balloon’ over US

03 Feb 2023

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Pentagon continue to monitor ‘spy balloon’ spotted over sensitive sites. Why Jupiter has overtaken Saturn’s moon-count. Number of people diagnos...