Scientists to declare irreversible human impact on Earth

Scientists close to declaring ‘Anthropocene’ epoch to mark human impact. Microsoft wins fight to buy Activision Blizzard in the US. AI existential threat ‘years and years and years’ away. White House sets out plan to tackle rise in ‘zombie drug’ deaths. In this episode: 

• Pamela Maynard, CEO of Avanade discusses AI, regulation and a more ‘human-centric’ world
• Parts of the Moon’s surface ‘200 million years older than previously thought’
• New portable dementia test could ‘catch cases sooner’
• North Korea fires ‘longest-ever’ missile flight after threatening US
• Unborn babies use ‘greedy’ father gene to get more food from mothers

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