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Now Perseverance’s work begins, but how does it avoid punctures on the craggy Martian surface and send samples millions of miles back to Earth? Nasa explains. Forty dead, millions without power and water in Texas after extreme winter storm, as White House links to climate change. Britain’s first coal mine for 30 years is being planned, inflaming tensions over environmental impact versus local jobs. Meet the YouTuber who built the world’s largest working PS5 console weighing a quarter of a ton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Floating down to the Red Planet by parachute is the tensest part for Mission Control after 300 million-mile journey. Banned Down Under: Facebook blocks Australian news content in payment row with government. Million-year-old mammoth’s teeth that look like a shoe sole are the oldest specimens ever DNA tested by Natural History Museum. Nintendo announced new Mario title and refreshed Zelda game for Switch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet mobility systems engineer and rover planner on the mission Tyler Del Sesto, part of the team at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Scientists fear reopening all schools could push up the coronavirus infection rate. TikTok accused by a European consumer watchdog of breaching users’ rights on a ‘massive scale’ and failing to protect children from harmful content. North Korea in the frame over of hacking Pfizer to get hands on Covid-19 vaccine data. Revealed: the tiny spy trackers embedded in marketing emails secretly watching you - and how to fight back.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The probe currently whizzing towards Red Planet has a ‘head’ equipped with laser eyes and a super-strength vaporiser to hunt for Martian chemicals and organic compounds. Fake five-star Amazon reviews offered on sale for the price of a pizza, investigation finds. Top WHO doctor says super-fast Covid tests ‘will pave return towards normality’ but those without a vaccine passport will be able to travel less. Harvard scientists think a mega-asteroid that wiped out Earth’s dinosaurs ‘came from edge of Solar System’, helped by Jupiter’s gravity field. Swimming robot investigates impact of global warming on break-up of world’s biggest iceberg. Researchers find tropical wasps babysit for neighbouring nests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scientists in Japan are assessing the damage of a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck near Fukushima on Saturday night, we ask Dr Stephen Hicks, an earth sciences expert at Imperial College London, about the risk of aftershocks. Curing Covid is simple compared to beating climate crisis, warns Bill Gates. UAE Mars satellite: Probe’s first pictures of Red Planet are emailed back to Earth. Routine CT scans can find early signs of lung cancer in 70 per cent of patients, study reveals. Pensioners are playing classic Xbox titles online to help them connect with families during Covid. Forget the golf course as a presidential hobby, Joe Biden’s more interested in playing Mario Kart at Camp David.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Experts believe they may have recovered the true origins of Stonehenge. The ancient monument’s smaller bluestones originally formed an even older, long-lost monument in the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 175 miles away. Plus, a mission to head to an icy moon of Jupiter thought to potentially home extraterrestrial life gets a launch date, find out how good you are at mindreading, and lovers beware: online romance scams are on the rise during lockdown.Listen to our other podcasts:Women Tech Charge: interviews with incredible women leading in Science, Technology, Engineering and MathsThe Leader: a daily news podcast helping you make sense of the day’s most important storiesAsk your Smart Speaker to ‘play the news from the Evening Standard'Visit standard.co.uk/tech for more tech news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The maker of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red, has capped off a difficult few months by confirming it's the victim of a cyberattack. The hackers are reportedly auctioning off stolen source code from the firm for potentially millions of dollars. Plus, how the Himalayas disaster showcases climate change in action, all the Covid virus in the world would fit in a coke can, and while pigs might not fly, it appears they can play video games. Listen to our other podcasts:Women Tech Charge: interviews with incredible women leading in Science, Technology, Engineering and MathsThe Leader: a daily news podcast helping you make sense of the day’s most important stories Ask your Smart Speaker to ‘play the news from the Evening Standard' Visit standard.co.uk/tech for more tech news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft is set to become the second probe to enter Mars’ orbit in 24 hours. It's so far travelled 288 million miles to reach the planet, with the mission’s aim to explore for underground water and evidence of possible ancient life. Plus, astronauts of the future may be tucking into food from 3D printers, the WHO says the virus that causes Covid-19 isn’t from a lab and why scientists want to cull Pablo Escobar’s hippos. Listen to our other podcasts:Women Tech Charge: interviews with incredible women leading in Science, Technology, Engineering and MathsThe Leader: a daily news podcast helping you make sense of the day’s most important stories Ask your Smart Speaker to ‘play the news from the Evening Standard' Visit standard.co.uk/tech for more tech news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The woman leading the United Arab Emirate’s first Mars mission tells us how their mission is attempting something never done before at the red planet. Sarah Al Amiri (UAE Minister of State for Advanced Sciences and Emirates Mars Mission Science Lead), spoke to us as their Hope probe finally reaches its destination this afternoon. Plus, a hacker has tried to poison the water supply of a Florida city, Facebook says it’ll ban conspiracy theories about all vaccines, and will there be an Anthem 2.0?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UK’s selected what would be the country’s first space rocket since the Black Arrow in the 1970s. Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin’ picked out the RS1 for the attempt, which could launch from the Isle of Unst later this year.South Africa has stopped distribution of the AstraZeneca vaccine due to a new strain of Covid-19. Scientists say the strain accounts for 90% of new cases there, with around 2,000 people finding out that the jab offers "minimal protection".Plus, Cryptocurrency Dogecoin’s hit a record high, after Elon Musk and Snoop Dogg apparently gave their backing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.