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Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter appears to have moved a step closer, as he met with top execs from the social network. They met on Sunday, with the Tesla owner claiming a deal could be done as soon as this week.A team of scientists on the ISS are carrying out experiments to see if they can grow meat in zero-gravity. The aim is to see if they can create a source of food for future humans who set up colonies on the moon or other planets.Plus:The spider which flings females away like a catapult (1.25)The Large Hadron Collider comes back to life after 3-years of upgrades (1.58)Why Google, Meta and other big tech will have to explain their algorithms in the EU (2.28)Nine ‘Pixel Watch’ photos leak (3.16)Customers of big mobile providers overpay and are underserved (3.49)Google introduces ‘inclusive language’ function (4.27)Check us out on Twitter for more news @EveningStandard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a special Tech & Science Daily episode to mark Earth Day, we explore the hidden secrets beneath the world’s surface with astronaut Jeremy Hansen, from the Canadian Space Agency.As part of Jeremy’s cave training with the European Space Agency, he has ventured deep underground rocky caves in Sardinia.The skill and equipment required means not everyone can experience this mysterious place… until now.Jeremy relives his journey through the caves, explains their relevance for astronaut training and how this -along with space travel- can help protect our planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk’s e-car firm announces bumper $3.2 billion profits for 2022, with customers footing the bill for supply chain hikes. One hour less on your phone daily will make you happier, German study finds. Spanish healthcare worker suffers double Covid in under three weeks. Daredevil pilot cousins race gravity to swap planes in 120mph nosedive record attempt. Nasa’s Perseverance rover snaps rare Mars solar eclipse. Pokémon buys manufacturer of its trading cards as demand soars. Actors band together to save jobs from artificial intelligence deep fakes. Netflicker...how our ancestors created artworks by firelight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Netflix blames inflation, war in Ukraine and competition for loss of 200,000 subscribers, sending stock price tumbling over 25 per cent. Next stop: Uranus, space scientists tell Nasa. Prostate cancer: new bacteria link to aggressive illness. Would you trust Alexa to pre-empt your life? Watching TV in future self-driving cars ‘to become legal’ in UK - at up to 37mph. Space treat for Earth’s stargazers as Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn come into view. LOL, it’s the FBI’s internet slang dictionary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vice-president Kamala Harris has announced America will stop using missiles to blast old orbiting satellites for weapons tests, hoping to reducing the risk of galactic conflict between nations. Beanstalk nightmare as ethereum-based stablecoin crashes after $182 million hack. TikTok probed by Department of Homeland Security over child abuse material. How Twitter could look under Elon Musk’s management. Research finds overweight women are at nearly double risk of womb cancer. Was Boris Johnson’s phone targeted by Israeli spyware? Very old PlayStation sparks airport bomb scare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s not over for Elon Musk and his Twitter debut. Musk tweeted that he made an offer to buy the social media site, plus reports show a regulatory filing of $41.39 billion dollars.In other Twitter news, the NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet isn’t as valuable as some thought. We hear from BPI about its “All About the Music” yearbook 2022 and how Central Cee, KSI & AJ Tracey create millions of streams in the UK.A study suggests diverse life forms existed on Earth much earlier than previously thought and there’s a rare planetary alignment that will grace the UK night sky next week.Plus, hear about the green paradise coming to London’s Canary Wharf, with thanks to Cornwall’s Eden Project. Why monkeys who groom themselves may have more empathy, and how a high frequency device called a ‘pinger’ could help save the lives of dolphins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A record-breaking, huge comet has been spotted heading towards Earth, but don’t worry, it will stop before reaching our planet.NASA, who made the discovery, says its icy nucleus is bigger than any ever seen – measuring around 80 miles across, and 50 times bigger than the heart of most known comets.A major producer of Apple's iPhone has become the latest manufacturer to halt operations in Shanghai, China’s ‘Earth 2.0’ spacecraft could finally find life on alien worlds and NASA are to test a catapult that flings objects into space at 5,000mph.We hear from Space Prize who are launching a first of its kind competition to encourage girls around the world to pursue careers in space, a global police sting takes down the ‘world’s biggest’ hacker marketplace and a US cryptocurrency expert is jailed for helping North Korea evade sanctions.Plus, research finds that 35% of people don’t know what cookies are and celebrity interest helps ‘MoonPay’ become worth billions.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We speak to Twitter’s Crypto Engineering Lead on the future of Web3. Tess Rinearson tells us how she thinks blockchain tech will change and adapt plus the challenges of working in such a new emerging field. Nasa is to resume its moon rocket test with modifications today, Meta is to start testing its money-making tools for its metaverse and Apple could be about to reveal its first hints of its augmented reality headset. A study suggests that a psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms can open up people with depression’s brains, Harvard Scientists and the US Space Command confirm the first alien meteorite to hit Earth and researchers ‘crack’ an egg-forging evolutionary puzzle. Plus, more than 50% of people around the world could be suffering from headaches, Epic Games is valued at about $32 billion and a driverless car pulls away after being stopped by police.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk has made a U-turn decision not to join Twitter’s board and the social media company’s CEO says “it’s for the best”. It comes after Musk makes numerous suggests for Twitter Blue. Moondust collected by Neil Armstrong after he walked on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, will be auctioned off this week in New York. We hear from the technology, science and space specialist at Bonham’s, who is facilitating the sale of the sample. The CEO of a tech firm tells us why experiencing real-life events in 3D video games and the metaverse will be the future of how we consume content. The UK is to build a software ‘brain’ for a giant radio telescope and a new ‘killer’ immunotherapy shows promise in attacking hard-to-treat cancer. Plus, speed camera app developers face abuse from UK drivers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Researchers have found a way to reverse the ageing of human cells by 30 years. They tried a new technique on human skin cells, and managed to partly restore the function of older cells, while renewing their biological age at the same time.London Zoo is using jumping spiders to try to help people overcome their arachnophobia. The neon-coloured spiders can leap six-times their body length.Plus, Activision Blizzard is giving a thousand game testers full-time jobs, a dinosaur specialist explains the significance behind the North Dakota asteroid fossil site, a post mortem of ‘extraordinary’ Greenland shark reveals it had meningitis, the new Snapchat lens that can teach you sign language, and Returnal is named best game at Bafta Games Awards.In this episode:Cambridge researchers reverse the ageing process in human skin cells (0.16)London Zoo uses jumping spiders to cure arachnophobia (0.55)Activision Blizzard gives game testers full-time roles (2.03)Why the asteroid fossil site in North Dakota is so significant (2.30)Greenland shark post mortem shows it had meningitis (3.52)Snapchat launches sign language lens (4.43)Returnal wins Best Game at Bafta Game Awards (5.11)Hear the full interview with Natural History Museum Professor Paul Barrett here.Follow us on Twitter for the latest news and features @Evening Standard  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.