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Interview with Toby Lewis, global head of threat analysis for Darktrace and former deputy technical director for incident management at the UK’s National Cyber Security Defence Centre, on social media risk and old-fashioned voting safety. Could China-Taiwan tensions hit your Christmas list? Nasa says private ISS missions need astronaut chaperones. Scientists urge prostate cancer public health campaign expansion for earlier detection. Millions of household struggling paying for essential telecomms. Pig organs ‘partially revived by scientists an hour after death’. Great Barrier Reef enjoys record coral cover - but remains highly vulnerable. Tourists descend on London women’s house in online booking scam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Princeton University scientists are investigating the building blocks of galaxies 12 billion years ago, or essentially the early days of the universe. It comes as stunning images were released from James Webb Space Telescope, showing a Cartwheel Galaxy and two smaller companion galaxies that were created from an intergalactic collision. Nancy Pelosi Taiwan visit: President’s website hit by cyberattack. Robot surgery test aboard International Space Station. How remote haptic VR for operations works. Privacy legal challenge over police use of London number plate-reading CCTV. Ronaldo and Maguire are most abused men’s football players on Twitter. Tinder cuts plans for ‘metaverse dating’ and in-house digital coins. Strops explained: Why happy children become moody teens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A study by the University of Cambridge is investigating links between global temperatures continuing to rise and whether humankind could be edging dangerously close to a devastating “climate endgame”. Future £9 million Royal Navy AI ‘ghost ship’ could ‘make own battle decisions’. Ultra-processed foods dementia link. Mammoth bones show humans settled North America ‘17,000 years earlier’ than known. Logitech G and Tencent Games building cloud gaming console. Clucking great - world’s first carbon neutral supermarket eggs. Nanotech tattoo offers skin-built health monitoring device. ‘Hunting for lost my bitcoin hard drive at rubbish dump’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google is again delaying its Privacy Sandbox project to switch off third party cookies on the tech giant’s Chrome internet browser by next year, and has instead pushed plans back until 2024. Conjoined twins with fused brains successfully separated in VR surgery. China space chiefs ‘allow uncontrolled rocket booster plunge to Earth’. Super telescope will probe start of Milky Way. Hear rare chimpanzees’ hunting bark to rally group members. Can graphene foam sensors give robot prosthetics human touch? Skate legend surprise singing appearance...with Tony Hawk computer game tribute band. Tributes to Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lieutenant Uhura, who has died aged 89. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Instagram is reversing its ‘TikTok redesign’ following a public outcry from users which includes high-profile celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner. We find out about the ‘revolutionary’ new glasses that allow deaf people to ‘see’ conversations and Google launches a major change to GmailA jab to 'cure' genetic heart conditions that cause sudden death could be just a few years away, YouTube’s making it easier for creators to turn longer content into Shorts and researchers develop ultrasound stickers that can see inside the body.Plus, human-caused climate change made the UK’s record heatwave ‘at least 10 times more likely’ and we might be one step closer to a cure for baldness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook owner Meta has reported its first-ever revenue drop, amid growing competition from TikTok. Meanwhile, Instagram boss, Adam Mosseri, says users’ behaviour is to blame for much-criticised changes to the app.We speak to an Earth observation analysis expert about the worrying record-breaking temperatures and risk of wildfires being seen around the world - and how they’re monitoring the situation. The Met Office says UK sea levels are rising faster than before, zombie robot spiders are an actual thing and Russia makes a U-turn on its plans to pull out from the International Space Station... for now anyway.Plus, details on how to catch the Delta Aquariids meteor shower and why your cold sore is really a bit of history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scientists say the Loch Ness Monster ‘could on one level be plausible,’ after a fossil discovery in a 100-million-year-old river system in Morocco. Professor David Martill from the University of Portsmouth and co-author of the report, tells us how the remains of a plesiosaur could give believers in ‘Nessie’ a bit of hope. New research suggests gaming time has ‘no link with levels of well-being’, Ashleigh Louise aka #talkswithash tells us about her incredible twitter success and Russia is to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024.A study finds dogs ‘might be able to see with their noses’, Saudi Arabia unveils plans for a 100-mile long, 200 metre wide ‘mirrored’ vertical city and why your pet cat might be considered an alien. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s bad news for Amazon Prime users, the price is going up by a pound a month. The tech giant said the increase was its first in the UK since 2014 and was due to "increased inflation and operating costs".We hear from Dr Phil Wilby from the British Geographical Survey, one of the scientists who discovered a 560-million-year-old fossil thought to be the ‘first ever animal predator’. They’ve decided to name the discovery after Sir David Attenborough. Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner have joined a viral campaign calling on Instagram “to stop trying to be like TikTok”, the part-nationalised OneWeb merges with French satellite rival Eutelsat and scientists figure out how to store secret data in ink.Plus, starchy green bananas could ‘prevent cancers’ in people with a hereditary risk, a study is launched into outdoor swimming as an alternative to antidepressants and we find out why tear drops might reveal more than you think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Astronomers appear to have solved the mystery of Jupiter’s missing rings. It had long been wondered why the planet does not have rings like its neighbouring gas giant Saturn - which are largely made of ice. Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, ran a computer simulation that found the answer was to do with the planet’s moons. The UK’s largest ever drowning prevention campaign has been launched, the National Trust calls for 'urgent action' to protect Farne Islands birds as bird flu spreads and China moves one step closer to completing its space station.A ‘game-changing’ new study finds that blood test detect breast cancer earlier than mammograms and a chess robot has an unfortunate malfunction during a competition in Moscow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Electromagnetic explosions on the Sun’s surface have sparked what’s described as a “canyon of fire” that’s due to blast Earth with three days of solar storms.Climate crisis: Architects design future buildings to beat extreme heat - interview with David Liddicoat, a partner at award-winning London architecture and interior design studio Liddicoat & Goldhill. Facebook revamp to tempt Gen Z users from TikTok. Snapchat’s cash disappears as profits plunge 25 per cent. Stars (don’t) go out as invention sees through space fog - interview with Dr Eloy de Lera Acedo, from Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory. The electric car that slurps up toxic air on every trip. ‘Mindful’ sky animation and mood music pop-up helps London commuters relax. Plans to re-introduce endangered pine martens to England.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.