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In today’s episode:Ukraine invasion threatens “vital” climate research (0.16)Plans for ‘space power station’ and quicker Mars to Earth communication (0.56)Pete Davidson going to space on Blue Origin (1.32)Researchers warn of Amazon ‘tipping point’ (1.55)Fears US astronaut could be left in space (2.55)Scientists reverse ageing process in mice (3.39)Plus:Instagram finally lets moderators on live feedsFord to ship and sell Explorer SUVs with missing chipsSamsung to launch new mid-range smartphones this weekHead to our Twitter for all the latest news - @EveningStandard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of our week celebrating leading women in tech and science, we hear from Justine Ezarik, aka iJustine, one of the most successful YouTubers of all time. iJustine launched 16 years ago and she truly was one of the original queens of the platform. Now, she has 6.98 million subscribers, created over 2000 uploads and has more than a billion views across her channel.Despite the critics in the early days, Justine persevered and she continues to adapt and evolve now, all because of her love of technology.Get ready to hear from a YouTube legend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Next up in our week of special episodes of Tech & Science Daily, we hear from Lucy Hawking, science educator and children’s writer. You’ll also likely be familiar with her father, the theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking.Lucy created the ‘George’ book series, a collection of fantasy adventure novels based on real science. She’s since gone on to publish many other children’s books but all of them have the same goal, to make science more understandable and entertaining.Lucy’s latest book ‘Princess Olivia Investigates The Wrong Weather’ is out on 14th April. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Tech & Science Daily, we're carrying on our week of special episodes to mark International Women’s Day. Today we hear from Nobel Prize winner, Andrea Ghez, professor of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA.Andrea is only the fourth woman to ever win the Nobel Prize in physics which she received for her part in providing evidence of a supermassive black hole, with the mass of four million suns, at the centre of our galaxy. Impressive, right?She explains the years and efforts that have gone into her research and why she still loves what she does over 25 years later.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Tech & Science Daily, to mark International Women’s Day, we’re speaking to some of the world-leading women in their fields. Today is the turn of computer programmer and network engineer, Radia Perlman. She is known by many as ‘the mother of the internet’ - although she’s been trying to shake that title for years.Radia invented the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) - an innovation that helped make today's Internet possible. Although, she believes it’s not just one person who is responsible for the internet as we now know it.She explains how she created the STP - and a poem to go along with it - following an ‘impossible’ task set by her boss whilst he was away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To mark International Women's Day, this week on Tech & Science Daily, we're hearing from some of the leading women in their fields. We're kicking things off with biochemist and Nobel prize winner, Dr Jennifer Doudna.She won a 2020 Nobel prize for her discovery, which is changing the game in the way we protect people, animals and plants from disease.While studying bacteria in 2012, Jennifer discovered a way of cutting into DNA, and providing it with new instructions to help fight against diseases.She discusses how she made her discovery, how the technology is being used today to treat blood disorders, and how it could be used in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following Russia’s attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, we hear from Malcolm Grimston, Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London’s Centre for Energy Policy and Technology. He tells us why it wouldn’t cause a similar disaster to Chernobyl if it was used as a target. Ukraine is to sell NFTs to fund the war and Elon Musk has taunted Russia as the country stops selling rocket engines to the US. A discarded rocket part is due to hit the moon and Fitbit recalls 1.7million ionic smartwatches because of a ‘burn hazard’. Returnal and It Takes Two lead the way with the Bafta Game Awards nominations and a fossil sheds more light on the stegosaurus. Plus, a pilot using AI could transform cervical cancer screening, Sony and Honda will join forces to make electric vehicles and how noise pollution is causing turtles to experience hearing loss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ukraine’s vice prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, has asked Xbox and PlayStation to block Russian and Belarusian players in response to the Ukraine crisis. The boss of Binance, the world’s largest crypto-exchange, has ruled out a Russian user ban while Elon Musk has been asked to “turn off” Teslas in the country. A survey finds that electric cars might not be as reliable as everyone thinks, Apple announced a ‘Peek Performance’ event and Twitter might be adding a new built-in podcasts tab.Plus, powerful warm winds have been seen blowing from a neutron star as it rips up its companion, Facebook shuts down the Campus part of its app and a 68-million year old dinosaur may have injured itself whilst mating. You can find The Evening Standard's Ukraine fundraiser here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Timothy Darvill from the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at Bournemouth University tells us about his analysis of Stonehenge which has found it was designed as a solar calendar.Apple has stopped selling its products in Russia over its Ukraine invasion and OneWeb is facing pressure to call off a launch of satellites from a Russian-run facility later this week.Meanwhile, Ukraine thanks Elon Musk after the arrival of SpaceX's Starlink satellite equipment and Facebook hopes to stay online in Russia ‘to offer counter-speech to propaganda’. Turns out the ‘closest black hole’ system to Earth contains no black hole and a breakthrough treatment may extend the lives of brain tumour patients.Plus, the UK is allowing the emergency use of bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide and there’s been backlash over whether Tyrannosaurus Rex may have been three different species.You can find The Evening Standard's Ukraine fundraiser here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bitcoin has overtaken the Russian Ruble after a crypto market surge coincided with Russia’s currency crashing. The cryptocurrency reached above $41,000 on Monday afternoon, having traded below $35,000 on Thursday. The Ruble fell by around 25 per cent to $0.01, in that same time period reaching a new record low. Hacking group Anonymous says it has shut down a Russian gas supply as its cyber battle continues following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Meta says it will restrict access to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik across all its platforms in the EU. Instant messaging app Signal says rumours it's been the victim of a hack are false and an attempt to spread misinformation via less secure platforms. Europe’s Mars rover looks ‘very unlikely’ to launch this year because of planned Russian involvement with the project. We hear how tree frogs have their own inbuilt sunglasses… well kind of. Plus, the stark findings of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, Instagram says it will stop supporting the IGTV app and the pain relieving benefits of nostalgia.You can find The Evening Standard's Ukraine fundraiser here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.