A £1.75 million Nevera super-EV by Rimac has just become the fastest of its kind - just 50mph more needed to beat an ICE Bugatti. Nasa’s James Webb space telescope reveals baby star. Deaf people can ‘see’ conversations with AR smartglasses, Love Islander Tasha Ghouri tests out the tech. Netflix lets viewers block their ex from sharing passwords. Hawaii freedivers remove 53 tons of rubbish from reefs and beaches. FTX crypto collapse: Founder and promo celebs ‘sued in class action’. MrBeast bests ...
Nov 17, 2022•7 min
Launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida is a tester for the first human lunar mission in nearly half a century, which is planned for 2025. Alien compounds found in Winchcombe meteorite. Could ‘molecular scissors’ fight Covid-19 infection? Youngsters 'at hearing loss risk from headphones and earbuds'. Probe over pollution link to thousands of mystery North Sea lobster and crab deaths. Fast food door-to-door app Deliveroo quits Australia. Fake ‘fillet steak’ grown in lab apparently tastes pretty goo...
Nov 16, 2022•7 min
The United Nations describes figure as a “milestone in human development”, with a peak of 10.4 billion people expected in the 2080s. Global warming: Nasa satellite reveals world’s largest iceberg drifting towards Equator. London scientists discover ‘electrical language’ of breast cancer cells. Have Chinese YouTubers ‘MacGyvered’ a foldable iPhone? New evidence on birth of galactic gamma rays. Amazon Prime Air drones drop parcels from nearly four metres high...as fears grow for ‘thousands of rece...
Nov 15, 2022•6 min
With the Black Friday online sales bonanza nearly upon us, young bargain hunters are being warned of online scams by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau. King games president on Candy Crush Saga 10th anniversary. FTX crypto scandal - founder denies fleeing to South America. Electric vehicle road tax plans and Evening Standard EV summit - check out standard.co.uk/plugitin. COP27: Fears over 1.5C global temperature compromise. World Diabetes Day 2022: Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation U...
Nov 14, 2022•7 min
Elon Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit while US regulators say billionaire is ‘not above the law’. House of the Dragon VFX supervisor explains the challenges they faced during the series and History Channel divers find a piece of the exploded space shuttle Challenger. Also in this episode: ‘Overweight’ neutron star defies a black hole theory 'Leap forward' in tailored cancer medicine Company using AI to make apps for businesses explains importance of how we use the ...
Nov 11, 2022•6 min
The cryptocurrency crisis has deepened after Binance walked away from the FTX bailout deal. Record amounts of online child abuse blocked as calls for UK Online Safety Bill intensify and Joe Biden says Elon Musk’s connections to other countries 'worthy of being looked at'. Also in this episode: Is a BeReal ‘copycat’ feature Glimpse coming to Instagram? Scientists identify nerve cells that help patients walk again after paralysis Antibody jab approved for common winter virus RSV Broccoli gas could...
Nov 10, 2022•6 min
Mark Zuckerberg is firing 11,000 Meta employees as part of a widespread restructuring to cut costs at the company. The cryptocurrency market has been rocked by the near-collapse of FTX and the discovery of 2000-year-old Italian bronze statues will 'rewrite' history. Also in this episode: First known sentence written in ancient alphabet discovered - on a head lice comb Elon Musk sells almost $4bn of Tesla shares Nasa reschedules Artemis Moon rocket launch ahead of Tropical Storm Nicole A study su...
Nov 09, 2022•6 min
Twitter is so far staying silent over reports that Elon Musk is discussing putting all of the platform behind a paywall. Archaeologists think they may have found Cleopatra’s tomb after they unearthed a tunnel 43 feet below an ancient temple and a study finds that if you want to fill the dancefloor then it’s all about that (very low) bass. A new drug is offering lifeline to women with a rare aggressive form of breast cancer, Gears of War is finally being made into a film and a kitten found with n...
Nov 08, 2022•6 min
The latest reaction to the Twitter parody accounts ban following Elon Musk's decision to monetise verification ticks. Many are criticising the move as the billionaire is the subject of a large number of these types of accounts and Musk professes to be a ‘free speech advocate’. Has a scientist tracked down a runaway murderer using AI facial recognition? Lord Lucan is accused of brutally killing Sandra Rivett in 1974 with a lead pipe. Plus, lab-grown red blood cells have been transfused into peopl...
Nov 07, 2022•6 min
Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave on why AI is such a huge topic in the tech world. Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff reveals plans for Ring Drone to roam around your home. Mozilla President Mark Surman on why algorithms need to be user-focussed. Plus: Twitter begins cutting jobs following Elon Musk takeover Prince William reveals Earthshot Prize finalists Why the NHS is putting maggots in patients’ wounds Follow us on Twitter #TechScienceDaily Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 04, 2022•8 min
Coming to you from Web Summit in Lisbon, we speak to the CEO of 1Password Jeff Shiner. He discusses the benefits of super secure ‘passkeys’ and going ‘passwordless’, and Daan Luining co-founder of cultivated meat joins us to discuss why people are more open to the idea of lab-grown meat. Plus: WhatsApp’s new communities feature Scientists warn about pre-symptomatic monkeypox And the university preparing to speak to aliens Follow us on Twitter #TechScienceDaily Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Nov 03, 2022•7 min
Elon Musk’s plans to charge for blue ticks : our tech reporter Simon Hunt dissects the story. First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska calls for help from the tech community at Web Summit . The tiny microscope designed to help speed up breast cancer treatment. Plus: Majority of gig economy workers ‘feel under threat from review websites’ SpaceX launches its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket Google updates home page with Lens image search Exercise in the afternoon or evening ‘may be better for blood sugar...
Nov 02, 2022•7 min
Nasa’s mission to a far-away ‘golden asteroid’. Could it be the core of a long-dead planet? Researchers in Canada issue ‘superbug’ warning about sewage bacteria. Instagram apologises for spooky Halloween outage on the app . Plus: The UK’s getting a brand new rocket launchpad by Orbex A newly discovered species of owl Why Rhinos' horns have gradually shrunk over the last 100 years Trees incorporated into farming could help the sector achieve net zero Reports a future update to GTA online will let...
Nov 01, 2022•5 min
What's the best scary movie to watch? But do we lack empathy if we enjoy horror? Behavioural scientist Coltan Scrivner, from the Recreational Fear Lab, explains the science behind our fascination with fear. In this episode: What is morbid curiosity? How our bodies react to horror Why are we drawn to shows like Terrifier 2 and Netflix’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Do we lack empathy if we like scary films? Recurring themes in horror movies and why they’re used The morbid films a behavioural...
Oct 31, 2022•9 min
Elon Musk kicked off his ownership of Twitter with a load of firings and repealing the ban on former US president Donald Trump from the social network. Reports suggest Musk wants to become interim CEO. We speak to the founder of crime insight app WalkSafe+ which 'helps firms ensure workers get home safely'. Nasa spacecraft probes Mars deep impact. Also in this episode: New PM Rishi Sunak slammed for skipping COP27 climate summit. London electric buses powered by world-first rapid charging. Namin...
Oct 28, 2022•7 min
Billionaire stokes rumours he’s sealed $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, with shares prepared for suspension ahead of deadline. Nasa discovers ‘super-emitter’ regions pumping out record toxic methane. Real mobile broadband...internet on ‘any moving object’. Don’t believe the 5G hype - it’s not that fast, study finds. Bitcoin boost from sterling chaos of mini-Budget. Emperor penguins are at risk from climate crisis placed on endangered list. Keeping Chinese taikonauts at room temperature 250 miles...
Oct 27, 2022•7 min
More anticompetitive criticisms have been made against Apple. Spotify has accused them of ‘choking competition’ when it comes to audiobooks and there’s been a backlash over their recent changes to rules on NFT-powered apps. Also, the secret communications of over 50 sea animals have been discovered and it could rewrite what we know about evolution. Also in this episode: Apple confirms iPhone is getting USB-C Google and Microsoft hit by advertising slowdown A report finds that climate change is t...
Oct 26, 2022•6 min
Scientists at London’s Natural History Museum, UCL and the Francis Crick Institute have extracted DNA from the oldest stone age hunter-gatherer Britons - and made a gruesome discovery. We speak to Dr Selina Brace, the museum’s principal researcher in ancient DNA. Why was WhatsApp down? Midnights: Taylor Swift’s Reputation for smashing streaming records. ‘Human washing machine’ uses AI to pick relaxing videos while-u-soak. What happened to the worst Covid 19 strain? Electric car-plane’s vertical ...
Oct 25, 2022•6 min
Owners of the latest iPhone and iPad - there’s a whole load of new features available in the latest iOS software update. Why has Elon Musk’s Neuralink ‘show & tell’ been delayed? Scientists link thunderstorms and forest pollution. ‘Our nuclear email was hacked’, says Iran. TikTok trolls ‘target filmmaker over sexual consent short’. Millions invited to take part in world’s largest health research programme. Call for disposable vape ban. How to see October solar eclipse - last of the year Host...
Oct 24, 2022•6 min
The meteorite thought to be from the beginning of our solar system: Professor Sara Russell from the Natural History Museum, explains how exciting the discovery is. Instagram launches new security features to support public figures. Fans of Taylor Swift reported outages on Spotify as her new album ‘Midnights’ dropped this morning. Also on this episode: Amazon facing £900m lawsuit in UK over use of 'secretive and self-favouring algorithm' Silent Hill 2 by Konami latest! Has Hawaii’s vast marine co...
Oct 21, 2022•7 min
As a new study is warning about toxic waste leaking from the remains of a World War Two Nazi patrol boat, an expert from UCL explains why it’s not just shipwrecks from the conflict we should be worried about... A UK research consortium has been given £2 million to tackle the global monkeypox outbreak. How floating farms of seaweed could ‘save the planet’ with John Auckland from Seafields . Also on today’s episode: DNA reveals gene that protected us from the Black Death An asteroid called Phaetho...
Oct 20, 2022•7 min
Nasa will use Arizona’s rough terrain for a moon mission rehearsal . Astronauts, engineers and scientists can practise exercises in a simulated “lunar surface environment”. Music mogul Simon Cowell teams up with TikTok and launches Stemdrop, a new music production tool. Plus, we speak to AR artist Doddz about making fashion more sustainable. Also in this episode: Why mosquitoes are attracted to certain acids on your skin Fresh Netflix news on ‘cloud gaming’ Apple’s upgraded iPad designs A sound ...
Oct 19, 2022•6 min
Steve Barton of Terrifier 2 on why their horror film may create a physical reaction – such as throwing up - as cinemas offer sick bags to audiences . TikTok's introducing an adults-only option for live streams, and why strict parenting may hard-wire the risk of depression into a child’s DNA. Also in this episode: Activision (behind Call of Duty and Crash Bandicoot) may use AI to generate music for games Researchers say ‘girls routinely get better grades than boys in class’ – why? Sound cues duri...
Oct 18, 2022•6 min
Kanye West agrees to buy Parler - the social app removed from Google’s Play Store over the Capitol riots. The first ‘net-zero smart-city’ being planned for Europe. BioNTech Covid jab scientists say cancer vaccine could be available ‘by 2030’. The UK joins the mission to hunt for origins of the universe. In this episode: Odisseas Athanasiou, CEO of Lamda Development explains plans for The Ellinikon smart-city Razer unveils new ‘edge’ handheld cloud-gaming console Scientists to examine how mushroo...
Oct 17, 2022•7 min
Elon Musk asks the US government to help fund SpaceX internet service in Ukraine. The 72ft LauncherOne rocket replica appearing in London . Could seaweed replace plastic? Snapchat’s AR tool to teach CPR . In this episode: Matt Archer from UK Space Agency explains LauncherOne rocket replica The first secure app to connect displaced Ukrainians with volunteers Consumer champions and finance bodies press for action on online fraud Netflix’s ad-supported tier to launch in 12 countries in November Fol...
Oct 14, 2022•7 min
UK blood shortage: NHS Dr Farrukh Shah explains what’s caused the supply issue. James Webb Space Telescope reveals image of what looks like a ‘human fingerprint’. Scientists in America say brain tissue they tested in a new host ‘integrated and grew’. They believe the technique could be an entirely new way to study brain disorders such as autism. In this episode: Protecting our nature: RSPB explains why it’s putting pressure on the government . Can dementia be detected nine years ahead of diagnos...
Oct 13, 2022•7 min
‘Watershed moment for humanity’: Nasa confirms asteroid diversion was successful. The fridge-sized spacecraft sent 7-million-miles away to divert Dimorphos. Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh describes his second swim for climate change: a 100-mile stretch of water between Saudi Arabia and Egypt as Cop27 approaches.Why Meta and Microsoft appear to have teamed up. In this episode: UK’s Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 will launch UK’s LauncherOne rocket Research shows how poliovirus takes over cells from wit...
Oct 12, 2022•7 min
How black workers are heavily under-represented in tech. Black Tech Festival founder on “bad diversity” in the industry. Why is an AI robot going to court? GCHQ’s warning about China. Could finding aliens trigger global conflict? In this episode: Ashleigh Ainsley discusses benefits of Black Tech Fest Ofcom: Third of children have false social media age of over 18 Explosion in frog numbers after mass pond digging Hundreds of skeletons found beneath department store in Wales Could finding aliens t...
Oct 11, 2022•6 min
The ‘extreme measures’ YouTubers use to avoid recommendations. Could 4K videos be blocked by a paywall? Why people’s iPhone 14’s keep calling 911 on rollercoasters, and how the heat from your fingers could give away your passwords . In this episode: Mozilla Data Analyst Jesse McCrosky on how Youtubers are getting around recommendations Kanye West Blocked out of Twitter & Instagram Will Apple make the switch to USB-C sooner rather than later? Why spending time around water as a child benefits...
Oct 10, 2022•6 min
Nasa's Juno spacecraft has captured the most detailed image yet of the mysterious icy, ocean-covered moon Europa over an area of about 10,000 square miles. Is Google’s Pixel 7 an iPhone killer? Energy crisis: Britain ‘planning’ for blackouts this winter, minister admits. Dance moves help power nightclub. GTA V player takes three years to finish ‘pacifist run’ of game - no needless kills. Heatwave data reveals deaths spike. Butterfly numbers remain ‘worryingly low’ in 2022. Science of friendship?...
Oct 07, 2022•6 min
