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Asteroid ‘bigger than London Eye’ heading towards Earth Jun 27, 2023

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A roughly 160-metre-wide asteroid is travelling towards Earth and is classified by astronomers as ‘potentially hazardous’.

Scientists find a ‘cannibal human ancestor’ species and why Nasa astronauts are recycling 98% of water from their urine and sweat.

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Dolphin mums use baby talk to call to their young
Prison terms for sharing or creating explicit images without consent
Nasa finds key life building block carbon molecule in space
Facebook owner Meta launches virtual reality subscription service
Is this the reason the megalodon became extinct?
An Australian dragon comes ‘back from the dead’

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Our galaxy's central black hole 'not as dormant as thought' Jun 26, 2023

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Research finds that the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s centre is ‘not as dormant as previously thought’.

Report says NHS performing ‘substantially less well’ than similar countries, and targeted screening to detect lung cancer sooner to be rolled out

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Mutant enzyme ‘helps prostate cancer to spread and become more aggressive’
Aerial laser scanning helps uncover remains of ancient Mayan city deep in remote jungle
Twitter hacker who took over Musk, Obama, Biden accounts in 2020 gets prison sentence
Teen who died on Titan sub brought Rubik’s Cube in bid to beat world record
The shopping trolleys that ‘could save lives’
Snake warning as hot weather sees pets escaping at record levels

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Mysterious ancient 'Dutch Stonehenge' discovered Jun 23, 2023

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Ancient Dutch burial mound designed as a solar calendar. How US Navy tech detected Titan’s implosion hours after it lost contact with the mothership. Lab-grown chicken gets USDA approval. Marvel criticised for use of AI in Secret Invasion. In this episode:

Dr Tony Gamble,Marquette University, on How DNA was sequenced from NHM’s giant stuffed Victorian ‘super-gecko’
AI to be deployed more widely across the NHS
NASA volunteers set to live in a simulated Mars habitat for a whole year
New powers promised to stop tech firms from stonewalling bereaved families
Marvel criticised for using AI to make new show's credits artwork

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Ex-OceanGate worker ‘warned of sub safety concerns' Jun 22, 2023

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Sub search continues: hull concerns raised in 2018 ‘ignored’ say US court docs. Hybrid working ‘here to stay’ says LinkedIn. Met Office: London summers 'will be as hot as Nice by 2070’. Princess Peach makes a comeback with new Switch game. In this episode:

LinkedIn’s UK Country Manager Ngaire Moyes on hybrid working, search tools and AI
57,000-year-old Neanderthal wall art uncovered in France
Group-IB report says over 100,000 stolen ChatGPT accounts listed on the dark web
‘Poo transplant’ clinical trial hope for liver disease patients
Mark Zuckerberg looks ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match

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Missing Titanic Sub: ‘Banging’ sounds heard by sonar devices Jun 21, 2023

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Canadian aircraft’s sonar detects underwater sounds in search for the Titan sub. How people might be using AI to automate responses on a site that pays them to train AI. Does the UK government really have a plan for green energy? In this episode:

Transreport's Emma Partlow explains Passenger Assistance rail app to revolutionise disabled travel
Environmental campaigner set for Supreme Court oil drilling fight
Mars, Venus and the Moon to be visible from London over summer solstice
One in five women ‘conceive naturally after having baby via fertility treatment’
Samsung kits let you repair your own phone from home

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Race to find lost Titanic sub crew as air runs out Jun 20, 2023

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OceanGate's Dr Steve Ross, chief scientist of the 2022 Titanic survey expedition, on how the vessel functions, plus Submarine escape expert Steve Thorpe, from marine survival company Survitec, explains the difficulty of the OceanGate submersible search and rescue operation. The crew are believed to have between 70 to 96 hours of air. Bringing the vessel back to the surface ‘the only way’ to rescue the crew. North Atlantic conditions ‘unpredictable’. Also in this episode:

Bangor University’s Professor Yueng-Djern Lenn on the ‘severe’ marine heatwave around the seas of the British Isles
Reddit hackers demand $4.5 million ransom and API pricing changes
Pre-historic long-necked reptiles were decapitated by their predators
The ‘world’s first’ air fryer shopping aisle

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Whoopi Goldberg ‘upset’ over Blizzard’s Diablo IV Jun 19, 2023

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Whoopi takes to Instagram over Diablo IV beef. Switzerland votes to cut back on fossil fuels. First disabled astronaut says his selection sends a ‘powerful message’. Is Amazon Prime Lite coming to the UK? In this episode:

Marine Conservation Society’s Sandy Luk on the sewage consultation to boost our river and coastal water quality.
Amazon launches cheaper Prime Lite subscription abroad - is the UK next?
Self-propelling robot endoscope ‘could make bowel cancer screening comfortable’
Charity announces ‘historic’ investment in MND clinical drug trial
Tests begin on 3D-printed rocket engine that could power UK space launches

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New dinosaur species discovered on Isle of Wight Jun 16, 2023

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A new species of dinosaur has been named following a lockdown research project focussing on an Isle of Wight skeleton excavated in the 1990s. Tech & Science Daily discovers more about the vegetarian ankylosaur with Stuart Pond, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum’s Department of Earth Sciences. Hacker gang Clop pressures ransom victims on dark web. The iPhone that doesn’t need a case. Western diet link to young colorectal cancer.

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Dog bites heat & pollution link
Meghan & Harry’s $25m Spotify deal axed
How to see five planets in the morning
World’s smallest handbag the size of a breadcrumb

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Scientists create ‘human embryos’ with no egg or sperm Jun 15, 2023

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University of Cambridge and California Institute of Technology scientists say they’ve created synthetic early human embryos using “reprogrammed” stem cells - opening research potential and ethical concerns. NHS junior doctors resume strike as government pay row deepens. Microsoft temporarily blocked from acquiring Activision. Assassin’s Creed VR game revealed in first trailer. PlayStation Plus new games - and new PS5 streaming.

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Reddit apps protest: Mods continue blackout amid impasse with bosses
Inflammatory bowel disease links to increased stroke risk
Human ancestor Lucy ‘had knee joints to walk fully upright’

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Vodafone and Three merge to create UK’s biggest mobile network Jun 14, 2023

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Mobile giants Vodafone and CK Hutchison, which owns Three UK, have agreed a merger to create Britain’s biggest phone operator. ‘Massive impact’ of Covid-19 lockdowns given ‘very little thought’ by government, inquiry hears. AI’s human colleagues ‘lonelier, boozier & exhausted’, says the University of Georgia.

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‘Google maps for Mars’ lets Earthlings surf Red Planet
Tiny Scottish island get super-fast internet from space
Glow-worm romance dimmed by street lights, study finds
GTA IV & Red Dead Redemption still hits many years after release

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