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Green Noise Guided Meditation (E.ON Next Promotion) Apr 15, 2023

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This is a bonus episode featuring a green noise guided meditation, brought to you in partnership with E.ON Next. If you heard our episode on Eco-Anxiety and How to Deal with It, you’ll know that E.ON Next have created something of an audio toolkit for when eco-anxiety, or anxiety at large, starts to mount.

And that’s what we have for you today - a mindfulness meditation. Here for you when you need to reduce stress, address anxiety and improve your well-being. So if you feel you need it now, or at a later date, this chance to take a pause will be waiting. Ready for you to use for rest, renewal, or just a moment of calm to yourself.

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Lift-off for Esa’s Juice mission to Jupiter Apr 14, 2023

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The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission has successfully launched after rocket and probe blasted off from French Guiana - following the first attempt being scotched by bad weather. The Open University's Dr Ben Dryer, who’s worked on the Juice project, explains the critical one-second launch window and mission challenges. AI sharpens first photo of supermassive black hole. First driverless(ish) car for Britain - at £18 a month. AI helps ID British therizinosaur by dental records, with the Natural History Museum’s Simon Wills.

Also in this episode:

Ghana first to approve Oxford University malaria vaccine
Hearing aids ‘help protect from dementia-linked hearing loss’
Danger work...scientists poke sleeping bears for blood clot study

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New Covid Arcturus strain ‘spreads faster than Kraken’ Apr 13, 2023

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The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed Covid’s new Arcturus sub-variant has arrived in Britain. While presently there are under 100 known UK cases, it’s thought to be the most infectious strain yet. Interview with Ashley Johnson, CEO of Applied Atomics, the London start-up making space rocket fuel from water. Astronauts to live in Nasa’s fake Mars for a year. Once-in-lifetime bloom of Ethiopia’s edible tree at Kew Gardens, with research leader Dr James Borrell. Also in this episode:

Universe’s cosmic growth map backs Einstein’s gravity theory
Parkinson’s diagnosis technique breakthrough
Clicking hell...mouse use link to stress levels

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Theranos founder to start 11-year prison sentence Apr 12, 2023

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Elizabeth Holmes was once compared to Steve Jobs, but the failed blood-testing start-up founder will begin her prison sentence at the end of April. An ESA spacecraft is due to launch from Earth this week on the hunt for alien life. Buying Twitter was “no party”, says Elon Musk. Plus, meet New York City’s crime-fighting robots.

Also, in this episode:

95m-year-old dinosaur find: The other kind of Aussie long-neck...
UV light reveals 1,500 year old hidden bible chapter
Competing against ping-pong robots ‘makes brain work harder’
Fork’s sake...Why ChatGPT has more cutlery ideas than humans

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New Nasa telescope 'will rewind time' Apr 11, 2023

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New Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to turn back the “cosmic clock” by capturing larger portions of the universe than ever before. China's ChatGPT Ai bot rival. Government’s vaping starter kit for smokers. Plus, why Herculaneum, Pompeii’s neighbour, was poorly preserved after Vesuvius blast.

Also in this episode:

Super Mario Bros smashes cinema records & beats Sonic
Five new species of frogs from Papua New Guinea revealed by Australian scientists
NHS junior doctors’ strikes “risks patient safety”
Call for ‘cigarette-style’ under-16s smartphones ban
Urban elites consume too much water

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Big tech gender pay gap increases in UK Apr 06, 2023

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Evening Standard analysis finds gender pay gap at UK arms of tech giants including Facebook, Google, Apple and Monzo has gotten worse.

Dementia linked to air pollution exposure and SpaceX plans to finally launch Starship next week.

Also in this episode:

‘Life changing’ cancer drug approved for NHS use
‘Coherent’ radio signal detected from alien planet, prompting hope in search for life
Cash App founder dies after San Francisco stabbing
More details of the national test of mobile alert system
Research finds tigers fit into two main personality types - which one would you be?

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Trial finds psychedelic drug improves depression symptoms for six months Apr 05, 2023

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Trial finds psychedelic drug improves depression symptoms for six months. Ethical hacker explains the dangers of AI data mining. ‘Popping’ plants researchers to expand experiments. World’s ‘most advanced’ humanoid robot admits it’ll never find love. In this episode:

White Hat hacker Len Noe discusses AI and data risks
Professor Lilach Hadany from Tel Aviv University explains future plants sound experiments
Virgin Media forced to apologise over broadband outages
Say goodbye to the Golf as VW sets its sights on EVs
The mathematical equation behind men’s orgasms
UK team to launch ‘live greenhouse gases’ dashboard
Engineered Arts test ChatGPT tech on Ameca humanoid robot

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TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children's data Apr 04, 2023

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It’s estimated 1 million under-13s were inappropriately granted access to TikTok. The first woman and person of colour assigned to a lunar mission. The ‘highway code’ for space and avoiding debris. Google’s new tool for flight tickets. In this episode: