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With the help of Nvidia, Hexagon, a leading global robotics, AI, automation and measurement technology company, has revealed its humanoid robot, AEON. The humanoid has been designed to support the automotive, aerospace, transportation, and warehousing industries, safely without direct supervision. The Tower of London and Central Park are part of five sites from across the globe to join a Cultivati...

The Air India flight to London Gatwick carrying 242 people, which crashed shortly after takeoff on June 12, marked the latest aviation disaster of 2025. We’re still waiting for the investigation into the cause, which is expected to take some time. With aviation disasters seemingly on the rise this year, the safety of air travel has come under increasing scrutiny , alongside questions around climat...

Blaise Metreweli will take over from Sir Richard Moore as “C”. To walk us through her role, why she got the job, and how important her job is in current times, we’re joined by the Standard’s political editor, Nicholas Cecil. The UK prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, said Blaise joins at a time when Britain is facing “unprecedented threats” Also in this episode: Signing up for clinical trials to be...

London Tech Week has wrapped for 2025. For a look at this year’s highlights, we’re joined by The Standard’s technology editor, Alex Pell, who not only attended the event but also joined multiple panels across the week. Alex told us about why he thinks ​we ​need ​to ​use AI ​to ​become ​more ​than ​human (​"​bionic ​if ​you ​will”), plus, he explains the rise of the artificial intelligence super ag...

An Air India plane bound for London Gatwick has crashed, with 53 Britons on board. UK consumers urged not to buy ‘unsafe’ American sweets amid cancer concerns . And from London Tech Week the COO of Altilium, Dr Christian Marstona, explains the critical role minerals play in the clean energy transition. Altilium is recycling EV batteries and creating a circular economy for critical minerals in the...

Dr Stefanie Felsberger from Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, alongside her team at the University of Cambridge, are calling for better regulation in FemTech. They believe women face “real and frightening privacy and safety risks” when using period tracker apps. Flo Health respond to their claims  on this episode of Tech & Science Daily . Humpback whales could be s...

GadgetsBoy aka Tomi Adebayo, joins us from Apple Park in California to run us through Apple's exciting updates announced in their WWDC 2025 opening keynote, such as a new software design crafted with ‘liquid glass’, iOS operating system name changes, and new Apple Intelligence features. Rachel Reeves has committed £16.7 billion to nuclear power projects as the country shifts away from fossil fuels...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has opened London Tech Week, announcing a new artificial intelligence skills programme, which will allow pupils to get the skills and tools needed to get AI-powered jobs. They’re partnering with tech giant Nvidia, which is well-known for AI chip development, in a deal to power the ‘AI talent pipeline’. Also in this episode: -What to expect at Apple’s WWDC 2025 -The...

Cypress Hill's new album ‘Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall’ is out today. B-Real reveals his thoughts on artificial intelligence and how he recently heard his voice in a track he didn't contribute to. And, Duncan Clark, Head of EMEA for the graphic design platform Canva , joins us to discuss his top takeaways from SXSW London. Duncan also explains how their platform supports creators wit...

It’s been alleged that Meta and the search engine company Yandex have been secretly tracking Android users in the background of their devices. A trio of brothers from Edinburgh, Scotland, called Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan MacLean, are currently attempting a world-record-breaking unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean. Marking the halfway point, Ewan MacLean joined us from their boat, ​Rose Emily....

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence foot scanner which spots the early warning signs of heart disease - and could keep people with the condition out of hospital. Also, we join Postdoctoral Researcher Anže Zupanc, who explains how a portion of fish and chips, cans solve one of modern technology’s most pressing sustainability problems. Plus, after thirty years of research, scientis...

Mount Etna has erupted, sending huge plumes of ash into the air and leaving tourists running for their lives. And we’re joined by health campaigner and NHS GP Dr Sonia Adesara, for more on the recent disposable vapes ban - and the alleged loopholes which some retailers are exploiting. Plus, there’s a new drug called camizestrant which, according to experts, can help stop certain breast cancer tumo...

Gayanne Potter told us that ScotRail are using her voice for their new AI train announcements without her permission. ScotRail unveiled their new AI announcer ‘Iona’ earlier this month, and Gayanne is urging them to change it. Gayanne explained that her voice was taken from a previous employer, Swedish company ReadSpeaker, and claims it was not made clear in her contract that they could use her vo...

After just over four months at the White House, Elon Musk has stepped down from his role in the U.S. government. Musk announced he’ll now focus on his other business projects. A group of mysterious and unknown 85 million-year-old elasmosaur fossils– some of the most famous in North America – have finally been identified, and drumroll, they’re even a new species. We join lead author Professor Robin...

The UK’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy is visiting Norway and Iceland this week, specifically the Arctic Circle, to look at the measures being taken to counter Russia’s actions in the region.  The government is also exploring the use of artificial intelligence to detect hostile state activity, in a joint scheme with Iceland and the Alan Turing Institute.  A new diagnostic blood test has...

…Fans of Elden Ring … The game is getting a film adaptation. The movie was first reported by InSneider, and will be released by A24 in partnership with Bandai Namco Entertainment. To tell us everything, we’re joined by The Standard’s culture writer and commissioning editor, Vicky Jessop. Also in this episode: -Scientists in China create night vision contact lenses. -A UK woman is preparing to sail...

If you look up at the sky tonight, cast a good luck wish to a tiny red 3D-printed Swedish house travelling through space. The house is preparing to become the first house ever to land on the Moon. We caught up with creator of The Moonhouse, Swedish artist Mikael Genberg, and Emil Vinterhav, CEO of The Moonhouse AB and the technical leader for the Moonhouse mission. Also in this episode: -Google I/...

At this year’s annual World Health Assembly, World Health Organisation member countries have voted in favour of a global pandemic agreement.  The US were not present at the assembly, as President Donald Trump intends to withdraw from WHO membership. To walk us through the treaty, its impact and if it’ll make a difference, we're joined by Clinical Assistant Professor Daniela Manno, from the Lo...

Cyber criminals have seized a “significant amount of personal data” of people who applied online to the Legal Aid Agency in the last 15 years, in a major attack on the UK’s justice system. Speaking from London’s Old Bailey, we’re joined by The London Standard’s courts correspondent, Tristan Kirk. To hear more, Tristan features more on this episode of The Standard. Also in this episode: Sir Elton J...

Dangerous cancer-causing nasal tanning sprays are taking over TikTok. Richard Knight, The Chartered Trading Standards Institute’s Lead Officer for Cosmetics and Beauty, joins us to explain everything you need to know. The active ingredient, Melanotan2, originally developed as a drug for erectile dysfunction, is neither an authorised medicine in the UK nor regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare...

London neuroscientists have discovered a second learning system in the brain, which could help explain how our habits are formed. Tech & Science Daily join Dr Marcus Stephenson-Jones, Group Leader at SWC and lead author of the study at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL, who explains how this understanding could revolutionise strategies for addressing addictions and compulsions, as well as f...

Experts from the University of Dundee say that people at risk of cardiovascular disease could be identified through a simple MRI scan a decade before they have a heart attack or stroke. We’re joined by lead author Jill Belch, ​professor ​of ​Vascular ​Medicine ​at ​the ​University ​of ​Dundee. A government-built AI tool has been used for the first time to summarise public responses to a consultati...

A dream inspired by a book he received aged 7 has been completed: the longest climb of Mount Everest, following a record-breaking triathlon from the shores of the UK. Mitch Hutchcraft , from Cambridgeshire, joins us down the line from base camp while he makes his recovery. Also in this episode: -The M&S cyber crisis deepens as it admits hackers stole customer data. To read the full report from...

Pope Leo XIV made his first public appearance from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in front of a packed St Peter’s Square on Thursday evening. But since he became pontiff, the revelation of his online footprint has captured the imagination of Gen Z. For more, we hear from The London Standard’s features writer and columnist, Maddy Mussen. A new environmentally friendly technique to extract tiny...

A powerful rallying cry to protect the world's oceans has been issued from Sir David Attenborough. His message features in a new film , Ocean with David Attenborough, which opens in cinemas across the world today. Plus, Owkin has launched  K Navigator , an AI-powered research co-pilot designed to revolutionise biomedical science. They say the technology is an “agentic playground” where resear...