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Historic moment for Nasa’s Artemis mission as its Orion capsule splash-lands in the Pacific Ocean following completion of a 26-day, nearly 1.5million-mile flight testing systems ahead of a future human mission to the moon. James Webb Space Telescope spies youngest baby galaxy. Musk vs Cook as Twitter bumps price of Apple iOS tick verification. Early reviews in for Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Re...

Scientists from Arizona State University have discovered eerie, mysterious light ringing our solar system after scouring 200,000 images from Nasa’s Hubble space telescope. Who are the artists being flown to the MOON by a billionaire? Kew Gardens botanists are investigating apple DNA - Tech & Science Daily finds out more with Dr Ilia Leitch, senior research leader in character evolution. God of...

Cambridge University’s Professor Eske Willerslev on why understanding TWO-MILLION-year-old DNA found in Greenland could be critical to help saving Earth. TikTok ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ sued over child safety. Ex-Theranos exec Sunny Balwani jailed for nearly 13 years. Stunning 50-year-old Moon landing shots remastered from Apollo 17. Game Awards 2022: Horizon Forbidden West and Mario + Rabbids S...

A 747 plane will take off from Cornwall Airport Newquay on Wednesday and release its satellite-packed rocket on the Virgin Orbit mission, with the mission planned a little after 10pm GMT. How a chance discovery during liver drug research led to news Covid-19 treatment hope - interview with Cambridge University’s Dr Fotios Sampaziotis. What next for China after post-lockdown Zero Covid strategy cru...

It’s the home stretch for Nasa’s space capsule, which made a final lap around the moon before heading back to Earth while testing systems for a 2024 human lunar mission. How soon until AI search chatbots replace Googling? Scam warning as fake money ads beat social media filters in Which? consumer investigation. Robot dog unleashed at Heathrow Airport. COP15 biodiversity: Better policy and more cas...

The Square Kilometre Array is being built in South Africa and Australia to hunt deep into the galaxy for the origins of the Big Bang and even investigate extra-terrestrial life. Prince of Wales: ‘We can repair Earth’. Climate change: coral microbiomes sleep when it’s winter. Mystery of 2,500 dead seals found on Russia’s Caspian Sea coast. Chinese taikonaut trio back on Earth after six months build...

Elon Musk suspends Kanye West from Twitter for inciting violence as Tesla finally delivers its first ever battery-powered heavy-duty truck. Lauren Brent, Associate Professor at the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter, tells Tech & Science Daily, how some female monkeys prioritise friends and ‘actively reduce’ their social circle as they age - in a similar way to human...

Former FTX boss has broken his silence since the crypto firm’s bankruptcy - while thousands remain locked out of savings. Tech & Science Daily hear from one of the astrophysicists behind the discovery of a star ‘squeezed like a toothpaste tube’ by a supermassive black hole. Plus Spotify Wrapped is back - with a new ‘music personality’ feature.  Also in this episode: UK’s top trending YouT...

Alzheimer’s breakthrough ‘beginning of the end’ for the disease. YouTube daredevil Danny MacAskill on old-school videos and algorithms. Creepy Zuckerberg deep fake goes viral. Mariah Carey vs Bats: which has a better vocal range? Also in this episode: Tesla is 'redesigning the Model 3’.  Researchers discover two new minerals on meteorite grounded in Somalia China sends new crew to Tiangong sp...

Nasa's Orion capsule has reached the farthest distance from Earth, shattering the record for the maximum distance a spacecraft designed to carry humans has ever been. The government is accused of ‘weakening’ Online Safety Bill as it’s revealed more than 1.6 million social media accounts are owned by underage children.  Professor Anthony Gordon, Chief Investigator of a multi-million-pound tria...

Giant dinosaur ‘Titanosaur’ to replace Dippy at Natural History Museum. Japan’s steam-propelled moon spacecraft. Why Pokémon fans aren’t happy with the new Scarlet and Violet Switch games. Scottish football’s move away from headers.  Also in this episode: Rolls-Royce tests a jet engine running on hydrogen Amazon to see £29m tax hike in business rates shake-up New Sir David Attenborough BBC Ea...

Top tips for avoiding scams on Black Friday. Met police use malware to take down scammers . Could we see flying cars by 2050 ? Elon to reinstate suspended Twitter accounts. In this episode: Sadiq Khan on London’s ULEZ scheme expansion Online Safety Bill to tackle deep fakes and ‘downblouse’ images Charles Darwin document on auction could fetch £1million+ Mercedes $1,200 subscription for ‘acce...

This special series looks at the future of electric vehicles as part of the Standard’s Plug It In Summit in London, where representatives from the tech and motoring sectors will discuss how EVs could help cut pollution to meet carbon emissions targets. With more drivers seeking to go electric but worried about cost and battery life, what happens to power performance when temperatures drop? The rac...

The autonomous vehicles being used in London every day. Wayve’s AI tech that learns more about the roads on each trip . Could driverless vehicles deliver you groceries in the next few years? Kaity Fischer, Director of Partnerships and Business Development at Wayve discusses their technology that can make any EV driverless. In this episode: The tech that can be used on any EV How the AI system lear...

In today’s special EV episode, Tom Cunnington from Transport for London explains the technology behind the city’s new tram-buses - or ieTrams, as they're also known. He also discusses TfL's wider mission to get all their buses carbon neutral and how they’re trying to entice more people to ditch their cars.  This week, we're looking at the future of electric vehicles as the Evening Standard pr...

Are quieter EVs less stressful to drive? The science of listening to music behind the wheel. Plus we put three EV Virgins to the test in and around London . Professor Duncan Williams from Salford University discusses the benefits of low-noise EVs, and we hear from three Londoners on their experiences using electric cars for the first time. In this episode: Pros and cons of a low droning noise whil...

Staff morale hit as reports suggest workspaces are closed temporarily and passes revoked ahead of Monday - analysis with Marcus Gilroy-Ware, lecturer in creative digital media at SOAS, University of London. FTX crypto collapse: New boss slams ‘unprecedented failure’. Breathtaking ‘blue marble’ Earth photo snapped by Nasa’s Orion probe. Galactic tourists could float 19 miles up from ‘spaceport’ shi...

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 ree...

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-...

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. Amaz...

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...

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...

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 th...

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 a...

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...