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Colorado has built the world's largest animal crossing. We speak to Kara Van Hoose from Colorado Parks and Wildlife about why Monument is building a bridge for animals. And are zombie rabbits real? Kara explains the disease affecting cottontail bunnies that gives them a horned appearance. Plus, the kids' magnesium supplement that the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have advi...

Wendalyn Nichols, Cambridge Dictionary Publishing Manager, joins us to explain why “Skibidi”, “tradwife”, and “delulu” have been added to their dictionary. The UK government extends opening hours for 100 local health centres to speed up patient diagnosis. AI chatbot plushies have been developed for children as young as three.  Rosie Weatherley from the mental health charity, Mind, speaks to u...

Sci-fi fans… FX’s Alien: Earth landed on August 13th. From Noah Hawley and Ridley Scott, the new series is available to stream on Disney+ UK. To celebrate the launch, Disney+ delivered a Xenomorph egg to the Natural History Museum to be displayed within a new exhibit titled "Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth?". To find out more, we’re joined by the museum's head of collections and professor of...

Career expert at LinkedIn, Charlotte Davies, tells us that A-level results day is no longer a life-defining “sliding doors moment”. They say school leavers are rethinking their approach to their first career and are opting for apprenticeships instead. She also told us the top five fastest-growing skills that are on the rise, which include AI literacy and large language models utilisation. Frank St...

On this replay preview of Brave New World….Is there such a thing as perfect sleep? Leading expert in circadian neuroscience from Oxford University, Professor Russell Foster, joins host Evgeny Lebedev, to explain the science behind nighttime slumber and why it's crucial to living our best lives awake .  The pair discuss everything from sleep hygiene, our circadian rhythm and body clocks, the i...

Cats develop dementia similarly to humans with Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists hope their findings lead to new treatments for both humans and our feline friends. For more, we spoke to the lead author, Dr Robert McGeachan, at the University of Edinburgh’s Royal School of Veterinary Studies. A swarm of jellyfish forced the shutdown of France’s largest nuclear power plant, Gravelines. But how unusual...

Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Ed Bloomer on how to see the Perseid meteor shower at its peak . Cast your eyes skyward between midnight and 5.30am on the 12th of August. NASA says it’s the “most popular meteor shower of the year". Chip makers Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the US government 15% of their revenue from sales of the H20 and MI308 chips to China. 180 tonnes of congealed wet...

OpenAI has released its much-anticipated GPT-5 AI chatbot, claiming it's a "significant leap in intelligence" and "it's like talking to an expert". Also we speak to Martin Fidock, CEO of Oviva, the NHS’s biggest weight-loss jab provider, about how the company is using AI to personalise service for patients and tackle the UK's £126bn obesity crisis. The UK government announced new measures to crack...

President Donald Trump announced that he’s imposing 100% tariffs on computer chips and semiconductors that are produced outside of the United States. It’s expected to increase the cost of any electronics made outside of the country. On the same day, Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that 100% of the glass for Apple's phones and watches will be made in the US Following a major hack, Tea Dating...

Google DeepMind has revealed Genie 3, and it's hoped this is the next step to artificial general intelligence for them, as well as further enhancing interactive experiences. FOI request reveals a phone is stolen every 15 minutes a day in Westminster, London. We join Ed Connolly, Chief Commercial Officer at Currys on a new pilot which aims to curb pavement thefts. The US announced on Tuesday that i...

Project lead, Professor Aaron B. Carlisle, a marine ecologist at the University of Delaware, joins us to explain why sharks are being used to deliver important weather data from the ocean. The Scottish & Southern Electricity Network have described Storm Floris as "the most damaging summer storm in recent memory". Skyrora has the go-ahead to launch a vertical take-off of their 11m tall Skylark...

Met Office meteorologist, Aidan McGivern, joins us as Storm Floris hits the UK with predicted winds of up to 85mph , causing severe travel disruption. And what’s caused snow to fall, for the first time in decades, across some areas of Australia? For the first time in hundreds of years, a volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted on Sunday. Plus, a vaccine for gonorrhoea is now av...

Co-author Dr Sandy Knapp, a merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, joins us to discuss the new study, which they say uncovers a missing piece of the potato’s evolutionary history. Welcome to the world, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, the “oldest baby” to have ever been born. He was born in the US from an embryo that had been stored for thirty years. And which UK city is receiving the most suspect...

Planes at major UK airports had to be grounded on Wednesday following a technical glitch at air traffic control. National Air Traffic Services confirmed a radar failure caused the issue. However, the major disruption has led to calls for the head of NATS, Martin Rolfe, to resign. Artificial intelligence continues to shake up the legal scene. We spoke to the founder of Brandsmiths, Adam Morallee, w...

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered 4-metre tsunami waves and sparked evacuation orders across the Pacific. This is one ​of ​the ​top ​10 ​earthquakes ​ever ​recorded. To find out the latest, we’re joined by Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London. Keep up to date by clicking here. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

The US tech giant is launching AI Mode in Google Search across the UK this week . The tool is powered by Google’s latest AI model, Gemini 2.5. What are VPNs and why they’re being used to bypass new online safety measures , with cybersecurity expert and senior vice president at Ping Identity, Alex Laurie. Beijing's extreme rain 'trap': 80,000 people relocate and power outages hit more than 130 vill...

Evgeny Lebedev meets with Nootopia founder Mark Effinger, AKA Mr Noots. Since launching in 2004, the company says they've helped 300,000 people - including doctors, biohackers, and fitness instructors - unlock their potential. Nootropics are drugs and supplements which proponents say can boost alertness, increase focus, and improve memory. To hear the interview in full, just search Brave New World...

New rules have been enforced by regulator Ofcom with the aim to better protect children online .   The rules require online platforms to have age checks in place if they host pornography or other harmful content such as self-harm, suicide or eating disorders.   Peter Kyle, the UK’s Technology Secretary, said a generation of children will not be allowed to grow up “at the mercy of toxic a...

America has unveiled its AI Action Plan. In a speech at the 'Winning the AI Race' summit in Washington DC, president Donald Trump said the US is going to win the artificial intelligence race. According to The White House, the plan identifies over 90 Federal policy actions across three pillars. Plus, Tech & Science Daily joins Adam Layer, Harbour Master from the Port of London Authority, who is...

Samsung’s vice president of marketing, Annika Bizon, on why flip-phones are back in fashion. Earlier in the month, they announced the latest iterations of their foldable devices, such as the Galaxy Z Flip7 and Galaxy Z Fold7. We also talk about wearables such as the Galaxy Watch8 series, which Annika says is focused heavily on preventative health. The UK’s technology minister is planning social me...

The government has struck a deal with investors for the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk. The development will cost around £38 billion, and the government will be the biggest equity shareholder with a 44.9% stake . Why experts have been sounding the alarm about health advice generated by artificial intelligence, with Dr. Kacper Grado, honorary associate professor & fello...

The government will abolish Ofwat as part of an overhaul of a “broken” water regulation system that failed customers and the environment. The environment secretary, Steve Reed, has said they will ensure “British families are never again hit by the shocking bill hikes we saw last year”. Reed made the announcement in response to an independent review released by Sir Jonathan Cunliffe on Monday morni...

Ever wondered what your pet is really thinking? Researchers are using machine learning to try and figure out exactly that. To learn more, we caught up with Dr Jonathan Birch, Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. “It might tell us that a lot of animals are actually not happy with the way we currently care for them.” Following on from Trump’s health diagno...

We explore a revolutionary IVF technique, aimed at preventing mitochondrial diseases, that has resulted in the birth of eight healthy babies in the UK . Sir Professor Doug Turnbull, an expert in neurology, explains how their innovative method works. Plus, Donald Trump changes key Coca-Cola ingredient, and the new dialogue enhancement feature from Sonos. Also in this episode: Meta's ambitious AI da...

The iconic Grade I listed greenhouses at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew will experience a major renovation. The world-famous Palm House and Waterlily House date back to around 1848, and haven’t been touched for over forty years. To hear more about the reasons behind the £60 million renovation project, and the innovative approaches to make these iconic greenhouses net zero, we spoke to Reuben Bri...