{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/039b783b-a527-4fdf-b3ce-b3c255ad3034/62501fce110add00131536a2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Human cells ageing 'reversed by 30 years'","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba036a1a8cbef5973cf0c0/611d8477-603a-4e9d-91a2-bd3721f17d0e.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Researchers have found a way to reverse the ageing of human cells by 30 years. They tried a new technique on human skin cells, and managed to partly restore the function of older cells, while renewing their biological age at the same time.</p><p><br></p><p>London Zoo is using jumping spiders to try to help people overcome their arachnophobia. The neon-coloured spiders can leap six-times their body length.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus, Activision Blizzard is giving a thousand game testers full-time jobs, a dinosaur specialist explains the significance behind the North Dakota asteroid fossil site, a post mortem of ‘extraordinary’ Greenland shark reveals it had meningitis, the new Snapchat lens that can teach you sign language, and Returnal is named best game at Bafta Games Awards.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Cambridge researchers reverse the ageing process in human skin cells&nbsp;(0.16)</li><li>London Zoo uses <a href=\"https://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/news/jumping-spiders-land-at-zsl-london-zoo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">jumping spiders to cure arachnophobia</a> (0.55)</li><li>Activision Blizzard gives game testers full-time roles (2.03)</li><li>Why the asteroid fossil site in North Dakota is so significant (2.30)</li><li><a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/greenland-shark-meningitis-cornwall-north-atlantic-b993203.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Greenland shark post mortem</a> shows it had meningitis (3.52)</li><li>Snapchat launches sign language lens (4.43)</li><li>Returnal wins Best Game at Bafta Game Awards (5.11)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Hear the full interview with <a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/118a4b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Natural History Museum Professor Paul Barrett here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/EveningStandard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> for the latest news and features @Evening Standard&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}