{"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-b3c255ad3034/665717220abe70001285c460?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ancient Egyptians were ‘trying to treat cancer 4,000 years ago’","description":"<p>Cut marks on a skull <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/ancient-egypt-cancer-research-treatments-frontiers-in-medicine-b1160713.html#:~:text=Ancient%20Egyptians%20were%20trying%20to,caused%20by%20a%20cancerous%20growth.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reveal ancient tumour examination</a>. Earthcare: Probe designed to study <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/earth-spacex-california-uk-space-agency-university-of-reading-b1160698.html#:~:text=launched%20into%20space.-,EarthCARE%20blasted%20off%20on%20SpaceX's%20Falcon%209%20rocket%20from%20Vandenberg,radiation%20emitted%20by%20the%20planet.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">how clouds affect Earth’s climate launched into space</a>. <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/titanic-submersible-triton-larry-connor-oceangate-titan-safety-deaths-b1160640.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">US billionaire plans to take submersible to wreck of Titanic</a>. Feeding babies peanuts <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/feeding-babies-peanut-allergies-trial-kings-college-b1160517.html#:~:text=The%20researchers%20found%20that%20by,from%20an%20early%20age%20did.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">protects from allergy into adolescence</a>. Also in this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Bjoern Frommknecht, mission manager of EarthCARE explains the cloud-exploring satellite</li><li><a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/action-research-artificial-intelligence-ofcom-electoral-commission-b1160706.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CRight%20now%2C%20there%20is%20no,quickly%20before%20it's%20too%20late.%E2%80%9D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Action needed to protect election from AI disinformation</a>, study says</li><li>Study: One in five professional footballers using snus or tobacco-free nicotine pouches</li><li>AI enlisted in the <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/artificial-intelligence-kew-gardens-university-of-southampton-south-africa-london-b1160611.html#:~:text=The%20only%20known%20E.%20woodii,cloned%2C%20it%20cannot%20naturally%20reproduce.&amp;text=Artificial%20intelligence%20(AI)%20has%20been,be%20extinct%20in%20the%20wild.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">hunt for female partner for lonely ancient plant</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Follow us<a href=\"https://twitter.com/EveningStandard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> on X</a> or<a href=\"https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> on Threads</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}