{"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-b3c255ad3034/681cadf424b1daf01a6876ae?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘If we save the sea, we save our world’ – Attenborough urges ocean protection","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba036a1a8cbef5973cf0c0/1746709368458-166db6bd-ddd5-4f80-8e78-b26b8d394058.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A powerful rallying cry to protect the world's oceans has been issued from Sir David Attenborough.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/environment/david-california-ocean-emma-hardy-france-b1226189.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">His message features in a new film</a>, Ocean with David Attenborough, <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/ocean-with-david-attenborough-new-documentary-review-b1226358.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">which opens in cinemas across the world today.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Plus, Owkin has launched&nbsp;<em>K Navigator</em>, an AI-powered research co-pilot designed to revolutionise biomedical science.</p><p><br></p><p>They say the technology is an “agentic playground” where researchers can explore, refine, and validate a theory, therefore accelerating the quality and pace of their discoveries.</p><p><br></p><p>According to the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, it takes around 12 years for a laboratory discovery to become an approved medicine. There is also a high failure rate.</p><p><br></p><p>Tech and Science Daily spoke to Dr Ingo Ringshausen, a consultant at University College London Hospital who runs a research group for the Cancer Institute and—importantly—was also one of the first to test the technology.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also in this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Could Nasa switch up and launch to Mars as early as 2026?</li><li><a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/nhs-star-wars-darth-vader-croydon-b1226490.html \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">London NHS worker awarded £29,000 after being likened to Darth Vader</a></li><li>Is Scotland home to the world’s oldest football pitch?</li></ul>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}