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The UK’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy is visiting Norway and Iceland this week, specifically the Arctic Circle, to look at the measures being taken to counter Russia’s actions in the region. 


The government is also exploring the use of artificial intelligence to detect hostile state activity, in a joint scheme with Iceland and the Alan Turing Institute. 


A new diagnostic blood test has been presented at the World Congress on Endometriosis.


Diagnosis typically takes seven years for the disease, and there is currently no readily available, accurate, non-invasive test.


They hope their new tool is one step closer to commercial rollout. 


Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh joins us from Martha’s Vineyard. He’s just completed a 60-mile swim to spotlight the drastic decline of shark populations worldwide. 


Also in this episode:


-Scientific tip to avoid seagulls stealing your fish & chips this summer


-Scientists strike gold in Hawaiian volcanic rocks


-The Wurzels release new AI single called Wurzel Me Up





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