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Hear how a Parkinson’s patient’s life has been transformed with £31,000 treatment to help deal with the debilitating condition’s tremors. The vape-inspired inhaler to help needle-phobes avoid vaccine jabs - with Imperial College London/RCA masters graduate Zhejun ‘Ezreal’ Zhang.Also in this episode:Ten deaths in England whooping cough outbreak as cases soar.AI drones in battlefield test by UK, US & Australia military‘Millions of years for plant recovery from climate change’Great Barrier Reef ‘risk of disappearing’Who’s a social boy, then...world record for clever TikTok parrot.For all the latest news head to standard.co.uk

A Nasa astronaut duo marooned on the International Space Station discover they may not return to Earth until 2025. Plus, Finlay Asher, from aviation industry climate impact campaign group Safe Landing, on airline pollution, regulation and aircraft engine tech developments.Also in this episode:Gene-editing therapy for blood disorder recommended on NHSArmy space radar base in Wales 'to combat cosmic warfare'Did this 500-year-old compass belong to Copernicus?Scientists make Caesar’s perfume...no gladiator sweat available

Thousands of women in England who have gone through the menopause could benefit from a new drug on the NHS, called Abaloparatide, that reduces the risk of bone fractures. Unique collection of technology memorabilia up for auction, including the original Apple-1 computer from Steve Jobs’ desk, a letter signed by Albert Einstein to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning about Nazi Germany’s nuclear weapons research and America’s first spacewalk suit.Also in this episode:Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s Zombies trailerWhy our 3ft ancestors were real ‘Hobbits’London’s hottest Tube lines revealedOlympics Paris 2024: running track made from seashells‘World’s oldest calendar’ found by archaeologists.

Downing Street has slammed Elon Musk’s comments on his X social media platform after the tech billionaire waded into the online chaos surrounding anti-immigration violence flaring up in UK towns and cities. Social media riot incitement risks arrest, warns lawyer. Cygnus freighter’s food, clothes & toilet spares for ISS.Also in this episode:Hawaii wildfires one year on: Maui’s chronic homes shortageGoogle’s ‘online search monopoly illegal’, US court rulesNHS ‘soup & shakes’ diet plan to combat type 2 diabetesSoftware engineer’s 100,000 press-ups for MS charity to honour his late mother.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has sold a further $50 billion of his shares in Apple - why? Tech & Science Daily podcast has news analysis from Evening Standard markets reporter Michael Hunter. Fake weight-loss jabs warning. Minority Report-style ‘pre-crime AI’.Also in this episode:Olympic champion Simone Biles & rise of adult gymnastsProstate cancer: immunotherapy treatment hope ‘to prolong life’The automatic robo-dentist will see you now

On this preview of Brave New World, Evgeny Lebedev meets with billionaire entrepreneur Christian Angermayer.The pair discuss The Enhanced Games. Could this improve drug testing at the Olympics?To hear the full episode search Brave New World. You will also be able to hear a conversation with retired Australian swimmer James Magnussen, a silver and double bronze Olympic medallist, who’s been offered $1 million if he wins the controversial new competition’s 100m freestyle swimming race.

Scientists share their theory behind ancient woman mummy. Government cuts £1.3billion of unfunded cash for tech & AI. What to expect from Google’s AI-powered Pixel 9 series. Taco Bell to roll out AI drive-thrus at hundreds of stores. Also in this episode:Salesforce UK&I CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi on investing in AI skills - listen to the full interview hereStarmer warns social media firms over misinformation sparking violent disorder‘Unhealthy preoccupation with phones linked to teenage anxiety and depression’Star Wars Outlaws described as “like Red Dead Redemption in space”Follow us on X or on Threads.

Tony Gates, Chief Executive of Northumberland National Park Authority, reveals the good news about the felled Sycamore Gap tree - that it may now live on after green shoots have been found on its stump.Want to know where that bad smell is? Well, odour detecting robots might be key to finding out the answer. Dr Floris van Breugel, assistant professor in mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada in Reno, discusses their new study.Also in this episode:Thunderstorm and flood warnings in parts of England and WalesFriend: New AI companion launches – and it’s like something straight out of Black Mirror Squid Game season two release date finally announced by Netflix Follow us on X or on Threads.

Dr Harjinder Singh Lallie, Director of the Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education at the University of Warwick, discusses Microsoft's latest outage that was triggered by a cyberattack. Overnight, products such as email service Outlook and video game Minecraft were impacted.Scientists say that spaceships with warp-drive technology could be detected by looking for ripples in spacetime. Dr Katy Clough, the study’s lead author from Queen Mary University of London, explains the research and what this tells us.Wildfire warning is currently high or extreme across most of southern Europe - as many Brits prepare to take their summer holidays in destinations across the area.Also in this episode:OpenAI to start rolling out its new voice modeAustralia starts world-first peanut allergy treatment for babiesWhy 'three second' goldfish memory is a myth Follow us on X or on Threads.