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An explosive SpaceX launch, the lunar robot landing, and THAT woolly mouse

Mar 07 2025 9 mins  
SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight has ended in flames- marking the eighth failed attempt for Elon Musk’s deep-space rocket. Meanwhile, the Athena lander has successfully touched down on the Moon, but engineers fear it may have tipped over. We hear from CMO of Castrol Nicola Buck about how the British oil company is helping to keep the AstroAnt micro robot going as part

REPLAY: The Human Guinea Pig, with Ben Greenfield (Brave New World preview)

Mar 06 2025 18 mins  
This is a replay preview of our sister podcast Brave New World. What is biohacking and are you already doing it without realising? Evgeny Lebedev spends a day with the ‘world’s fittest man’, Ben Greenfield, to learn how exercise, diet and light contribute to wellness. To hear the whole episode search 'Brave New World Evening Standard' in your podcast provider. Hosted on Acast

The mental toll of misdiagnosis

Mar 04 2025 10 mins  
Hearing that an illness is ‘all in your head’ can have a damaging effect on self-worth and self-esteem.That’s according to new research from the University of Cambridge that has revealed the impact of chronic diseases being misdiagnosed as psychosomatic.The study showed that patients whose symptoms were dismissed were more likely to experience high levels of depression, anxie

UK to send 5,000 missiles to Ukraine

Mar 03 2025 7 mins  
A Belfast factory is set to supply 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine.TikTok is one of several social media platforms being investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office.Suze Cooper talks to the ICO’s deputy commissioner for regulatory policy Emily Keaney about the investigation.Also in this episode:Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft lands on the Moon.OpenAI

Apple on 'affordable' iPhone 16e & new features

Feb 28 2025 7 mins  
Apple’s latest iPhone 16e hits UK shelves today, boasting high-end features for an affordable price.We asked Alice from Apple about all the new and important additions.South Korean officials are in California this week and signed a $35 billion agreement to fund the world’s largest AI data centre, 'to rival Microsoft and Google'. We’re joined by the co-founders of the new data

REPLAY: Turning Back Time with Bryan Johnson (Brave New World preview)

Feb 27 2025 16 mins  
This is a replay of a preview taken from our sister podcast, Brave New World. Evgeny meets ‘anti-ageing poster boy’ Bryan Johnson, the entrepreneur whose ‘Project Blueprint’ aims to extend the human lifespan. He also talks to the 46-year-old’s doctor Oliver Zolman, who details how they’re approaching a controversial area of emerging science. To hear the whole episode se

Apple rolls out Donald Trump bug fix

Feb 26 2025 8 mins  
Apple’s rolling out a bug fix after an iPhone glitch where saying ‘racist’ briefly flashes an image of Donald Trump on screen.MPs warn Meta’s decision to scrap third-party fact-checkers could allow misinformation to spread unchecked.How are London scientists decoding brain signals to make robotic limbs feel more natural? We hear from Imperial College London Research Associa

Breast cancer deaths to ‘rise dramatically by 2050’

Feb 25 2025 8 mins  
Breast cancer deaths and cases are set to rise dramatically by 2050, according to latest figures from the World Health Organisation. But what’s driving the increase?Why has Bitcoin dropped to its lowest price since November?How researchers are using X-Ray vision to improve Formula 1. We’re joined by Dr. Chu Lun Alex Leung an Associate Professor in Advanced Manufacturing at UCL.

Should more schools ban smartphones?

Feb 21 2025 9 mins  
More than 100 schools across Barnet will go ‘smartphone-free’ from September. This isn’t the first time smartphones have been banned in London and comes as the Safer Phones Bill continues to gain momentum. Joining us to explain is The London Standard's chief political correspondent, Rachael Burford. We're also joined by Clare Fernyhough, founding partner of Smartphone Free Ch

Microsoft’s Majorana 1 quantum computing chip unveiled

Feb 20 2025 7 mins  
After almost 20 years in development Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip has been unveiled. Experts are seeing it as a leap towards quantum computing but what is that? And what does it mean?Elsewhere, researchers at Imperial College London and Google have been testing an AI co-scientist to see how it might contribute to advanced experiments.Dr Tiago Costa, who co-led the experimental wor