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The Online Safety Act has come into force today meaning social media platforms must now remove illegal content or face massive fines. But will it actually make the internet safer? Consumer law expert…

Scientists have used a pioneering technique to unlock hidden details about a famous chimpanzee’s life for the first time.

Using osteobiography experts have analysed the bones and tissue of Choppers, a…

British astronaut Tim Peake joined global leaders from the space industry in London this week for the Space Comm Expo.

In today’s special episode we hear from the 52-year-old, who was the first Britis…

A Russian national has been identified as the captain of the Solong ship, which collided with a tanker carrying jet fuel earlier this week. Wildlife experts say the oil spill could have a devastating…

The head of Ofcom has defended the UK’s new Online Safety Act, calling it “very ambitious” in tackling harmful content - but campaigners say it doesn’t go far enough.

Plus - new data shows the expansi…

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, …

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 o…

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 …

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 C…

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 m…

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 low…

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 mom…

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, resear…

The scent of ancient Egyptian mummies has been unlocked thanks to pioneering smell analysis. We hear from UCL’s Dr Cecilia Bembibre about the research conducted on nine mummified bodies that could al…

Apple and Google have been assured there won’t be penalties for allowing TikTok downloads from their app stores - although the ban is still set to be enforced in April.

Plus, scientists have discovere…

This is a replay of a preview taken from our sister podcast Brave New World. Is it possible to live forever – and would you even want to? Evgeny Lebedev is joined by David Walliams to explore the sci…