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The fire has forced the evacuation of 30,000 residents of Pacific Palisades, home to stars including Ben Affleck, and Tom Hanks. Why HMPV is not another Covid-19 pandemic with Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists (which grew in popularity during the pandemic) and a medical consultant specialising in clinical microbiology and virology at Cambridge University. David ​L. Shrier, ​Professor ​of ​Practice ​in ​AI ​and ​Innovation ​with ​Imperial ​College ​London business school, joins us from CES 2025 in Las Vegas for more Nvidia updates. Also in this episode:Was the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel planned 'using generative AI’?Scientists believe just one cup of coffee in the morning leads to better heart healthLess grey seal pups born at popular coastal breeding groundFor the latest news head to standard.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

...Including most powerful processor, the GeForce RTX 5090, plus new AI gaming chips. EU leaders react to Elon Musk’s outbursts over UK child grooming gangs ahead of elections. Scientists unlock secrets of Earth’s climate past, with lead researcher Dr Hanna Jurikova, senior research fellow at St Andrews’ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.Also in this episode:Powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 95 in western ChinaGMB’s Dr Hilary Jones on dangers of ultra processed foodsPaperclip-sized chameleon on conservationists’ 2025 watchlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chief political correspondent, Rachael Burford, on Sir Keir Starmer’s response to Elon Musk - and why the Tesla boss has targeted Britain.CES 2025: Nvidia, Samsung AI assistants - if you fancy a real-time recipe on a cooking show - and the robot cat that can cool down your coffee.British woman receives first liver transplant for stage four bowel cancerAlso in this episode:Is a common virus behind Alzheimer’s in some patients?Korean scientists believe small satellites could capture better understanding of supermassive black holesBrazilian nun becomes world’s oldest living person at 117 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Met Office’s Alex Deakin on the latest weather warning news, UK snow warning and the impact of rare freezing rain.Former deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg steps down as Meta’s chief global affairs officer.Are nanoplastics impairing the effect of antibiotics? Tech & Science Daily is joined by Professor Lukas Kenner and PhD student Nikola Zlatkov to discuss the study.Also in this episode:Has Nintendo’s Switch 2 core hardware been leaked?UK low-cost airline cuts paint coats to save weight & fuel costsUndersea wilderness ‘being lost’ in Scotland’s coastal watersWorks such as Hitchcock’s first ‘talkie’ Blackmail and a Popeye classic among US copyrights expiring in 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.