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Rachelle Abbott and Jon Weeks

Could Tim Peake return to ISS to lead Brit space squad? Tech & Science Daily podcast

The UK Space Agency has signed a ‘groundbreaking’ agreement to send a UK team of astronauts to the International Space Station to carry out scientific experiments in microgravity.

It’s reported Major Tim Peake could return from retirement to lead the team.

Professor Anu Ojha, Director of Championing Space at the UK Space Agency explains why the deal is so significant, how important experiments in orbit can be, and why backing from the commercial sector is so important.

Officials in California have ordered GM Motors to remove its Cruise driverless cars from roads across the state.

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles said the cars pose a risk to the public and said the company had "misrepresented" the safety of the technology.

In a statement Cruise said it would be “pausing operations of our driverless AVs in San Francisco.”

Research suggests just 22 minutes of exercise a day can reverse the negative effects associated with being sedentary.

Researchers at the Arctic University of Norway suggest that just over 20 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity can eliminate the higher risk of death from long periods of time being sat down.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are warning AI chatbots like ChatGPT could be used to help launch cyberattacks.

They said even mainstream chatbots, which are designed with protections in place, can create potentially damaging computer code without realising.

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New product details reveal Humane’s AI Pin device runs ChatGPT, seaweed-eating robot listed among TIME’s best inventions, and musical healing...listening to emotional tunes ‘may soothe pain’.

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