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Evening Standard
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Jon Weeks and Rachelle Abbott

OPINION - ESA on Euclid’s first space image success: Tech and Science Daily podcast

The European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft has sent back its first images of space after being launched into the cosmos.

The spacecraft will map the universe in a way never done before, using huge cameras and sensors, and will send back images for us to stitch together, and it’ll also be used to examine dark matter and dark energy.

ESA’s Euclid Project Manager Giuseppe Racca tells Tech & Science Daily why its images will only get better, and when we can expect more to be made public.

There are calls for a large trial to see whether the fermented tea drink kombucha can help people with type 2 diabetes.

It’s after a small-scale study carried out by researchers in the US found that after a month the drink appeared to lower average fasting blood glucose levels.

An ultra-bright flashing ‘X’ sign on top of Twitter’s HQ in San Francisco, has been dismantled just days after it was put up.

According to building inspectors 24 people complained about the sign over the weekend, and it had been taken down on Monday.

Scientists in Florida are in a race against time to move precious corals away from warming ocean waters on the state’s coast.

A killer ocean heatwave is threatening to cause coral bleaching, which is where they lose their colour as algae are drawn away from the warmer temperatures.

And the rest

MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials, Google begins offering free AI training courses in the UK, a study suggests one alcoholic drink a day could raise blood pressure, and the Chinese zoo forced to deny its sun bears are humans dressed in costumes.

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