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Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: Joe Rogan responds to Spotify Covid-19 misinformation row

UFC is still set to go ahead on April 18. (Picture: Getty Images)

Joe Rogan’s posted an Instagram video responding to the fallout from his coronavirus views.

He says he believes vaccines are safe and promises to offer a more balanced perspective.

It’s the latest twist surrounding the Joe Rogan Experience, with Spotify saying on Monday it will add a content warning to podcast episodes that include discussion about Covid-19.

North Korea has released space photographs it claims shows the regime’s most powerful missile launch in five years. Japan and South Korea confirmed it reached a maximum altitude of 2,000 kilometres - that’s nearly 1,250 miles.

State media said the dramatic shots were taken by a camera fitted to the missile’s warhead.

The Natural History Museum has announced the government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, will become its new non-executive chairman of the board of trustees.

He expects to take over as chairman early in 2023 after the appointment was endorsed by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Plus, the James Webb Space Telescope is being calibrated to gaze at its first star system target. President Ronald Reagan’s ‘Nasa Challenger artefacts’ surface 36 years after disaster. OpenSea suggests 80% of free NFTs on the site are ‘fraud or spam’? And, a Thailand café serves up bitcoin and ether crypto advice with sponge cake and cappuccino.

You can find this episode on your Spotify Daily Drive or wherever you stream your podcasts.

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