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Climate change-driven heatwaves caused 263 deaths in London

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‘Heatwaves are silent killers’, according to Dr Gary Konstantinoudis, lecturer at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, at Imperial College London.


Summer heatwaves caused 263 deaths in London. This data comes as a week-long heat health alert for the capital kicks in.


A new generation of foldable phones has been unveiled by Samsung.


The CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, has resigned.


And chimpanzees have been observed copying quirky social behaviours from one another, even though they offer no apparent practical benefit.


For more, we spoke to senior author Dr. Jake Brooker from the Department of Psychology at the University of Durham.


Also in this episode:


-Microsoft Outlook users have reported issues using the platform


-AI surgery could be trialled on humans within a decade


-Why cats prefer predictable outcomes instead of surprising events


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‘Heatwaves are silent killers’, according to Dr Gary Konstantinoudis, lecturer at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, at Imperial College London.


Summer heatwaves caused 263 deaths in London. This data comes as a week-long heat health alert for the capital kicks in.


A new generation of foldable phones has been unveiled by Samsung.


The CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, has resigned.


And chimpanzees have been observed copying quirky social behaviours from one another, even though they offer no apparent practical benefit.


For more, we spoke to senior author Dr. Jake Brooker from the Department of Psychology at the University of Durham.


Also in this episode:


-Microsoft Outlook users have reported issues using the platform


-AI surgery could be trialled on humans within a decade


-Why cats prefer predictable outcomes instead of surprising events


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

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