The fire has forced the evacuation of 30,000 residents of Pacific Palisades, home to stars including Ben Affleck, and Tom Hanks.

Why HMPV won’t cause 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 ​Schreier, ​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 health
• Less grey seal pups born at popular coastal breeding ground

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...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 China
• GMB’s Dr Hilary Jones on dangers of ultra processed foods
• Paperclip-sized chameleon on conservationists’ 2025 watchlist

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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 cancer

Also 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 holes
• Brazilian nun becomes world’s oldest living person at 117

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