Nasa on their Moon mission: VIPER
Nasa discusses its VIPER moon mission, how hackers threaten our global food supply, Tik Tok’s plans to get into gaming and more!
Nasa has been explaining the details behind its latest moon mission: Viper. It plans to send its lunar rover to the Moon’s south pole, to look for ice and water. There’s a warning the global food supply chain is at risk from malicious hackers targeting ‘smart’ farm machinery. It’s thought the could hack into things like automatic crop sprayers, drones and robotic harvesters.
Plus:
- Natural History Museum professor on the discovery of ‘ghost’ fossils
- TikTok reportedly plans a ‘major push’ into gaming
- $3.5 billion plan for carbon removal hubs in the US
- Prehistoric faeces gives a hint about Stonehenge builders' cooking skills
- The Artificial Intelligence sleep app that could mean an end to sleeping pills
- Dolphins filmed lining up to self-medicate skin conditions with coral
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