Tech & Science Daily podcast: Real Armageddon...asteroid crash pics drama

Plus! 3D-printed cheesecake & Roman mosaic vape dig
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Some stunning aftermath images have revealed swirling clouds of blue dust caused by Nasa’s asteroid-knocking test - the real-life Armageddon scenario.

Tech & Science Daily podcast speaks with Dr Cyrielle Opitom, a comets specialist at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Physics and Astronomy, who explains the challenges of tracking the rock, named Dimorphos, seven million miles away via mega-telescopes in Chile.

We also discover the fate of Nasa’s fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft that hit the asteroid.

The United Nations is warning humanity of a looming water crisis caused by “vampiric overconsumption and overdevelopment”.

The UN report says there’s an “imminent risk” of shortages due to overconsumption and climate change, which comes ahead of the first big UN water summit in nearly half a century, in New York on Wednesday.

The UK government has confirmed its sending ammunition for Challenger 2 tanks that contain depleted uranium to Ukrainian forces fighting Russia.

The Ministry of Defence says such weapons have been standard kit for decades, and its “nothing to do with nuclear weapons”, but Vladimir Putin’s seized on the latest British arms shipments, saying “Russia will be forced to react”.

Plus, progestogen pill cancer research link, Google Bard is adults only, Gates on AI future, Roman mosaic vape shop dig and would you enjoy 3D-printed cheesecake.

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