Who will we be in the metaverse? Obviously, an avatar. But what will that avatar mean for the person in the real world? Has digital technology already eroded our identities as Matt gets to grips with the after-effects of Covid-19.

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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https://www.wired.com/story/great-smushing-pandemic-identities/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss

https://www.wired.com/story/now-physical-jobs-going-remote/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss

https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-reese-witherspoon-metaverse/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss

https://www.wired.com/story/robinhood-psych-experiment-gamestop/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss

https://www.wired.com/story/now-physical-jobs-going-remote/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss

https://www.helenrussell.co.uk/books/the-year-of-living-danishly/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnchmielewski/2021/08/02/how-reese-witherspoon-has-become-the-worlds-richest-actress/?sh=17c0bcb34d9b

https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2019/07/multiple-identities

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Five-letter puzzle Wordle has become a global sharing sensation. But why is it so addictive? And what is it doing to your brain? And what does it tell us about our culture?

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https://www.inverse.com/gaming/is-wordle-good-for-your-brain

https://theconversation.com/the-wordle-craze-why-do-we-love-puzzles-and-are-they-good-for-our-brains-175227

https://www.insider.com/wordle-game-viral-experts-psychology-sharing-twitter-2022-1

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/why-do-we-love-puzzles-like-wordle-and-are-they-good-for-our-brains

https://www.vox.com/culture/22891192/wordle-game-what-is-wordle-why-is-it-so-popular-how-to-play

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/wordle-explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-viral-word-game/

https://slate.com/culture/2022/01/wordle-game-creator-wardle-twitter-scores-strategy-stats.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/11/secret-winning-wordle-word-game

https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/why-we-love-wordle/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-why-the-word-game-wordle-went-viral-180979439/

https://medium.com/@tglaiel/the-mathematically-optimal-first-guess-in-wordle-cbcb03c19b0a

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/10/wordle-80-year-old-illinois-woman-kidnapped/

What is your happiness worth? Should we live for today or for tomorrow? We look at the science behind the wellbeing movement and the countries that are measuring their success as units of happiness rather than GDP.

Hosted by Matt Armitage and Richard Bradbury.

Produced by Richard Bradbury for BFM 89.9.

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305173-what-really-makes-people-happy-and-can-you-learn-to-be-happier/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333703-200-the-happiness-revolution-how-to-boost-the-well-being-of-society/

https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/01/bhutan-wealth-happiness-counts

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/07/11/new-zealand-ditches-gdp-for-happiness-and-wellbeing/?sh=5a2eb3351942

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https://academic.oup.com/ppar/article/27/4/127/4782506?login=true

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Is kombucha the future of water filtration? Can viruses keep our food safe? And exactly how long before your bubble bursts? More weird science stories to help you see through the dark. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

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https://www.wired.com/story/kombucha-cultures-could-make-better-water-filters/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333694-200-how-bacteria-killing-viruses-are-being-used-to-keep-food-safe/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305979-electric-wound-dressing-could-help-injuries-heal-faster/

https://www.projecteugene.com/katapat.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304951-infrared-goggles-and-vibrating-armband-help-people-who-are-blind-see/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305188-human-and-robot-chemists-work-better-together-than-alone/

https://www.wired.com/story/physicists-created-bubbles-that-last-over-a-year/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss

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When is a VPN not a VPN? When it’s Apple’s Private Relay. Plus Tesla hacks, algae driven robots, edible straws and aircraft mounted lasers. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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https://www.wired.com/story/how-apple-icloud-private-relay-works/

https://www.wired.com/story/icloud-private-relay-blocking/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_source=rss

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304691-edible-straws-made-by-bacteria-are-better-than-paper-or-plastic-ones/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2303984-overloaded-memory-chips-generate-truly-random-numbers-for-encryption/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22890463/fedex-laser-missile-defense-infrared-airplane-faa

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2022/01/18/fedex-plans-to-protect-its-pilots-and-planes-with-anti-missile-lasers/?sh=5742f7ab1107

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2303981-corkscrew-shaped-robot-swims-through-blood-vessels-to-clear-blockages/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304571-robot-piloted-by-a-ball-of-algae-is-powered-by-photosynthesis/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akv7z5/how-a-hacker-controlled-dozens-of-teslas-using-a-flaw-in-third-party-app

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Is it too late to contain the spread of AI? As experts debate the development of truly super intelligent machines, the next generation of machine intelligence is already creating answers to questions we can only guess at. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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www.descript.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHIhgxav9LY&t=585s

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25233651-900-2021-in-review-ai-firm-deepmind-solves-human-protein-structures/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/09/are-we-witnessing-the-dawn-of-post-theory-science

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How the wild ride of crypto currency markets and NFT-backed assets, and the emergence of the Facebook branded Metaverse, have defined a year of hype and speculation. 

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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As we round up 2021, mRNA vaccines have been the remarkable success story of 2021, but we’ve only scratched at the surface of their potential. Plus, the advances in food science and cellular agriculture that could make animal-free milk as common place as traditionally farmed milk.

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133562-500-how-mrna-is-transforming-the-way-we-treat-illnesses-from-flu-to-cancer/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133562-800-the-mrna-technology-behind-covid-19-vaccines-can-transform-medicine/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/17/cows-milk-without-cows-start-up-13m-seed-funding-imagindairy

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Automation is changing organisations from the top down and a new management layer is replacing supervisors and line managers with machines. Is your next boos a bot?

Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury 

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https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/564668-warning-your-boss-is-probably-spying-on-you-and-it-could-be-bad-for-your

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/29/yeah-were-spooked-ai-starting-to-have-big-real-world-impact-says-expert

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/18/portugal-bosses-work-hours-right-to-disconnect

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