As Stranger Things fans get to grips with the new villain Vecna, we speak with the special effects maestro behind the character. Barrie Gower, Creative Director of BGFX discusses the process of creating the practical effects, and how actor Jamie Campbell Bower transformed into the Vecna.

Plus, TikTok’s new feature to help users monitor their screen time, adventurer Justin Packshaw describes his latest mission to Antarctica, and how Twitter is making it easier to buy products on its platform.

In this episode:

• Stranger Things: How Vecna was created (0.16)
• TikTok adds new screen time management tools to boost ‘digital wellbeing’ (2.04)
• Justin Packshaw on his latest Antarctic Discovery (2.40)
• Europe’s ‘biggest land-predator dinosaur’ fossil found on Isle of Wight (4.08)
• Eating two portions of fish per week ‘linked to malignant melanoma’ (4.51)
• Twitter launches ‘Product Drops’ (5.32)
• Zero emissions hydrofoil ‘flying’ workboat launched (5.55)

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