Astronomers from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have spied an exoplanet outside our Solar System with a similar mass to Earth, which orbits a red dwarf star and could support pleasant temperatures and water. Did a $100 part spoil Virgin Orbit’s space dream? Keanu Reeves inspires natural antimicrobial product to kill fungus. Electric cars: World’s best place for EV chargers...and battery ethics, with Leo Murray of UK climate change charity Possible.

Also in this episode:

• Just Bing it? Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered AI search engine takes on Google’s Bard.
• How codebreakers cracked Mary Queen of Scots’ jail letters
• Science behind Australia’s anxious sheep flocking together
• Advanced AI? It’s just pigeon-brained learning, U.S. study finds.

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