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In this week’s episode, we discuss:
Swine fever
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Bulgaria has announced that it is struggling to contain an outbreak of deadly African swine fever, threatening its entire pig breeding industry. What’s behind the outbreak? Could it reach the UK? And do we need to completely rethink global food production?
Katy Perry
Katy Perry and her team of songwriters have been ordered by a US jury to pay $2.8m in damages for copying part of an 11-year-old Christian rap song in her 2013 hit “Dark Horse”. So is this the week we learnt imitation is not the highest form of flattery?
Inner voices
A new wearable device claims it can read your thoughts - well, not exactly. Alter Ego uses sensors to detect tiny electrical impulses in the face produced when a person speaks inside their head, and then responds to their questions or commands. The creator of the device believes it may one day replace the likes of Siri and Alexa as a digital personal assistant, but also could offer a lifeline to people with medical conditions which prevent them from speaking out loud.
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