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Jul 9
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The phone case which looks and burns lik...

The Evening Standard
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O2, with backing from The British Skin Foundation, have created a first-of-its-kind phone 'Skincase', designed to highlight the sun’s harmful UV rays on human skin.


We join researcher and creative technologist Marc Teyssier, who has previously designed artificial skin for robots.


The eruption of an Indonesian volcano has left locals finding ‘breathing painful’.


Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted twice on Monday, sending extremely hot ash and rock debris up into the air, around 11 miles high.


LOTR's Peter Jackson is resurrecting a giant extinct bird from 600 years ago.


He’s teamed up with Colossal Biosciences, which worked on the genetic rebuilding of species such as the woolly mammoth and dire wolf.


Also in this episode:


-Barbie has launched its first doll with type 1 diabetes.


-Live facial recognition technology could be used to catch London Underground fare dodgers.


-And finally, Sid the sloth's Ice Age migration was actually unusual…


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