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Aug 11
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Perseid meteor shower: when and how to s...

The Evening Standard
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Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Ed Bloomer on how to see the Perseid meteor shower at its peak.


Cast your eyes skyward between midnight and 5.30am on the 12th of August.


NASA says it’s the “most popular meteor shower of the year".


Chip makers Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the US government 15% of their revenue from sales of the H20 and MI308 chips to China.


180 tonnes of congealed wet wipes are being removed from the River Thames by the Port of London Authority, in collaboration with Thames Water.


For more, we caught up with Thames Water’s Head of Tideway Integration Group, John Sullivan.


Also in this episode:


-Jim Lovell, one of the world’s most loved astronauts, has died aged 97


-Why researchers are following the trail of a snail that can regrow its eyes


-After 34 years, AOL is shutting down dial-up on September 30th


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