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With the beauty industry booming, how much do we really know about the products we apply onto our skin and the regulations making sure they are safe?

In this second episode on microplastics, Euronews Tech Talks explores the relationship between cosmetics, microbeads and how they affect us with environmental lawyer Hélène Duguy and environmental chemist Iseult Lynch. 

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The word “microplastics” appeared for the first time in 2004, coined by Richard Thompson, now a marine biology professor at the University of Plymouth. 

Over the past 22 years, microplastics have gained increasing attention, but questions about them still seem to outnumber what we actually know.

In this Q&A episode of Euronews Tech Talks, we pose your questions to Heather Leslie, an independent scientist from Amsterdam, and Francesco Regoli, vice rector for research at the Polytechnic University of Marche.

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Exploring Everyday Microplastic Exposures - Leslie DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19360361

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On the occasion of World Oceans Day (8 June), Euronews Tech Talks explores how satellites and artificial intelligence can contribute to ocean monitoring and protection with Alain Arnaud, director of the digital ocean programme at the French-based organisation Mercator Ocean International. 

Mercator’s flagship product is the European Digital Twin Ocean (EDITO), a virtual replica of the ocean, accessible online and free of charge. The project is set to become fully operational by 2030, but how does it work?

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The European Digital Twin Ocean: https://dive.edito.eu/ 

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What are digital rights? How does content moderation work on social media platforms? Is GDPR truly holding Big Tech companies accountable?

To answer these and more of your questions, Euronews Tech Talks sits down with Gloria González Fuster, research professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, specialising in digitalisation and rights, and Silvia Semenzin, a researcher at AI Forensics with a background in digital sociology. 

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After Australia became the first country in the world to ban social media for under-16s, debates over similar measures have spread across Europe. 

Euronews Tech Talks explores this strategy with European teenagers and two experts: neuropsychiatrist and member of the supervisory board of the Belgian association Kids Unplugged, Theo Compernolle and sociologist and vice-coordinator of the research network EU Kids Online, Giovanna Mascheroni. 

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Privacy, political, and ethical concerns are pushing people to look for alternative social media platforms. Are there other options to mainstream platforms?

Euronews Tech Talks explores this and more questions with Michael Bossetta, associate professor of communication at Lund University, Christos Floros, founder and CEO of Monnet and Sandra Wachter, professor of technology and regulation at the University of Oxford and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam.

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The Artemis II mission brought four astronauts farther from Earth than humanity had ever ventured before.

To discuss its importance, Europe’s role and what comes after, Euronews Tech Talks speaks with UK journalist Kate Arkless Gray and Belgian science reporter Senne Starckx.

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Daniel Tani spent over 130 days in space, most of which were on the International Space Station (ISS), and he conducted six extra-vehicular activities, also known as space walks. As a child, he did not want to become an astronaut, but life and career choices got him into orbit as a NASA astronaut. 

Tani sits down with Euronews Tech Talks to share his experience as an astronaut, his thoughts on the current situation in space, the future of the ISS and how to enter the space sector. 

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There’s momentum in Europe toward space defence, but are European space systems advanced enough to counter cyber threats? 

To answer this and more of the questions you submitted to us, Euronews Tech Talks speaks with Giulia Pavesi, lead of security and defence at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), and Jean‑Luc Trullemans, head of the European Space Security and Education Centre at the European Space Agency (ESA). 

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The first time our podcast producer met Marco Langbroek in September 2025, he told her always to carry cash. That’s because financial transactions, which rely on satellites, could be disrupted by what he is seeing in space. 

A lecturer of space situational awareness at TU Delft in the Netherlands, Langbroek is an expert in tracking spy satellites. 

Six months on, is he more worried or less? In this episode, we find out. 

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As space becomes increasingly militarised, what role do satellites play, and where does the EU position itself? 

Euronews Tech Talks talks to researcher Luciano Anselmo, Geosat CEO Francisco Vilhena da Cunha, and EUSPA executive director Rodrigo da Costa to answer these and more questions.

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Little is still known about the relationship between humans, therapy, and AI chatbots, yet these tools are being used by some people seeking quick psychological support. What are the risks, and are there any benefits? 

Euronews Tech Talks spoke with Charlotte Blease, a philosopher and healthcare researcher, and Tom Van Daele, clinical psychologist and research coordinator in psychology and technology at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Mechelen, Belgium.

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If you have been tempted to transform one of your photos into a Studio Ghibli–style illustration with ChatGPT, you should sit down and listen to this podcast.

In this second special episode of Euronews Tech Talks on artificial intelligence (AI), we sit down with artist Sofia Crespo, comic book artist Francesco Archidiacono, and Eleonora Lima, lecturer and researcher in digital humanities at King’s College London, to investigate the relationship between AI and art.

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Artificial intelligence might seem invisible, yet it has a significant environmental impact — one that is difficult to quantify due to companies' lack of transparency with their data. 

So, to what extent should we be worried?  Is there a way to reduce the environmental cost of AI? 

To answer this question and unpack the relationship between AI and the environment, Euronews Tech Talks sits down with Jonathan Niesel, leader of the information technology department at Greenpeace Germany and Maja Kirkeby, researcher in the energy consumption of software at Roskilde University in Denmark. 

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Euronews Tech Talks sits down with Karen Dolva, co-founder and former CEO of the Norwegian tech company No Isolation, whose robots help children with medical conditions and social difficulties attend school.  

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Robotics is making its way into agriculture, helping address challenges such as chemical use and labour shortages. What are the potentials? What are the challenges?

In this episode, we travel to Oslo to meet Lars Grimstad, CTO and co-founder of the agri-tech company Saga Robotics. We also hear from professors Stefano Stramigioli and Ioannis Athanasiadis, as well as engineers Giorgio Boscheri and Cesare Lobascio, about how robots are transforming agriculture, both on Earth and in space.

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How is AI transforming robotics? Will robots ever replace doctors or come into our homes? In this episode of Euronews Tech Talks, we put these and more of your questions to Kai Olav Ellefsen, associate professor at the University of Oslo. 

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Video: https://www.euronews.com/video/2025/11/27/qa-how-will-robotics-shape-our-future-euronews-tech-talks

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We hear more and more about space mining projects—companies are interested in mining asteroids, and the European Commission is exploring the idea of mining the Moon for critical raw materials. But what would be mined? How? And would it be ethical and legal?

In this episode, Euronews Tech Talks sits down with several experts to discuss these questions: Ian Crawford, a professor of planetary science at the University of London; Jill Stuart, an academic at the London School of Economics; Pierfrancesco Biasetti, a researcher at the Summer School in Space Ethics at the University of Padua; Erik Persson, a philosophy professor at Lund University; and Kathryn Halder, director of the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC).

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Although engineers began developing space-based solar energy technology in the 1960s, it still hasn’t become a reality. Why?

In this episode, Euronews Tech Talks tries to answer this question by speaking with Sanjay Vijendran, co-founder and CTO of TerraSpark; Francesco Contino, professor at the school of engineering at UC Louvain; and Wei He, senior lecturer in engineering at King’s College London.

Important: The European Space Agency (ESA) provided Euronews Next with the Solaris documents after the publication of the episode. More details can be found in the episode’s article.

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NASA’s decision to speed up plans for building a nuclear reactor on the Moon has raised questions about the United States’ broader space strategy and renewed curiosity about the use of nuclear energy beyond Earth. 

In this episode of Euronews Tech Talks, we address these questions with professor Simon Middleburgh, co-director of the Nuclear Futures Institute at the University of Bangor (UK), Alfredo Carpineti, astrophysicist and senior science writer at IFL Science, and Francesco Lodi, researcher at ENEA (Italy).

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In this final chapter of our journey into the world of PFAS, we speak with Fajer Mushtaq, whose company Oxyle is working to contain and destroy PFAS in wastewater, and with Miika Nikinmaa and Diana Lau, who are developing alternatives for food packaging and textiles through the ZeroF project.

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What is it like to live in one of Europe’s hotspots for PFAS contamination? Jeroen Van Reeth, a resident of Zwijndrecht—the Belgian town affected by PFAS produced by the chemical company 3M—opens his home to Euronews Tech Talks to share his experience.

We, then, speak with experts Jacob de Boer, Hans Peter Arp and Madeleine Bussemaker to uncover if and how it is possible to contain and destroy “forever chemicals”.  

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made chemicals widely used in the industry, but potentially harmful to human health. They can be found on pizza boxes, ski clothing, and sanitary pads, but some studies associate them with multiple kinds of health problems. In this Q&A episode, we explore PFAS by putting your questions to chemist Martin Scheringer, research scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).

The Map of Forever Pollution: https://foreverpollution.eu/map/ 

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For this season finale of Euronews Tech Talks, former professional cyclist Bo Hamburger reflects on his use of EPO in the 1990s and early 2000s, offering insights into how doping works, why athletes turn to it, and its potential health effects. We’re also joined by April Henning, Associate Professor of International Sport Management at the Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, and Dominic Sagoe, Professor of Psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway and founder of the Human Enhancement and Body Image Lab.

Euronews Tech Talks will return in September — enjoy your summer!

Credits for the intro race audio in San Sebastián:

Funnycycling: 1997 World Cycling Championships – Campeonato Mundial de Ciclismo – San Sebastián – Brochard Courtesy (2015)

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Researchers are developing AI programmes to make doping detection more effective, faster, and cheaper. How do these systems work? What challenges do their creators face?

Euronews Tech Talks sits down with Wolfgang Maass, Professor of Business Informatics and Computer Science at Saarland University and Francesco Botrè, Director of the WADA-accredited anti-doping laboratory in Rome, to answer these questions.

Credits: Oscars, "Icarus" wins Best Documentary Feature, YouTube.

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What is doping? How do these prohibited substances work? In this Q&A episode, Euronews Tech Talks explores this topic with Andrea Petróczi, Professor of Public Health at Kingston University.

Credit for Lance Armstrong interview: Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). “Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive”. Aired January 17–18, 2013.

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Plastic and chemical pollution in marine environments pose a major threat to the health of our oceans. Euronews Tech Talks interviews two experts to understand the scale of the problem and explore the technological solutions that could help address it. Simon Bernard, CEO of Plastic Odyssey, is on a world tour to collect solutions to plastic pollution; Anneliese Hodge is a researcher working on the impact sunscreen has on the marine environment.

The next episode of Euronews Tech Talks will delve into the world of doping. If you have a scientific question about it, please reach out to alice.carnevali@euronews.com.

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What happens on a satellite’s launch day? What are the thoughts and emotions of those behind the mission?

In this second of two special episodes on the European Space Agency’s Biomass satellite, Euronews Tech Talks takes you to Kourou for a behind-the-scenes look at the launch to answer these questions.

Podcast cover credits: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin

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The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Biomass satellite is designed to measure the amount of carbon stored in tropical forests. It was launched from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, on 29 April 2025.

In the first of two special episodes dedicated to the mission, Euronews Tech Talks takes you to French Guiana on the eve of the launch to explore what the satellite is designed to do and how people were feeling in the final hours before liftoff.

Credits podcast cover: ESA - M. Pédoussaut/Zetapress

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The deregulation of a new generation of genetically modified organisms is stirring debate across the European Union. Euronews Tech Talks dives into the controversy, exploring whether the EU should ease restrictions on cutting-edge genetic technologies, by listening to both sides of the debate. 

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In today’s episode, we’ll dive into the world of new genomic techniques and their application in the agricultural sector. 

Once again, our journey will take us to the UK, more precisely in Hertfordshire, a county in southeast England. Here, a group of scientists is running Europe’s first gene-edited wheat field trial created through CRISPR-Cas. 

We’ll quickly realise that just like their ancestors, NGTs are a highly divisive topic.

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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are widely discussed, yet few truly understand what they are and how they work. In this Q&A episode of Euronews Tech Talks, we answer your questions with Josep Casacuberta, a researcher at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics in Barcelona and chair of the GMO panel at EFSA.

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When tackling a problem, we’re often told to step back and look at it from a different perspective. Earth observation from space does just that, providing crucial data on our planet’s biggest challenges. In this episode of Euronews Tech Talks, we explore this topic with Jean-Christophe Gros, EU Programme Coordinator at ESA.

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What is space debris? How do we manage it? Is it dangerous? Euronews Tech Talks investigates with Quentin Verspieren, Space Safety Programme Coordinator at the European Space Agency (ESA).

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The Artemis program, Mars exploration, and the future of the International Space Station mark an exciting era for space. ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano joins Euronews Tech Talks to discuss these projects and Europe's role in them.

Former commander of the International Space Station, Parmitano is now based in Houston, in the United States. There he works as the liaison officer between the European Astronaut Centre and the Johnson Space Centre, he answers the call: “Houston, we have a problem!” and he trains other astronauts for spacewalks.

Image credits: ESA

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How can lithium-ion batteries be recycled and recovered? Why are these processes important, and what are the limitations of these practices? Euronews Tech Talks delves into these questions with Alban Regnier, president and co-founder of the French company Volt R and Alberto Tosoni, CEO of the Italian company Ecomet Refining. 

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Although Europe possesses several lithium reserves, many European citizens and environmental groups have strongly opposed mining projects. As a result, Europe remains heavily dependent on importing lithium and lithium-ion batteries.

In today’s episode, Euronews explores the debate over lithium mines in Europe, featuring insights from two experts with differing viewpoints on the issue: Lindsey Wuisan, Resource, Justice, and New Economies' Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe, and Peter Tom Jones, Director of the KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals.

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From electric vehicles to satellites and spacecraft, lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised our daily lives. Euronews Tech Talks tries to understand how by talking to Maitane Berecibar head of the Battery and Innovation Centre at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels, Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director at Transport and Environment in Brussels, and Aurore Carré, Head of the Energy Storage Section at the European Space Agency, to understand the game-changing role of lithium.

*250 Wh/kg instead of 2050 Wh/kg at minute 20:25.

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Lithium is among the most wanted raw materials, often referred to as the “white gold” for its central role in the production of lithium-ion batteries, used in technological devices and electric vehicles. But what is lithium? Is it truly the key to the ecological transition? Euronews Tech Talks explores the topic.

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Fusion energy could be a potential game-changer for the energy landscape, but scientists are still figuring out how to scale it for power plants. What makes fusion energy so challenging, and why is there so much hype around it? Euronews Tech Talks explored these questions through the JET project. 

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Is nuclear energy worth its cost? Should green advocates support or oppose nuclear energy?

The answers to these questions and many more on the Euronews Tech Talks nuclear energy debate episode with Michele Governatori and Myrto Tripathi. 

Michele Governatori is the power and gas programme lead at Ecco, the Italian climate change think tank; Myrto Tripathi is the head and founder of Voices of Nuclear.

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The Euronews Tech Talks team heads to the iconic Atomium monument in Brussels. Nearly seven decades after its inauguration as a symbol of nuclear energy, the Atomium still sparks questions about potential dangers and its role in helping Europe achieve its environmental goals.

Typically, we start our episode series with a documentary, but this time we’re diving straight into the Q&A. Prepare yourself to get answers to basic questions like What is nuclear power? as well as critical ones, such as What should we do with nuclear waste?

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In southern Germany, Ehningen resembles any typical European family town—with a few local restaurants, a library, and children playing football in the streets. No one would expect that just a few kilometres away lies an industrial hub, home to one of the most groundbreaking technological revolutions: the first IBM quantum computing data centre in Europe. Euronews Tech Talks takes you inside on the occasion of its opening ceremony.

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Ever wondered how to stop accelerated ageing in astronauts, and if it could work on Earth? What's next for space labs? The European Space Agency may have the answer with Space Rider, a more time- and cost-efficient solution that doesn't rely on astronauts as test subjects.

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John McFall is the subject matter expert for a European Space Agency study aimed at fully integrating an astronaut with a physical disability into a long-duration mission to the International Space Station. He is the first astronaut candidate with a physical disability.

In this episode, we will explore how space exploration affects the human body and how scientific research in this area is fundamental to advancing medicine here on Earth.

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Dr. Jessica Studer has spent the last 3 months without seeing daylight. She is spending one year in one of Earth's most extreme places: Antarctica, at Concordia Station.

Her research will help us better understand how humans adapt to hostile environments and how isolation impacts their health and well-being. Additionally, it will shed light on what astronauts experience while traveling in space.

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What is quantum computing? How will it simplify our lives, and increase our productivity? What challenges does it face? Is quantum computing ever going to enter our everyday lives, replacing parts of our laptops and smartphones for quicker computations?

And the century's mystery: Is Schrödinger’s cat dead or alive?

We ask all these questions to two experts in quantum computing. Stephanie Wehner is a professor at Delft University of Technology and the director of the Quantum Internet Alliance. Mathias Van Den Bosch works at Thales Alenia Space.

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When Emma Müller, a 44-year-old German woman, wakes up each morning, she already has a detailed plan for her health status, dietary suggestions, and exercise recommendations to optimise her day. She works only three days a week thanks to her high productivity levels.

This could be the routine of an average European with advanced quantum computing. When? We spoke with experts on the continent.

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Raymond, Aline, Anne-Sophie, and Romain are four of the many Europeans involved in the building and launch of Ariane 6, Europe’s brand new rocket. And they also hold a crucial responsibility: each of them is authorized to press the red button to halt the launch. Why would they do so, and when? The stakes are incredibly high, as this launch signifies Europe regaining its independent access to space. How do they cope with this pressure?

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Europe's space sector is popping some long-awaited champagne: it has a new baby that is ready to take its first steps.

The new Ariane 6 rocket will close a dark chapter in European space history when the region had no workhorse launcher and no independent access to space. 

What's Ariane 6 like? What's new about it? What space adventures await? Marta and David travel to the European space station in French Guiana to tell us all about it.

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