since hg wells wrote of the martian invasion in his 1897 novel war of the worlds, the red planet hasd our imaginations. at over 33 million miles away, it's incredible to think we could one day colonise mars. this year, virgin galactic‘s first customers hope to head into space in a 90—minute sub—orbital flight, for a cool $250,000. but if you don't have that in the bank, but still harbour dreams of being a space explorer, there are options out there here on earth. so, for the next 2a—hours, i'll be learning how to live life like a mars colonist in spain. astroland is a project set up to see how humans would potentially cope living on mars from a psychological perspective, but to also test out potential technologies. so clearly, this is not a space shuttle but mars, for the purpose of this exercise, is going to be in a remote cave in arredondo, and i have a feeling my sci—fi fantasies are about to become unlocked. the idea is to simulate how hard it will be to survive on another planet with the barest of tools. this particular expedition is just for the night, and is geared towards sci

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and, sometime after that, mars beckons — and the promise that anyone who journeys to the red planet ise—way trip after all. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week saudi arabia was accused of hacking the phone of amazon's billionaire founderjeff bezos. crown prince mohammad bin salman is alleged to have sent an encrypted video file via whatsapp, which saudi arabia denies. it was revealed that the introduction of gdpr in 2018, the eu has imposed 114 million euros in fines, with regulators in france, germany and austria handing out the biggest fines so far. is it a bird? is it a plane? yes and no. it's a pigeon bot. researchers at stanford university have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. the team believe their findings could inspire future aircraft wing design. quite the coup! how would you feel about sharing a ride in a driverless car without a steering wheel? the origin, made by general motors‘ own crews, is also missing pedals and a rear—view mirror. its developers, which also include honda, hope that multiple—occupancy electric vehicles will reduce emissi

and, sometime after that, mars beckons — and the promise that anyone who journeys to the red planet isfter all. departing the planet may be a trip for just a few hardy souls, but this friday, more than 60 million will be making a pretty historic departure themselves. now, don't switch off because where we're going is ever so slightly past the bonging, or not bonging, of big ben onjanuary 31. no, we're going a few years into the future, where, according to the makers of one video game, things post—brexit are not going well. the game is the highly anticipated watch dogs: legion, in which makers ubisoft suggest that society has, shall we say, deteriorated a bit. marc cieslak was invited by ubisoft to their hq in toronto to take a very special look inside the game before the launch. this isn't the real piccadilly circus. none of this is real. come to think of it, i'm not even real. this is a virtual version of me reporting from inside a video game. ah, london! had a good run there for a while. watch dogs: legion imagines a dystopian vision of a post—brexit britain, a surveillance state gov

and, sometime after that, mars beckons — and the promise that anyone who journeys to the red planet istrip after all. hello, and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week saudi arabia was accused of hacking the phone of amazon's billionaire founderjeff bezos. crown prince mohammad bin salman is alleged to have sent an encrypted video file via whatsapp, which saudi arabia denies. it was revealed that the introduction of gdpr in 2018, the eu has imposed 114 million euros in fines, with regulators in france, germany and austria handing out the biggest fines so far. is it a bird? is it a plane? yes and no. it's a pigeon bot. researchers at stanford university have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. the team believe their findings could inspire future aircraft wing design. quite the coup! how would you feel about sharing a ride in a driverless car without a steering wheel? the origin, made by general motors‘ own crews, is also missing pedals and a rear—view mirror. its developers, which also include honda, hope that multiple—occupancy electric vehicles will reduce emissions,

necessary, who in addition sending a robot are bringing along a mini helicopter, a first for the red planet. back on earth, a big focus will be one nature come on ck of a major report warning that one million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction. missions will be meeting at the convention of biological diversity in china. they will try to work t how to address the devastating imct humans are having on the natural world. is ts the year that will finally shed light on dark matter? this a mysterious stuff makes quarter of the universe, but no one has ever seen it. now two major underground experiments in the u.s. and europe will ramp up research. scientists say that finding it could transform our understanding of the universe was and in 2020, both boeing a spacex are aiming to take passengers to the international space station. it is part of nasa's big push for an all-american human space fightn club, which has bn hold since they retired their shuttle fleet in 2011. the hope is that it will ultimately pave the way for getting astronauts to the moon and then mars. scientists

is tolong-range goal eventually colonize the red planet. i am all in to stretch goals, but that is a stretch goal if i ever heard one. if that is not proof of an expanding aerospace industry, i am not sure what is. developments like that strengthened my resolve to unleash the power of commercial space transportation i paving the way for easier access to low systemrbit to the space and doing so safely and efficiently. the faa has maximum support for doing this work. it is a mission that is front and center for the trump administration and my boss, the chance secretary of transportation. last year, president trump signed space policy directive two, which called the faa to streamline rules for reentry and protecting national security and public safety. the idea is to boost the confidence of the private sector to invest in commercial space. those investments are substantial and already growing at a fast pace. according to the national space council, in the first half of 2019, we saw almost as much investment in space companies as we saw in 2018

necessary, who in addition to sending a robot are bringing along a mini helicopter, a first for the red planet. back on earth, a big focus will be on nature come on the back of a major report warning that one million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction. missions will be meeting at the convention of biological diversity in china. they will try to work t how to address the devastating impact humans are having on the natural world. is this the year that will finally shed light on dark matter? this mysterious stuff makes up a quarter of the universe, but no one has ever seen it. now two major underground experiments in the u.s. and europe will ramp up research. scientists say that finding it could transform our understanding of the universe was and in 2020, both boeing and spacex are aiming to take passengers to the international space station. it is part of nasa's big push for an all-american human space fight club, which has been on hold since they retired their shuttle fleet in 2011. the hope is that it will ultimately pave the way for getting astronauts to the moon and then

they were involved in getting the incredible mars rover to the red planet.shorter, simplertrip, but going back and getting deeper could unravel important mysteries. we're specifically targeting this pit crater in the sea of tranquillity. and this is something that they discovered only a few years ago. some of the craters on the moon actually aren't your traditional impact craters, they are these very strange, vertical bore holes into the moon and no—one's exactly sure what those are, but what we do know is that there's a lot of geological history that's exposed there on the side of this crater wall. if axel does make it to the moon, it will be attached to a lunar rover, which will land a few hundred feet away from where the team wants to explore. through that tether, axel will get its power and instructions from the team and it'll act like a rope as it abseils down into the moon's depths. today, we of course don't have the lunar rover with us, so axel will be supported by a rock. this is tricky business. if it's not secure, we could see axel plummet to the r

they were involved in getting the incredible mars rover to the red planet.e a shorter, simplertrip, but going back and getting deeper could unravel important mysteries. we're specifically targeting this pit crater in the sea of tranquillity. and this is something that they discovered only a few years ago. some of the craters on the moon actually aren't your traditional impact craters, they are these very strange vertical bore holes into the moon and no—one's exactly sure what those are, but what we do know is that there's a lot of geological history that's exposed there on the side of this crater wall. if axel does make it to the moon, it will be attached to a lunar rover, which will land a few hundred feet away from where the team wants to explore. through that tether, axel will get its power and instructions from the team and it'll act like a rope as it abseils down into the moon's depths. today, we, of course, don't have the lunar rover with us, and so axel will be supported by a rock. this is tricky business. if it's not secure, we could see axel plummet

they were involved in getting the incredible mars rover to the red planet.a shorter, simplertrip, but going back and getting deeper could unravel important mysteries. we're specifically targeting this pit crater in the sea of tranquillity. and this is something that they discovered only a few years ago. some of the craters on the moon actually aren't your traditional impact craters, they are these very strange vertical bore holes into the moon and no—one's exactly sure what those are, but what we do know is that there's a lot of geological history that's exposed there on the side of this crater wall. if axel does make it to the moon, it will be attached to a lunar rover, which will land a few hundred feet away from where the team wants to explore. through that tether, axel will get its power and instructions from the team and it'll act like a rope as it abseils down into the moon's depths. today, we, of course, don't have the lunar rover with us, and so axel will be supported by a rock. this is tricky business. if it's not secure, we could see axel plummet t

they were involved in getting the incredible mars rover to the red planet. like a shorter, simplertrip, but going back and getting deeper could unravel important mysteries. we're specifically targeting this pit crater in the sea of tranquillity. and this is something that they discovered only a few years ago. some of the craters on the moon actually aren't your traditional impact craters, they are these very strange vertical bore holes into the moon and no—one's exactly sure what those are, but what we do know is that there's a lot of geological history that's exposed there on the side of this crater wall. if axel does make it to the moon, it will be attached to a lunar rover, which will land a few hundred feet away from where the team wants to explore. through that tether, axel will get its power and instructions from the team and it'll act like a rope as it abseils down into the moon's depths. today, we, of course, don't have the lunar rover with us, and so axel will be supported by a rock. this is tricky business. if it's not secure, we could see axel plu

and the promise that anyone who journeys to the red planet is not making a i—way trip after all.net may bea after all. departing the planet may be a trip forjust a few hardy souls. but this friday, more than 60 million will be making an historic departure themselves. don't switch off because where we are going as ever so off because where we are going as ever so slightly passed the non— bonding of big ben onjanuary 31. we are going a few years into the future where, according to the makers of one videogame, things post brexit are not going well. the game is the highly anticipated watchdogs legion in which the makers suggest that society has, shall we say, deteriorated a bit. mark was invited by the company to their hq in toronto to have a special look inside the game before the launch. this is not the real piccadilly circus. none of this is real. come to think of it, i am not even real. this is a virtual version of me reporting from inside a videogame. r, london. had a good run there for a while. watchdogs legion imagines a dystopian vision of a post—brexit britain. a surveillanc

their long-range goal they say is to eventually colonize the red planet. i'm all into stretch goals but that is a stretch goal if i ever heard one. if that's not proof of a vibrant and expanding aerospace industry, i'm not sure what is. developments like that strengthen my resolve to unleash the power of commercial space transportation by paving the way for easier access to low-earth orbit the national airspace system, and doing so safely and efficiently. the faa has maximum support for doing this work. it's a mission that is front and center for the trump administration, and my boss, the secretary of transportation elaine chao. last year as you know president trump assigned space policy directed two which calls on the faa to streamline the rules for commercial launch and reentry while at the same time protecting national security and public safety. the idea in part is that was the conference of the private sector to invest in commercial space. those investments as you know are substantial and already growing at a fast pace. according to the national space

and, sometime after that, mars beckons — and the promise that anyone who journeys to the red planet iseparting the planet may be a trip for just a few hardy souls, but this friday, more than 60 million will be making a pretty historic departure themselves. now, don't switch off because where we're going is ever so slightly past the bonging, or not bonging, of big ben onjanuary 31st. no, we're going a few years into the future, where, according to the makers of one video game, things post—brexit are not going well. the game is the highly anticipated watch dogs: legion, in which makers ubisoft suggest that society has, shall we say, deteriorated a bit. marc cieslak was invited by ubisoft to their hq in toronto to take a very special look inside the game before the launch. this isn't the real piccadilly circus. none of this is real. come to think of it, i'm not even real. this is a virtual version of me reporting from inside a video game. ah, london! had a good run there for a while. watch dogs: legion imagines a dystopian vision of a post—brexit britain, a surveillance state governed by

and, sometime after that, mars beckons — and the promise that anyone who journeys to the red planet isme to the week in tech. it was the week saudi arabia was accused of hacking the phone of amazon's billionaire founderjeff bezos. crown prince mohammad bin salman is alleged to have sent an encrypted video file via whatsapp, which saudi arabia denies. it was revealed that the introduction of gdpr in 2018, the eu has imposed 114 million euros in fines, with regulators in france, germany and austria handing out the biggest fines so far. is it a bird? is it a plane? yes and no. it's a pigeon bot. researchers at stanford university have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. the team believe their findings could inspire future aircraft wing design. quite the coup! how would you feel about sharing a ride in a driverless car without a steering wheel? the origin, made by general motors' own crews, is also missing pedals and a rear—view mirror. its developers, which also include honda, hope that multiple—occupancy electric vehicles will reduce emissions, accidents and congestion. and fi

since hg wells wrote of the martian invasion in his 1897 novel war of the worlds, the red planet hasning how to live life like a mars colonist in spain. astroland is a project set up to see how humans would potentially cope living on mars from a psychological perspective, but to also test out potential technologies. so clearly, this is not a space shuttle but mars, for the purpose of this exercise, is going to be in a remote cave in arredondo, and i have a feeling my sci—fi fantasies are about to become unlocked. the idea is to simulate how hard it will be to survive on another planet with the barest of tools. this particular expedition is just for the night, and is geared towards scientists who will be doing experiments as if they're on the red planet. wow. oh, my god. down we go. but, before any exploration, the team need to change. so this is the bit i've actually been waiting for, my very own spacesuit, although it's a lot thinner than i thought. i thought it was going to be this giant spacesuit that i was going to find a little bit unwieldy, but i think i can handle that. in fac

and, some time after that, mars beckons — and the promise that anyone who journeys to the red planet114 million euros in fines, with regulators in france, germany and austria handing out the biggest fines so far. is it a bird? is it a plane? yes and no. it‘s a pigeon bot. researchers at stanford university have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. the team believe their findings could inspire future aircraft wing design. quite the coup! how would you feel about sharing a ride in a driverless car without a steering wheel? the origin, made by general motors‘ own crews, is also missing pedals and a rear—view mirror. its developers, which also include honda, hope that multiple—occupancy electric vehicles will reduce emissions, accidents and congestion. and finally, spending too much time on your smartphone? google suggests popping it in an envelope. google envelope is an app used in conjunction with a paper cover you can print out at home. the combo can dumb down your device so it can only make and receive calls or transform it into a photo and video camera with no screen, alth

australia's capital camber recorded the most polluted air on the planet thanks to endless plumes of smoke that have turned skies blood red we know that at least 25 people have been killed by these fires more than 2000 homes destroyed but the human tragedy it is still very small compared to the catastrophic loss of wildlife it's estimated that more than one there we get i'm saying this right now 1000000000 animals have died so many scientists are predicting long term damage to many of australia's delicate eco system swell the images and the numbers are powerful but personal accounts well they help to tell the story even better and to do that i want to pull in my colleague ben facilities here in the studio with us tonight if you don't know ben is from australia and he just returned from there this morning it's good to have you back here in berlin which is not on fire one faith in one piece you know when we share images like this we hope that we're helping to do the story justice until the story. but tell us what kind of country did you just leave behind. it's. a smoldering pile of ashes basically red glowing skies a moonsc

those detained and was liberated by the red army relatives of those liberated from the county north of whom a free for all pushed out as a peasant leaving the planet says that history is waiting to take a story in which there is a growing concern that one people today are not in many of what happened in the sick as well although many don't even know what the holocaust was you would not have heard of the house for the whole day can i have caught up with a group of young israelis watching the news to try and educate their generation some of the actions of the auschwitz concentration camp emerged to woods never again. through the generations as a warning in a few days when it comes from members day will be commemorated around the world the tragedy of $6000000.00 jews who were tortured gassed and burnt in concentration camps will be remembered but for how much longer according to recent reports as many as 66 percent of millennial cannot identify auschwitz and almost hoffa cannot even name one concentration camp some don't even know what the holocaust was these be multiple cases of people disrespecting concentration camps with a sophie's something that

planet—heating gas methane. the committee says we should all be eating a fifth less red meat and dairy produce by 2050. report are transformational to the way we use land overall. we are talking about freeing up a minimum of a fifth of agricultural land across the uk. that's a huge step. many livestock farmers strongly object to that idea. but other landowners see a potential opportunity. i think they absolutely recognise they need to be part of the solution and what we hear from our members is they are very much up for it. it's a huge transition and actually we are talking about making it over a quite short period of time, so i think they need careful and important guidance to enable them to do it. environmentalists, meanwhile, say, if high bakers can get rich on vegan sausage rolls, no one will notice a 20% drop in meat—eating by mid—century. it's a pathetic damp squib of report. if we think we can address this huge existential crisis that we face, climate breakdown, the breakdown of our life support systems, with tiny, incremental measures, we are deceiving ourselves. the report has implications for

red, such asusalia, that is where a record highs have been record. let's get analysis from the bbc global science correspondent. >> measurements taken at observatories like this when show that our planetating up fast. already the world's temperature has risen by 1.1 degrees above preindustrial levels. scientists say we need to stop 1.5 degrees to stop the worste effects of global warming. wandhout current climate policies, we are heading for more than three degrees. and that would bring unprecedented changes. higher temperatures will mean more heat waves and droughts. sea levels would rise and rain would intensify. ringing more floods like ones that hit yorkshire last year. >> we have to remember that the climate crisis will affect our economy from so many different dimensions. it will impact our health and already is. it will impact our food and food security. it will impact infrastructure. we talk about critical infrastructure. the impact on electrici, impact on schools, hospitals. ros: our oceans are getting warmer, too. a separat study this week concluded that the last decade has been the warmest on record refor global ocean tempera to dr. gavin schmidt, a climatologist. is live w

planet—heating gas methane. the committee says we should all be eating a fifth less red meat and dairy produce by 2050. emissions to virtually zero. the changes we are advocating in this report are transformational to the way we use land overall. we're talking about freeing up a minimum of a fifth of agricultural land across the uk. that's a huge step. many livestock farmers strongly object to that idea. but other landowners see a potential opportunity. i think they absolutely recognise they need to be part of the solution and what we hearfrom our members is they are very much up for it. it's a huge transition and, actually, we are talking about making it over a quite short period of time, so i think they need careful and important guidance to enable them to do it. environmentalists, meanwhile, say if high street bakers can get rich on vegan sausage rolls, no one will notice a 20% drop in meat—eating by mid—century. it's a pathetic damp squib of report. if we think we can address this huge existential crisis that we face, climate breakdown, the breakdown of our life support systems, with tiny, incremen

planet—heating gas methane. the committee says we should all be eating a fifth less red meat and dairy produce by 2050.e talking about freeing up a minimum of a fifth of agricultural land across the uk. that's a huge step. many livestock farmers strongly object to that idea. but other landowners see a potential opportunity. i think they absolutely recognise they need to be part of the solution and what we hearfrom our members is they are very much up for it. it's a huge transition and, actually, we are talking about making it over a quite short period of time, so i think they need careful and important guidance to enable them to do it. environmentalists, meanwhile, say if high bakers can get rich on vegan sausage rolls, no one will notice a 20% drop in meat—eating by mid—century. —— high street bakers. it's a pathetic damp squib of report. if we think we can address this huge existential crisis that we face, climate breakdown, the breakdown of our life support systems, with tiny, incremental measures, we are deceiving ourselves. the report has implications for livestock. it says the number of sheep and

red button to trump. this is no joke. this is the only planet we live. we don't have a second planet.hink about what happened in japan, the bombs, what the damage can do. host: the house late last week to 194a resolution 224 that would limit the president's use of force. he would still be able to act if the united states faced a threat. there have been members of when it comessay to military action, any president cannot keep acting making decisions based on the authorization of military force from 2002. look at the wikipedia page. it was called the iraq resolution and the language ,eals with the threat of iraq of al qaedamembers are known to be iraq. the effort by congress and the president to fight terrorists themhose who aid or harbor . authorization by the constitution and congress for the president to fight anti-united states terrorism. has beened barbara lee pushing for a new authorization and she was on the "washington journal" last week. [video clip] >> justify the use of force not only recently, but over 41 times a 19 countries, there was declassified report. we need to debate

red-hot chili peppers, the dave matthews band, and stevie nicks. >> while the rest of the world is getting over the holiday hangover, every gadget loving tech enthusiast on the planetdown in las vegas right now. the world's largest consumer electronics show, ces is underway and tech life columnist, jennifer jolly is standing by with a look at all of the buzzworthy gadgets. >> good morning. that is right, it is t-minus 15 minutes until the doors open for 1100 70,000 people, 4500 tech companies showing off galas and crazy ideas that spans the space of more than 57 football fields in las vegas. i have been here since saturday. i have seen robots, a flying car or two, and crazy futuristic everything from -- getting significant upgrades. let's dive right into what is getting all of the buzz this morning. samsung has unveiled this new galaxy chromebook. check this out. the aluminum body is less than half of an inch thick, it weighs just a hair over two pounds. it is packed full of the finest features like the 4k display, a pc for activity and entertainment but is a compact, ultra sleep is on. we expected out in the first quarter of this year. it is at the thousand dollar

. >> keep in mind that, you know -- first of all, one of my best friends on the planet and second that he's from a very rede does fix his own machinery. i was making fun about him about his air-conditioned combine. he fixes his own machinery. he lost his fingers because he was butchering his own meat. this is the real deal in montana and it is that kind of statements about this isn't about "r"s or "d"s. that is why montanans like jon tester. and he means that. he's not saying i'm here to do chuck schumer's bidding. he's saying this is about whether this wonderful experiment known as the united states of america survives this kind of pothole. >> i just think it's remarkable and i think it's revealing that you -- there are lots of republicans who also come from states like that and i haven't heard that from any of them. >> where's pat toomey. >> rob was the last person that we know of to have been on the phone with donald trump before the aid was released and i believe he's mentioned as someone who had a lot of concerns about the -- he used to be the omb director. maybe he should end up on a witness list. i