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AUSTRALIA’S DEADLIEST NATURAL HAZARD: RIPTIDES – BBC NEWS
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Statistics suggest treacherous Australian ocean currents kill more people every year than all of those combined. They’re known as riptides. They sweep people hundreds of metres away from the shore in just seconds. Now new techniques are being used to identify the danger – as Phil Mercer reports.
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A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, representing a potentially watershed moment in cancer treatment. Scientists used mRNA technology, which was used for some Covid-19 vaccines.
But that technology – and vaccines more generally – have become increasingly controversial in the United States since the Covid-19 pandemic. The Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, is a vaccine sceptic.
In August 2025 cancelled $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccine research. The move impacted 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, according to Kennedy’s department.
We speak to Tom Whipple, host of the BBC’s Inside Science programme, about the science of this new vaccine. And we ask how funding cuts for vaccine research could impact health outcomes not just for Americans, but for the world.
0:00 How does the new mRNA skin cancer vaccine work?
2:56 How effective is the new cancer vaccine?
5:06 How do mRNA vaccines work?
6:51 How was mRNA technology developed?
10:26 How did Covid change mRNA vaccines?
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15:19 Are mRNA vaccines safe?
18:48 Why is the FDA approving an mRNA flu vaccine?
21:00 What does the future of mRNA research look like?
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Historic first as Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt’s 100m world record at Beijing games | BBC News
A Chinese humanoid robot has run 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, surpassing the men’s world record time held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt.
Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won its heat at the opening of the games’ second edition. The robot overtook smartphone maker Honor’s Lightning near the finish after falling behind early in the race. Lightning finished in 9.47 seconds, also faster than the 9.58-second record Bolt set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
The results marked a remarkable improvement from last year’s inaugural games, when Tiangong Ultra won the 100 metres in 21.50 seconds. Tiangong also won the world’s first humanoid robot half-marathon, held in Beijing last year.
The 100 metres is among 51 events at the games, which include football, dancing and contests to complete industrial tasks.
China is promoting humanoid robots as a strategic emerging industry, with policymakers and companies betting that advances in AI and hardware will accelerate their use in manufacturing, logistics and consumer applications.
Investor enthusiasm for the sector was underscored recently when shares in Unitree, China’s best-known humanoid robot maker, jumped more than five fold in its Shanghai trading debut, giving the company a market value of about $50 billion.
This year’s games have drawn 2,056 robots from 666 teams across 16 countries and six continents, up from 280 teams at the inaugural event.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker in Beijing.
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Every year, new reports warn that our roads are getting worse and potholes are becoming more common. Experts say the cost of …
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Artificial intelligence was the technology lots of people wanted to talk about at the Dentistry Show in Birmingham, UK.
From 3D printing to digital scanners and AI receptionists, there are many ways in which technology is helping dentists’ workflow.
We tried some of the tech on display.
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There was a time when sleeping was simple – but now, it’s a bit more complicated.
Sleep has rules – there’s the right bedtime, the right temperature, and the right amount of deep sleep.
It’s not just something we do, it’s something we measure.
But is all this number punching actually helping us rest?
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@GonnaGetYouBoi
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
nobody should be swimming in australian waters anyway. the warm water brings monster sharks into the area. Lord knows how many people get killed by sharks and dont just disappear.. but without proof they cant say it was a shark and its called a 'drowning'. BS. God made the ocean for fishing. Its not for you to play in, unless you wanna roll the dice at becoming an animals food.. sorry kids, anyone with a brain.. knows your life > swimming in the ocean. easy choice.
@skycloud4802
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
The only thing worse than a beach of rip tides, is a beach of rip tides that pull you out deeper into shark infested waters.
@andres15498
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
Run, jump or swim into "it" is the worst possible instinct ever
@stephensmith4209
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
I was held to the bottom for some three or four minutes. Three wave sets sucked me and another to the bottom and all we could do was to relax and go into a trance of sorts until the waves let up. As it is I believe two surfers might have gone over us and broke the vacuum.
@user-yu4xq9xy3d
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
The best thing to do is always wear a swim belt or life jacket then. The rip can take you to Japan but you will still be floating.
@elihuwilliams9346
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
These people shouldn't be allowed to use statistics.
@Goobiwann
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
Even the water in Australia wants to kill you
@stranger4174
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
I remember seeing one, in Spain and then these three girls and a couple (man and girl) were caught in one.
One girl from the friend group was never seen again and the girl from the couple was rescued by her boyfriend. I was about to go swimming there.
@RobertHurleyJr
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
"To swim into it im not sure." Well you shouldnt be sure about that!
@out_of_the_BOX
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
I and my family went to a beach once, sitting on the beach as the waves came up. We were sitting in the middle of a rip current. I felt weird because I thought, why am I getting pulled, and I remembered the warning sign. I said that this might be a rip current. It was almost night, nobody was out. The sun was just setting. I swear that thing pulled me so hard before I realized what I was in and scrambled out quickly. And to think we were playing games and having fun trying to stay in place because of the current. Oh god.
@isaacnuketon
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
You mean wild fires
@jamesebola1250
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
I was once i rigor mortis for few hours…
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January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
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@simcHyt
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
no offense, its sad that people die. but you reall must be a silly person to die because of this…
@enzomirandaverona9023
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
I remember being in a rip. It was weak though.
@rplyon
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
It's high time we stopped learning the tricks of recognizing a Rip tide. It's time to assume it will sneak up on you. The problem is how to survive it. So, hears the skinny, I having already used it when just a boy of 16……… You suddenly find yourself in churning dirty water. This is the upside down tornado that will move out to sea, finally giving up as it peters out. What to do??. Most important- DON'T PANIC. Keep your head up and dog -paddle enough to stay afloat without making any attempt o swim out of it, no matter how good a swimmer you might be. You may finally find yourself a half mile from shore, but you then swim to the beach to smooth water. r;
@roberthuttle
January 7, 2024 at 10:18 am
On Vieques island by Puerto Rico. 1989 ish, Myself and another were swept out to sea while we bobbed and exchanged gear. We wanted to search an unexplored area for Conch shells. I'm still coughing up sea water to this day. I inhaled most of the Caribbean swimming against that current. Still some great memories. I guess in retrospect, we both can swim.