A malaria treatment has been approved for use on babies and young children for the first time.

Has our understanding of “Space Ice" been wrong this entire time?

Tech & Science Daily spoke to lead author, Dr Michael B. Davies, from UCL and the University of Cambridge, who says their discovery could also conflict with a speculative theory about how life on Earth began.

Plus, the UK Government will test its emergency alert system on September 7th, in its second ever nationwide drill.

Also in this episode:

-Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey unveils a new Bluetooth app called Bitchat.

-The first-ever guide to better support and protect patients across the world who are considering potentially pioneering, risky, surgery, has now been published.

-YouTuber ‘Angryginge’ arrested for 'thousands of pounds worth of criminal damage caused to F1 car'.

-“The science is clear”: McVities pull Jaffa Cakes from a biscuit museum exhibit.

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In this excerpt from the Brave New World podcast, Evgeny Lebedev talks with Mark Hyman about the rise of longevity medicine, and what lifestyle changes we can make to enhance our health span.

To hear the episode in full just search Brave New World Evening Standard.

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From the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, we speak to Dr Beth Mortimer, from the University of Oxford, who is measuring seismic vibrations to track African elephants’ communication.

Elephants can feel vibrations through the ground from enormous distances, which can dictate their travelling routes through the savannah.

Beth and her team buried 1,200 seismic ​nodes underground to measure the ground vibrations, which are ​more ​commonly ​used ​to ​study ​things ​like ​earthquakes ​and ​volcanoes.

Archaeologists working on an excavation site in the UK’s Cotswolds have discovered evidence of an Iron Age-Roman settlement.

This comes after the find of two iron Roman cavalry swords.

Plus, researchers in Spain say that even the softest of veg can damage our teeth, too.

Also in this episode:

-Jarvis Cocker marks the 100-year anniversary of the Shipping Forecast.

-Why you may want to send a few more emojis to your loved ones...

-The lost voices of monks to be heard again after 500 years.

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