The Wired.co.uk Podcast

This week we discuss the (pretty certain) discovery of the Higgs boson, the death of Acta, the re-release of the classic Final Fantasy VII, Samba's ad-funded mobile broadband, YouView and the rest of the week in Wired news Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere

This week we discuss the Google X Lab computer that learned to recognise cats, the US army's plans to build a 50 billion watt laser canon, Ofcom's proposals for dealing with UK filesharers and the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere

This week we learn how robots have been given human-like fingers, how eating less meat could help the climate, Microsoft's plans to challenge the iPad with Surface, we mark Alan Turing's centenary and discuss the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere

This week we explore the slightly twisted world of penguin sex, the biggest exoplanet telescope ever, internet snooping laws in the UK, the village China cloned in its entirety and the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

On the show this week we learn about how to swallow 35mm film for art, how mosquitoes can fly in the rain, our thoughts on E3 2012 and learn the inside story of Mojang, Notch and Minecraft, plus the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

This week we learn about Volvo's real-world test of cars that drive themselves, a history museum's adults-only sleepover, the extinction of planet Earth, military spy tactics and the rest of the week in Wired news. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

On the show this week we discuss SpaceX's successful rocket launch, an Italian supervolcano, whether you can patent a steak and why Oxford University wants people to send them bits of 'yeti'. Plus, the rest of the week in Wired news Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon and Olivia Solon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere

On the show this week, extreme dwarf mammoth discovered, David Camering considering British porn block for ISPs, Amazon getting into "high-end" fashion, Minecraft for Xbox breaks records. And more. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

On the show this week the Pirate Bay gets banned in the UK, the Xbox and Windows get banned in Germany, the Titanic 2 is to be built, plus we explore the new technology of graveyards and much more. We also speak to Forss about their new musicial iPad venture, Ecclesia. Show produced and edited by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

This week we discuss Earth's plans to mine asteroids for precious metals, why we're attracted to morbid holiday destinations, explain the European law on the use of cookies and debate the rest of the week's Wired news. Show produced by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

If you're like us you largely associate Ikea with furniture and delicious meatballs, but the Swedish retailer has its eyes set on an entirely new market category; a Dutch physicist has managed to avoid a traffic fine by using the geekiest excuse in the whole of history; and what is the mysterious space exploration firm Planetary Resources up to? Google's behind it, and so's James Cameron. All that and more will be thickening this week's plot of Wired news. Show produced by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

This week we discover how Tetris is helping children with eye conditions, Instagram selling itself for a billion dollars, military robocopters and the rest of the week in Wired news. We also visit the unusual Remote Control exhibition at the London ICA. Show produced by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

This week we discuss the biggest news in the Wired world, include Google's plans for augmented reality glasses, the new game from the creators of Minecraft, the history of fire and we discover some important landmarks in British science Show produced by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

On this week's show we discuss the week in Wired news, including plans to blow up asteroids with fleets of laser-mounted spacecraft, James Cameron's journey to the deepest part of the world's oceans, and we debate the future of high street retail as GAME waves its white flag. Show produced by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.

This week we discuss the Pirate Bay's plans to escape legal issues by putting their servers on airborne drones, the developments in mammoth cloning, Seagate's plans for a 60TB hard drive and MIT's cameras that can see around corners. Show produced by Nate Lanxon Hosts: Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon, Duncan Geere and contributions from Katie Scott.