Euronews Tech Talks Unpacking AI’s environmental impact |Euronews Tech Talks Podcast AI has a significant environmental impact — one that is difficult to quantify due to companies' lack of transparency with their data. But can end-users and companies take action to reduce it? 07/01/2026
Euronews Tech Talks This robot helps kids feel less lonely |Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Meet Karen Dolva, co-founder and former CEO of the Norwegian tech company No Isolation, helping children with medical conditions attend school. 24/12/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Thorvald, the crop-protecting robot |Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Euronews Tech Talks sits down with Lars Grimstad, CTO and co-founder of the Norwegian agri-tech company Saga Robotics, to learn how its robots treat plants to reduce the use of chemicals. 10/12/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Can robotics revolutionise agriculture? |Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Robotics is being used to address agricultural challenges both on Earth and in space. But what are the potentials and the risks associated with this shift? 10/12/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Q&A: How will robotics shape our future? |Euronews Tech Talks Podcast How is AI transforming robotics? Where will robotics be in 2030? 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. 27/11/2025
Euronews Tech Talks How AI is transforming robotics |Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Robots are slowly making their way into agriculture, healthcare, and our homes. Should we be worried? 26/11/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Space mining: Is it ethical and legal? |Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Space mining is not yet a reality, but private companies and governments are increasingly turning their attention to it as a way to fuel space exploration and bring critical raw materials back to Earth. But is this practice ethical and legal? 12/11/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Solar energy in space: Why so complex? |Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Although engineers began developing space-based solar energy technology in the 1960s, this innovation is still not orbiting above our heads. 29/10/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Why a nuclear reactor on the Moon? |Euronews Tech Talks Podcast NASA’s plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon has raised questions about the US space strategy and renewed curiosity about the use of nuclear energy beyond Earth. Euronews Tech Talks hosted nuclear energy experts to discuss. 15/10/2025
Euronews Tech Talks A world without PFAS | Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Euronews Tech Talks speaks with Fajer Mushtaq, an entrepreneur working to contain and destroy PFAS in wastewater, and with Miika Nikinmaa and Diana Lau, who are developing alternatives to PFAS in food packaging and textiles. 01/10/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Life in Zwijndrecht: A PFAS hotspot | Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Jeroen Van Reeth, a resident of the Belgian city contaminated by PFAS produced by the chemical company 3M, opened his home to Euronews Tech Talks to discuss what it means to live in a contaminated area. 17/09/2025
Euronews Tech Talks PFAS: What’s all the fuss? | Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made chemicals widely used in the industry, but potentially harmful to human health. Euronews Tech Talks explores this topic with chemist and research scientist Martin Scheringer. 03/09/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Bo Hamburger’s doping story | Euronews Tech Talks Podcast Former professional cyclist Bo Hamburger reflects on his use of a performance-enhancing drug in the 1990s and early 2000s, offering insight into how doping works, why athletes turn to it, and its potential health effects. 23/07/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Can AI help detect doping in sports? | Euronews Tech Talks Podcast 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 and Francesco Botrè to answer these questions. 09/07/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Understanding doping | Euronews Tech Talks Podcast What is doping? How do these prohibited substances work? In this Q&A episode, Euronews Tech Talks explores this topic with professor Andrea Petróczi. 25/06/2025
Euronews Tech Talks From plastics to sunscreen: The battle to clean our oceans | Podcast 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. 11/06/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Behind the scenes on launch day for ESA's Biomass mission | Podcast What happens on a satellite's launch day? What are the thoughts and emotions of those behind the mission? Follow along with a special Euronews Tech Talks episode from Kourou. 28/05/2025
Euronews Tech Talks ESA's Biomass launch: A European leap into Earth observation | Podcast Euronews Tech Talks travelled to Kourou to witness the launch of the Biomass mission. What is its mission, and how did the people who spent over a decade working on it feel on the eve of launch? 15/05/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Should the EU ease regulation on new generation GMOs? | Podcast The deregulation of a new generation of genetically modified organisms is stirring debate across the European Union. Euronews Tech Talks dives into the discussion. 03/05/2025
Euronews Tech Talks NGTs and Europe’s first gene-edited wheat field trial | Podcast What are NGTs, how do they differ from GMOs and how are they agriculturally applied and regulated in the EU? 18/04/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Why are GMOs still so controversial? | Podcast What are GMOs and why are they a topic of debate? Researcher and EFSA expert Josep Casacuberta joins Euronews Tech Talks to answer these questions. 03/04/2025
Euronews Tech Talks How Earth observation helps tackle global challenges | Podcast What is Earth observation? What challenges can it help us to address? Euronews Tech Talks spoke with Jean-Christophe Gros, an EU programme coordinator at ESA. 20/03/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Space debris: Does orbit need a clean-up? | Podcast What is space debris? How do we manage it? Is it dangerous? Euronews Tech Talks investigates these questions with ESA expert Quentin Verspieren. 05/03/2025
Euronews Tech Talks The future of space exploration with ESA's Luca Parmitano | Podcast 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. 19/02/2025
Euronews Tech Talks How are lithium-ion batteries recycled? | Podcast Euronews Tech Talks looks at reconditioning and recycling lithium-ion batteries and why these processes are important. 05/02/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Does Europe need lithium mining projects? | Podcast Does Europe need lithium mining projects? Is there such a thing as responsible mining? This episode of Euronews Tech Talks delves into this heated debate with insights from experts. 23/01/2025
Euronews Tech Talks How has lithium transformed Earth and space exploration? | Podcast From electric vehicles to satellites and spacecrafts, lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised our daily lives. Euronews Tech Talks tries to understand how. 08/01/2025
Euronews Tech Talks What is lithium and how does it power our modern world? | Podcast What is lithium and is it the key to the ecological transition? Euronews Tech Talks explores the topic. 11/12/2024
Euronews Tech Talks Nuclear fusion: Inside the record-breaking JET project | Podcast 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. 27/11/2024
Euronews Tech Talks Is nuclear energy worth the cost? | Euronews Tech Talks podcast Should green advocates support or oppose nuclear energy? The answer to this question and many more on the Euronews Tech Talks nuclear energy debate with Michele Governatori and Myrto Tripathi. 13/11/2024
Euronews Tech Talks The Atomium: A gateway to understanding nuclear energy In this Q&A episode, we take you on a time travel to explore the origins of nuclear energy and address your questions about it with Diane Cameron from the Nuclear Energy Agency. 30/10/2024
Euronews Tech Talks Inside IBM’s first European quantum data centre IBM has opened its first European quantum data centre in Ehningen, in the south of Germany. What is it? And how will it impact the lives of European citizens? Euronews Tech Talks travelled to Germany to discover it. 09/10/2024
Euronews Tech Talks Podcast | The best strategy to stay young based on astronaut research Have you ever wondered what the most effective strategy is to stop accelerated ageing in astronauts and whether it could work on Earth? Tune into this episode of Euronews Tech Talks to find out. 25/09/2024
Euronews Tech Talks How the first astronaut with a disability prepares for space travel In this episode, we will explore how space exploration affects the human body and how scientific research is fundamental to advancing medicine here on Earth. 16/09/2024
Euronews Tech Talks A look at life in one of the most extreme places on Earth | Podcast Located in Antarctica, Concordia Station hosts European Space Agency (ESA) scientists studying human adaptation to extreme environments. 27/08/2024
Euronews Tech Talks Is Schrödinger’s cat dead or alive? | Podcast Q&A Euronews Tech Talks has gathered questions from the audience and asked two experts in quantum mechanics and computing to answer them. 10/07/2024
Euronews Tech Talks What would a day with advanced quantum computing look like? | Podcast Could a three-day week be the routine of an average European with advanced quantum computing? We spoke with experts on the continent. 26/06/2024
Euronews Tech Talks T-Minus Ariane 6: Inside Europe's critical space mission | Podcast 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 authorised to press the red button to halt the launch. 12/06/2024
Euronews Tech Talks Europe's space sector to welcome new 'versatile' rocket soon | Podcast 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. 29/05/2024
Euronews Tech Talks How close is quantum computing to revolutionising medicine? Quantum, the smallest amount of something in the universe, could spark the most significant revolution in medicine ever. How? By accelerating the discovery of new drugs through quantum computing. 15/05/2024
Euronews Tech Talks Meet Ida Tin, the entrepreneur who coined the term 'femtech' Meet Ida Tin, the founder of the menstrual tracker app Clue, and the woman who coined the term for tech tailored towards women’s health and well-being. 02/05/2024
Euronews Tech Talks How technology is saving lives in the operating rooms With Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram's story, we kick off our mini-series on European Health Tech Pioneers. They spearhead breakthroughs, paving the way for the development of various medical technologies that are already impacting our lives. 17/04/2024
Euronews Tech Talks If everything we do leaves a data trail, can we protect our privacy? From reading a newspaper online, listening to podcasts or ordering food, we add to our digital footprints daily. But how secure is our long-term privacy? 03/04/2024
Euronews Tech Talks Meet the Europeans behind the world’s first AI regulation Finding a balance between protecting fundamental rights and fostering innovation, drafting laws capable of keeping pace with the artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. These are two of the challenges encountered by MEPs Dragoş Tudorache and Brando Benifei, the co-leaders of the EU AI Act. 19/03/2024