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As SpaceX delivers its first payload of astronauts to the ISS, we look at low gravity toilets, using bacteria to mine metals on Mars and the expansion of plant-based food options here on earth.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/10/1011935/microbes-extract-metals-minerals-space-rocks-mining/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/nov/17/spacex-dragon-capsule-astronauts-crew-docks-with-the-international-space-station-nasa https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259920-your-own-sweat-could-be-used-to-produce-a-natural-antiperspirant/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/18/fleets-twitter-launches-disappearing-tweets-tool-worldwide https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/movies/harry-potter-tiktok.html https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/18/unilever-sets-target-of-1bn-in-annual-sales-of-plant-based-foods https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260415-computer-vision-can-estimate-calorie-con