Social media and ADHD diagnosis, new mpox strain in England and the first fire starters – podcast | Science

Guardian science editor Ian Sample sits down with co-host Madeleine Finlay to discuss three eye-catching stories of the week, including a study examining the link between children’s social media use and rising ADHD diagnosis rates. Also on the agenda is groundbreaking evidence that humans were starting fires 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, as well as the discovery of a new strain of the mpox virus in England.