Alexa, Destroy My Tumour

A futuristic new NHS treatment zaps liver cancer using sound waves and zero scalpels — it’s real, it’s here, and it sounds suspiciously like your toaster might be next.

I’ve always been suspicious of things that make no noise and promise to be “painless.” It usually means one of two things: someone’s trying to sell me a Peloton subscription, or the NHS is about to trial a new bit of medical tech so futuristic it might as well have been designed by Elon Musk’s hairdresser.