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The antibiotic lolamicin targets disease-causing bacteria without disturbing healthy gut bacteria. Plus, the underground lab that will test a controversial dark-matter claim and how NASA astronauts train to walk on the Moon.
People with autism, intellectual disabilities or both are three times more likely than the general population to develop Parkinson’s-like symptoms as they age. Plus, a study seems to cast doubt on the theory that sleep cleanses the brain and what to do when funding runs out.
An AI-powered brain implant has helped, for the first time, a paralysed bilingual person speak in both their languages. Plus, why researchers are building a Chinese-language ChatGPT and the react to make an open-source AlphaFold.
Carrion crows can reliably caw a number of times – from one to four – on command. Plus, scientists are racing to make AlphaFold3 more accessible and a new pathway for fentanyl addiction.
Mixing between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens lasted less than 7,000 years — a remarkably short time on evolutionary scale. Plus, Ozempic shows benefits for kidney disease and how researchers in remote regions handle the isolation.
Severe turbulence such as those that killed one person on a Singapore Airlines flight, could become more frequent with warming temperatures. Plus, promethium is made into a ‘complex’ for the first time and bizarre bacteria defy textbooks by writing new genes.
An ambitious field trial in Zambia investigated why mosquitoes seem to find some people more appetizing than others. Plus, anxiety treatments tailored to young brains and the first ‘bilingual’ brain-reading device.
Researchers are borrowing approaches from psychology and neuroscience to find out how large language models ‘think’. Plus, self-driving super lab finds record-breaking laser material and AI-designed drugs get a reality check.
Researchers find ways to interweave faith and science, from discussing Ramadan fasts with colleagues to applying religious parables to lab work. Plus, how a notorious cockroach species conquered the world and tips to organize the perfect lab space.
How the European Space Agency can help boost a US mission to Uranus. Also, dams are hobbling ambitious conservation efforts for the Yangtze River and lessons from the first pig-organ transplants into humans.
Remains of an ancient branch of the Nile River hint at why Egyptians chose to build at Giza. Plus, how a ‘tactical sacrifice’ can save a building from collapse the our pick of the five best science books to read this week.
Three research teams each created quantum-entangled states over several kilometres of existing optical fibres in real urban areas. Plus, lizard-inspired buildings could save lives and linguists are re-examining the idea that people are shaped by their native language.
Mathematical conjectures could be the ideal testing ground for AI-assisted discovery. Plus, why humans are so good at running and how to kill ‘zombie’ cells that make us age.
The absence of negative results in the scientific literature is affecting AI tools trained on published data. Plus, why animals still outrun robots and AlphaFold gets major upgrade.
The upcoming solar maximum means more and bigger solar storms to come. Plus, how to decarbonize the workhorse of fossil fuel production: oil refineries.
A survey of people in 168 countries finds that Internet use might boost life satisfaction and sense of purpose. Plus, what a Neanderthal’s Mona-Lisa smile tells us about ourselves and how the cauliflower got its whorls.
Data repositories, workshops and alternative journals allow scientists to destigmatize and discuss negative results. Plus, a major step toward ultra-precise ‘nuclear’ clocks and the first rocky exoplanet with a confirmed atmosphere.
Studies in mice raise the tantalising prospect of treating immune ageing to control age-related diseases. Plus, concerns grow over cows becoming a permanent reservoir for the bird flu virus and a major AlphaFold upgrade offers a boost for drug discovery.
Food insecurity is ‘off the scales’ in universities, say researchers. Plus, the mission to grab rocks from the far side of the Moon has launched and the letter that jump-started Alzheimer’s research.