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Gaze at tiny gas jets that generate solar wind, learn about a climate-change case that hinges on older women’s health, and hear from the scientists who helped two people with paralysis to turn thoughts into speech.
Scientists are exposing the myriad reasons why the southeast Amazon has started to release carbon — and why the whole forest might be reaching a tipping point. Plus, brain-reading devices and India lands on the Moon.
Ecuadorians have voted to oust the state oil company from a protected area of the Amazon. Plus, a guide for academic leaders for hiring a more diverse faculty and how a colour-changing fish knows what colour it is.
Researchers are racing to determine whether the SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 will be a global concern — or nothing to worry about. Plus, the Human Brain Project has missed its audacious goal to recreate the brain in a computer and tiny lab-grown organs could crack the mystery of menstruation.
This year could be the warmest on record — and next year is likely to be even hotter. Plus, Russia’s lander has crashed on the Moon and how to speed up scientific progress.
Researchers are pursuing two very different strategies to finally develop a leishmaniasis vaccine. Plus, the WHO’s first traditional-medicine summit splits opinions, and five great science books to read this week.
LK-99, reportedly the first-ever room-temperature superconductor, is not one after all. Plus, Ötzi the Iceman was balding and dark-skinned, and how science helped kids win a landmark climate trial.
Scientists can eavesdrop on the music people are listening to by analysing their brain waves. Plus, how to make business and finance genuinely sustainable, and what it would take to answer the century’s biggest computing questions.
People with ME/CFS have high levels of a protein that disrupts cells’ energy production. Plus, why Hawaii’s wildfires are becoming more devastating and how to make the leap into industry after a PhD.
The iconic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is out of funding after a devastating collapse three years ago. Plus, what Russia’s Moon mission means for science and a useful database of parental-leave policies in US and Canadian academia.
Semaglutide, sold under the name Wegovy, seems to protect against heart disease. Plus, dreams of new physics fade with the latest muon magnetism result and how deaf scientists are revolutionizing sign language.
Brazil’s President Lula performance on environmental protection has received mixed ratings from researchers. Plus, ancient moss faces extinction from climate change and why reproductive health is fraught with racism.
About 59% of all species live in soil, making the ground the planet’s single most biodiverse habitat. Plus, how researchers are mapping our most mysterious genes.
How metamorphosis completely rewires fruit flies’ brains. Plus, research links air pollution to drug-resistant pathogens — but the mechanism remains unclear.
DNA analysis from a genetic database finds nearly 42,000 living descendants of 27 African American furnace workers from the 18th and 19th century. Plus, efforts to replicate claims of a room-temperature superconductor fall short, and how to get the most out of remote conferences.
Researchers and legal specialists explain what the historic Henrietta Lacks settlement could mean for the scientific community. Plus, JWST finds a treasure trove of black holes and why sexism in science isn't resolved yet.
Perucetus colossus, an ancient whale that lived 38 million years ago, is a new contender for the heaviest animal ever. Plus, four key questions on the new wave of anti-obesity drugs.
As a European agency considers a PFAS ban, scientists ponder which uses of fluorinated chemicals are truly essential. Plus, genetically engineered cells produce insulin when they feel electricity and the world’s largest trials for long-COVID treatments launch.
Researchers tackle 12 common misconceptions about the human microbiome. Plus, the first images from the ‘dark universe’ space telescope, and an isolated Mexican oasis loses its main protector.
For the first time, female animals were genetically engineered to reproduce without a male partner. Plus, ‘sloppy’ data mar spectacular superconductor claims.