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One of the most-cited researchers in neuroscience is facing claims his work is riddled with fraudulent data. Plus, a river merger might have given Mount Everest a height boost.
A scheme to illegally produce giant sheep from a cloned animal has been uncovered in the US. Plus, get tips on how to manage nerves when presenting a poster.
Scientists have observed a single-electron covalent bond between two carbon atoms for the first time. Plus, a pioneering trial using stem cells to treat type 1 diabetes.
Bigger AI models tend to generate wrong answers rather than admit ignorance. Plus, our brains are spotting patterns in the world around us, even when our conscious minds don’t.
Why it is so hard to establish the death toll in Gaza? Plus, drugs such as Ozempic seem to help treat diseases across the board, but we don’t know why.
Straightforward solutions to antimicrobial resistance could avert millions of deaths. Plus, Three Mile Island nuclear plant will be restarted to power Microsoft data centres
CERN will eject Russian scientists at the end of November, but keep a foot in the door with Moscow. Plus, how ‘deintensifying’ cancer treatment could help people and the planet.
‘Brain goo’ that stops neurons processing insulin signals might drive obesity. Plus, China has almost reached peak greenhouse-gas emissions — what does that mean for climate change?
AlphaFold reveals how viruses including hepatitis C, dengue and Zika evolved. Plus, mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise in Europe — are scientists worried?
A common diabetes drug slows monkey brain-ageing by the human equivalent of 18 years. Plus, research-integrity sleuths call out journals for ‘stealth corrections’ and a new commission convenes to protect our mental health from snowballing environmental harms.
How our neuron activity drops in high-stakes situations, meet the organizations fighting for Ukrainian science and discover a chatbot that can pop the conspiracy-thinking bubble.
A controversial theory about Rapa Nui has been conclusively debunked. Plus, what Harris and Trump said about science in their debate and the reviewers churning out suspicious reviews for personal gain.
We’re heading to Jupiter’s moon Europa. Plus, the ethical issues raised by ever-more-realistic human embryo models and why 4 in 10 of us have a tiny knee bone linked to the risk of arthritis.
The world’s first successful face transplant including a whole eye, the US and China inch towards renewing a science-cooperation pact and how ‘likes’ fuel a spiral of misinformation.
Scientists come together for unexpected discoveries and ‘collateral happiness’. Plus, ways to persuade a climate sceptic and how the brain knows whether you should cough or sneeze.
A dye that helps to give Doritos their orange colour helps scientists look inside tissues. Plus, the first pictures from NASA’s solar sail and how a loss of bats to disease has knock-on effects for human health.