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A communal broth • It is time to rethink the philosophy behind the origins of life

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Alzheimer’s tests are failing women • Differences in the level of “cognitive reserve” between men and women mean we may need to find new ways of diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease, finds Alice Klein

mRNA vaccine may protect against multiple Ebola viruses at once

Plasma beams could help astronauts clean smelly laundry

AI’s biggest maths breakthrough • Mathematicians are shocked after an artificial intelligence model cracked a long-standing conjecture, in what is a major milestone for the field, reports Alex Wilkins

Epic dreaming is leaving people exhausted and distressed

Can Colossal bring back the moa? • Colossal Biosciences, which says it resurrected the dire wolf, now says it has developed artificial eggshells that can replicate the huge eggs of the moa. Michael Le Page examines the claims

Wind-assisted vessels could eliminate shipping emissions

Flotation tanks used to help combat PTSD

Molecule with ‘wings’ may unlock quantum realm

Rewriting life in the deep • We’ve discovered a host of weird and wonderful new creatures

Women’s body temperature rises with age

Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day

g Political anger and disgust have unique effects on the body

A rock-solid source of hydrogen • Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them could be a double win on the climate front, and may soon become a reality, finds Michael Le Page

Stone jar mystery may be solved • In central Laos, the landscape is littered with enormous stone jars. The discovery of human remains within them indicates a major role in mortuary practices, finds Chris Simms

Solar’s future could lie offshore • A solar farm in a tidal bay has outperformed land-based solar in Taiwan, but challenges may arise as floating solar moves further out to sea, finds Alec Luhn

We may finally know why T. rex had tiny arms

How ageing mimics the effects of space travel • Life in space may feel distant, but studying astronauts could help us slow down ageing here on Earth, discovers Graham Lawton

The future of robotics is here – and it’s not what you think • Tiny biohybrid robots could one day help us solve some major problems, finds Annalee Newitz

Troublesome time loops • Inside some very special black holes there may be a boundary called a Cauchy horizon. Leah Crane explores these hidden realms where the future can cause the past

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Three more great takes on genetics

The power of DNA • From clearing people convicted of murder to identifying a monarch’s remains, Michael Le Page is intrigued by the use of DNA in an insider’s must-read account

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The language of ideas • Is the late Ian Watson’s 1973 novel The Embedding as spectacular as contemporary reviews made it sound? Sci-fi columnist and Watson newbie Emily H. Wilson finds it fascinating – but do expect it to reflect its times

Grief in the time of robots • Luminous and its exploration of what it means to be human, from love to loss, hit the spot with our book club members, says Alison Flood

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