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Countries including the United States, Canada, Russia and Saudi Arabia have plans that will bust our carbon budget more than twice over. Plus, treatments for dengue, and a rollicking folk history of fundamental physics.
Nature superconductivity paper is the third high-profile retraction for the two lead authors. Plus, how to breed house-cat DNA out of Scottish wildcats and a NASA spacecraft spots an asteroid’s tiny companion.
New AI-safety plans have been whipped up by the United States and by leaders at a UK-hosted summit Plus, a bold call for the ‘right to science’ and how our nostrils smell in stereo.
Missing fibres that usually float in egg cells could be one cause of infertility. Plus, we are busting our carbon budget and an injectable prosthesis that could help to heal damaged muscles.
Experiments in mice have identified the neurons responsible for syncope — otherwise known as fainting. Plus, chunks of a different planet are stuck in Earth’s mantle and how a starfish would wear trousers.
See how plants detect their neighbours’ warning messages — plus other fascinating science images. Also, meet the flesh-eating Jurassic ancestors of lampreys and explore how psychedelics work.
Researchers tracked seals diving deeper in the Antarctic Ocean than would be possible according to existing maps. Plus, mouse embryos in space suggest human babies could develop normally there.
The US Food and Drug Administration is examining the safety of a DNA-altering treatment for sickle-cell disease. Plus, encouraging results from a big trial of anti-dengue mosquitoes and how to successfully switch fields.
India’s plan to link several rivers to divert water for irrigation could change climate systems in the area. Plus: A look at Canada's unparalleled season of wildfires.
Tropical storm Otis shocked meteorologists when it turned into the strongest hurricane to ever strike Mexico. Plus, rogue greenhouse-gas emissions traced back to China and chimpanzees deepen the mystery of menopause.
Mars has a surprise layer around its liquid-metal core. Plus, the editor of a prominent journal is fired in wake of Israel–Hamas remarks and an AI that has human-like ability to generalize language.
Postdocs in their thirties are less happy in their careers, overall, than are their peers in their twenties. Plus, ancient rock carvings exposed by severe drought and how the Israel–Hamas war affects scientists.
An imbalance of fungi in the gut could contribute to excessive inflammation in people with severe COVID-19. Plus, mummified mice reveal mammals’ unexpected survival skills and the Moon could be 40 million years older than we thought.
The first study to deliberately infect people with Zika virus suggests that this strategy could help to test vaccines. Plus, a gigantic plan to link India’s rivers could reduce rainfall in already arid regions and how scientists are studying the evolution of the city mouse.
The stocktake of the world’s progress towards climate goals is set to conclude at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference in December. Go deep into the timeline of this stocktake — and its possible sticking points.
Indigenous Australians who speak Murrinhpatha have shown how our mental processes can be shaped by the structure of our language. Plus, a brain-inspired computer chip could supercharge artificial intelligence and a fast radio burst’s 8-billion-year journey to reach Earth.
Deep sleep doesn’t cut us off from the outside world as much as scientists had thought. Plus, the Greenland ice sheet can be saved if we claw back global temperatures and meet the unsung scientists behind Nobel-prizewinning quantum dots.
An antiviral helps smell and taste return more quickly COVID infection. Plus, how to share data equitably and how lost varieties could unlock better apples.
A brain area helps to guide our eating behaviour by responding to the smooth texture of milkshakes and other rich options. Plus, first evidence that Neanderthals hunted cave lions and Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking plan to search for life on Earth.