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Alarm at UK growth push • Environmentalists are raising concerns over government plans for development that they fear will hit nature, reports Michael Le Page
Analysis Brazil election • Decision time for the Amazon If Brazil re-elects Jair Bolsonaro as president, the impact on the rainforest could be catastrophic, while his rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to reverse environmental damage, reports Luke Taylor
Gene therapy infused into the brain eases debilitating rare condition
Hot electron bubble whizzes around our galaxy’s black hole
Decarbonising shipping will cost more than $1 trillion
Blood vessel web protects the brain of a swimming whale
Neptune on display • A stunning view of the planet’s rarely seen ring system from JWST
Robot navigates rooms using magnetic fields
Genes may raise chronic fatigue risk • Almost 200 genetic variants were identified in 91 per cent of people with the condition
The recipe for perfect bubbles, according to science
Radio wave attack makes cameras see phantom images
Guatemala’s decimated rainforest is on the mend
Moss from Earth could grow under the light of another star
Sperm move in packs to push through vaginal fluid
Fears of AI-driven global disaster • A third of scientists working in AI say it could cause catastrophe on the scale of nuclear war
Mutation that helps bowhead whale live longer shrinks testes
Analysis Wildlife • Unsustainable conservation Cheetahs have been reintroduced to India for the first time in 70 years, but the project has drawn criticism, reports Lou Del Bello
Fireball traced to space rock that made it
Enceladus has all life’s key elements • Reanalysis of icy rock grains has revealed presence of phosphorus from Saturn’s moon
Your gut microbes may affect how ill malaria makes you
Maxwell’s demon device could help explain entropy
Tree-hugging lemurs are trying to beat the heat
US grid may buckle under switch to EVs
Historical migration dispute looks settled
Glimmer of hope in the battle to save the banana
Really brief
Snouting around • Keystone species such as wild boar may be far better conservationists than humans. We must cherish them, says Benedict Macdonald
Field notes from space-time • On a cosmic schedule I work on the dark matter problem knowing it may be solved long after I die. The universe doesn’t cater to human timelines, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Dancing towards a new future? • Who will we become in a transhuman world? A new dance work uses motion capture and beguiling visuals to explore further, says Alexandra Thompson
Rare seeds of hope • As agriculture becomes more industrialised, saving unusual vegetables from extinction is vital, finds Chris Stokel-Walker
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The film column • Really in it together In All That Breathes, a compelling documentary set in Delhi, humans are just another animal - alongside pigs, black kites, rats, mosquitoes and millipedes - struggling to survive during a global emergency, finds Simon Ings
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