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War of nerves • The nervous system offers a new – and potentially cheap – route to treating cancer

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Not dancing, but fighting

A global problem

Europe’s forests are in crisis • Extreme weather, pests and overharvesting are turning forest carbon sinks into carbon sources across Europe, undermining a crucial part of countries’ net-zero plans, finds Madeleine Cuff

Sauropod dinosaur’s last meal reveals that it didn’t chew

Why do we follow rules? • The discovery that around a quarter of people will follow rules unconditionally could have implications for how we create laws, finds Helen Thomson

Dead Sea Scrolls analysis may force rethink of ancient Jewish history

Massaging the neck and face could help flush out brain waste

Could computers run on gravity? • A way to identify when information has been changed by manipulating space-time could lay the foundation for a new type of computer, finds Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Worms make tentacle-like towers to move around

Is ADHD on the rise? No – but that’s not the whole story • There is no evidence of an increase among children, but there are big differences between countries, finds Michael Le Page

How our brains sort imagination from reality

Retinal implant helps blind mice see again

Tools helped language evolve • Advances in technology and cultural practices led our ancestors to develop new ways of explaining concepts to others, finds Michael Marshall

Highly destructive termite hybrids may pose global threat

We may have discovered the first-ever stars powered by dark matter

There could be a surprising upside to losing coral reefs

Quantum computers take on physics • Computer simulations are pushing the boundaries of what we can learn about interactions that happen inside particle colliders, finds Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Rivers are leaking ancient carbon into the atmosphere

Infant antibody treatment may best protect against RSV

The moon may be full of platinum • Mining on the moon could be technically easier than on asteroids, but more legally challenging

Crafty cockatoos find new way to quench their thirst

Bodily patriarchy • From Fallopian tubes to the G-spot, long-dead men have marked their territory when it comes to women’s bodies, says Adam Taor

Notes from space-time • The big picture The universe is still there to be understood, despite brutal new cuts to US science budgets. But the damage to future research will be huge, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Bloom or bust

Death of the private • How did we lose the sense that some parts of life should be off-limits rather than open to commodification? Peter Hoskin explores an insightful take

Going nuclear • The history of the atomic age gets a welcome rework in this book, which includes more about the role of women, finds George Bass

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The sci-fi column • Future present Time travel is real, and a young woman is hired as a “bridge” to help a naval commander adapt to the 21st century after he is snatched from death in 1847. Find out how they fare in the fabulous The Ministry of Time, says Emily H. Wilson

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