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Don’t hate the data • Statistics doesn’t get the political attention it deserves

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A very big CAT scan

Denisovan DNA reveals hidden humans • An entire genome has been sequenced from a Denisovan tooth, which suggests there were more populations of this ancient human species than we thought, explains Michael Marshall

We may have finally seen the first generation of stars

Magnets could revolutionise kidney stone removal

Will COP30 achieve anything? • Expectations are low for the UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil, but the host’s pragmatic approach could help make progress on implementation, reports Luke Taylor

What’s on the agenda at the Belém climate summit

Stem cell therapy lowers risk of heart failure after a heart attack

Young great whites flipped upside down by hungry orcas

Satellites face solar storm threat • Charged particles from the sun could affect mega internet constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink

Prehistoric crayons provide clues to how Neanderthals created art

Super-strong fabric could make better bulletproof vests

Can’t focus due to a lack of sleep? Your brain needs a wash

Boy’s body was mummified and turned green by a copper coffin

Fossil ends big debate over ‘tiny T.rex’ • Palaeontologists may have finally proved that the diminutive Nanotyrannus was a separate species

The gut microbiome may play a role in shaping our personality

Small galaxy is home to a shockingly enormous black hole

We may have found a way to train AI 1000 times faster and cut energy use

Carbon calculators might not capture the full cost of flying

Health • US public health system is flying blind after major cuts The loss of government workers responsible for crucial public health surveys could leave the US without the information it needs to respond to future threats, finds Grace Wade

Men may need more exercise than women

Nothing’s certain • Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy, but there are solutions, say Florence Gaub and Liya Yu

Lost in space-time • Cosmic speed limit There is no such thing as objective simultaneity – things happening at the same time – and all because light has a speed. Pretty wild, right? says Leah Crane

Tree rings

All mixed up • The new science of microchimerism brings with it profound implications for medicine, and even what it means to be human, says Helen Thomson

Burning bright • The battle to save the magnificent but endangered Amur tiger is a rare story of hope in conservation, finds Adam Weymouth

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The sci-fi column • Deep-space brilliance A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North’s first venture into classic sci-fi. It is delightful, profound and not to be missed, says Emily H. Wilson

Your letters

Older faster • All over the world, people are ageing more rapidly than they used to. But there are ways to turn back the clock, discovers Graham Lawton

The heat is on

Rebooting from scratch • What happens if the internet completely fails? With no clear official plans, a team of hackers is preparing their own backup. Matthew Sparkes meets them

Shaking the family tree • Palaeoanthropologist Christopher Bae...