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Studies in mice raise the tantalising prospect of treating immune ageing to control age-related diseases. Plus, concerns grow over cows becoming a permanent reservoir for the bird flu virus and a major AlphaFold upgrade offers a boost for drug discovery.
Food insecurity is ‘off the scales’ in universities, say researchers. Plus, the mission to grab rocks from the far side of the Moon has launched and the letter that jump-started Alzheimer’s research.
An algorithm trained on electrocardiograms reduced deaths among high-risk patients by 31%. Plus, an AI transcription tool seems to hallucinate harmful text and a robot that efficiently combines bouncing and flying.
A Sumatran orangutan nicknamed Rakus treated a gash in his cheek with a poultice. Plus, a promising vaccine for urinary tract infections and a special collection on sex and gender in research.
Scientists are starting to untangle exactly how we benefit from the stress of physical activity. Plus, studies in mice might have pinpointed the master dial that controls the immune system.
The scientific adviser of 3 Body Problem, a planetary scientist and a nanotechnology expert review the hit sci-fi show. Plus, why a trailblazing Chinese virologist was sleeping in the street outside his own lab.
A robot that changes from trot to bounce to avoid falls hints at why four-legged animals transition between gaits. Plus, AI designs new gene-editing tools and how autonomous weapons are changing war.
Kidney tissue was transplanted from one rat fetus to another while the recipient was still in its mother’s womb. Plus, ‘ChatGPT for CRISPR’ creates new gene-editing tools and a desperate plan to save permafrost from carbon-bomb wildfires.
The H5N1 strain of avian influenza probably jumped from an infected bird into a cow around late December. Plus, a rare mutation that causes dwarfism might slow ageing and how to collect royalties from your research papers.
The new Geologic Atlas took more than 100 researchers over a decade to compile. Plus, how gliding marsupials got their ‘wings’ and H5N1 bird flu virus material has been detected in US milk.
A patient–analyst relationship to psychoanalyst Carl Jung that evolved into a friendship deeply influenced physicist Wolfgang Pauli’s work. Plus, organoids shed light on cancer and other diseases, and medieval graves reveal secrets of a mysterious nomadic people.
Octocorals probably evolved the ability to make light when the first animals developed eyes. Plus, the WHO has redefined ‘airborne transmission’ and how artificial intelligence is changing weapons of war.
Our ability to track time is skewed by what we are looking at. Plus, NASA has reestablished clear communication with Voyager 1 and why we aren’t ready for the next big volcano eruption.
Robot fly helps to unravel the workings of the insect wing hinge. Plus, AI traces mysterious metastatic cancers to their source and general rules for AI in publishing are coming.
Iconic coral reef is ‘transforming’ from repeated bleaching events. Plus, researchers face the possibility of animal consciousness and science explores the neurodiversity of visual imagery.
Feelings of hunger, nausea and fullness seem to be governed by separate brain circuits. Plus, nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking and Jupiter’s moon, Io, is the most volcanically active place in the Solar System.
Single-atom-thick sheet of gold is probably the first 2D metal. Plus, some bumblebees can survive up to a week underwater and what crackdowns on smoking and vaping will do for public health.
Evidence is growing that targeted dietary interventions can treat, delay and even prevent some illnesses. Plus, an AI model helps track the spread of metastatic cancers and how climate lawsuits push governments and companies to act.
Political candidates are increasingly using ‘softfakes’ — obviously AI-generated content — to boost their campaigns and whitewash their reputation. Plus, AI now beats humans at basic tasks and algorithm learns to nudge human gaming partner.
Artificial intelligence systems can now nearly match — and sometimes exceed — human performance in basic tasks. Plus, NASA admits that plan to bring Mars rocks to Earth won’t work and three new species of extinct giant kangaroos discovered.