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Asking the big questions • Philosophy – if unencumbered by dogma – has much to offer evidence-based enquiry

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Global sea-level rise is accelerating • Warming in the deep oceans could be one of the factors behind a sharp and sustained spike in the rate of sea-level rise since the early 2010s, finds Michael Le Page

‘Metajet’ could steer sails for space travel

Drone crash starts fire near Chernobyl

How plants survive mass extinctions • We may know the reason why flowering plants can cope with major environmental upheavals

Backlash over NHS plan to hide source code from AI attack

Neanderthal ‘kneeprint’ found next to mysterious stalagmite circle

A dam across the Bering Strait could stop AMOC collapsing

Slow breathing works wonders even without mindfulness

Colourful cosmic clouds • JWST captures how long it takes for gas and dust to turn into stars

PCOS can postpone perimenopause

Demystifying dating over 50 • Research on dating has mainly focused on younger people, but that’s finally starting to change

Pressure sensor works on the level of individual particles

Can floating data centres meet AI’s huge energy demand? • A US start-up plans to put data centres in the ocean, powering them with wave energy, but the harsh environment could make maintenance challenging, finds Vanessa Bates Ramirez

A peek into Britain’s ancestry • The genetic impacts of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on those living in Britain at the time hold some surprises, finds Chris Simms

Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point sooner than expected

Bronze Age Britons used bone tools • The practice of making tools out of bone persisted, even after the advent of metal-working

Old experiment offers new hope in hunt for dark matter

Caffeine isn’t why coffee makes you feel good

Huge tsunami caused by retreating glacier

Quantum computers simulate their biggest molecule yet – with a little help

Extinct relative of koalas discovered in Western Australia

Tiny world has an atmosphere that we can’t explain

The mathematician who doesn’t exist • In the 1930s, a secret society of French mathematicians started writing under a pseudonym and changed maths forever, finds Jacob Aron

The sweetest medicine • It is appealing to think something as simple as honey could cure a cold or prevent hay fever, but is there evidence to back up these reported health benefits, asks Alice Klein

Green fingers

Into the woods • Rowan Hooper met ecologist Suzanne Simard under an oak tree in Kew Gardens, London, to talk about her new book, criticism of her work – and the movie Avatar

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When we were animals • Why did humans decide they were exceptional? And has this notion twisted us out of shape? Simon Ings explores a compelling book

Another great book on the animal-human relationship

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BRINGING CHAOS TO ORDER • Where did the laws of nature come from? Cosmologist João Magueijo has a bold new answer to the question most physicists prefer not to ask

Controlling the clouds • As countries experience water scarcity, efforts to engineer rainfall are increasing. But do they work, asks Alec Luhn

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