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Make exercise fun again • Screen time isn’t the only reason children are inactive – and there are easy solutions

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‘Dark’ oxygen found in the deep • Sea-floor nodules full of valuable metals seem to raise oxygen levels in the ocean depths, suggesting they may have a valuable role in ecosystems, finds Madeleine Cuff

NASA’s cancelled moon rover calls the 2026 crewed landing into question

Green belts help cities keep their cool in summer

The galaxy gas leakage problem • The gas that surrounds galaxies appears to be more spread out than we thought. This could help solve a mystery over missing matter, discovers Alex Wilkins

Jiggling robot reveals the perfect way to untangle threads

Covid-19’s toll in India was worse for women than men

How music tempo changes as a star ages

Sea slugs work together to hunt prey in packs

There is a new formula for defining a planet – but Pluto is still out of the club

Robot dog uses flamethrower to suppress weeds

Zombie galaxy pops back into life 20 million years after it died

Retinol’s anti-ageing effects may alter your skin microbes

A meltdown-proof nuclear reactor • First ever full-scale demonstration of a reactor that can cool itself in an emergency is a success

Chimps gesture at a pace similar to human conversation

A closer look at Titan’s strange seas • The hydrocarbon lakes and rivers of Saturn’s moon have similarities with our own water world

Bees use their wings to slap ants that try to raid their nests

How to keep drugs safe outside a fridge for weeks

Analysis Artificial intelligence • Super AI is still sci-fi Hype surrounding the latest AI models has many people convinced that they are sentient – and that’s a problem, says Chris Stokel-Walker

Butchered bones hint at earlier human arrival in South America

Tiny solar-powered drones could stay aloft indefinitely

Storm forecasts get up to speed • Hurricane models are improving, but there are still big misses when storms rapidly intensify

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Consider the ant • Insects such as ants are being overlooked in favour of the darlings of conservation. We need to celebrate their brilliance, says Robert Barrie

Field notes from space-time • Cosmic query The answers to a reader’s questions about the nature of black holes start off with a shift in perspective, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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The mathematics making AI • A skilful primer delves into what lies beneath the artificial intelligence revolution, but doesn’t probe its ethical heart, says Christie Taylor

A peek inside • Nine profiles of neurodiverse people reveal their creative and imaginative worlds, finds Eleanor Parsons

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