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Give yourself a break • The relentless push for productivity misunderstands how the brain works

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Hera mission heads to smash-up site

Earth’s ‘vital signs’ spark alarm • Key climate indicators from ice loss to greenhouse gas emissions have deteriorated in the past year in what may be a new phase of the climate crisis. James Dinneen reports

Six climate indicators that set records in the past year

Space may be filled with more antimatter than we can explain

How fish can regenerate their injured fins

A fall from on high • MDMA-assisted therapy was hailed as a breakthrough for mental health, but it was ultimately denied US approval. Grace Wade looks into what went wrong

From party drug to psychedelic therapy

Cannabis extract may work as antimosquito pesticide

Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual

Astronauts could eat asteroids • Milkshake-like drink can be made from bacteria that consume carbon-containing compounds

Stem cell transplant could treat agerelated sight loss

On the hunt for exotic stars • Collisions between hypothetical boson stars might be detectable in gravitational wave data

Make your own yogurt by putting some ants in milk

Exercise supplement creatine could be grown in plants

Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an ‘astounding’ rate

Drone vs drone is the new warfare • Machines are fighting machines on the Ukrainian battlefield, as a technological arms race has given birth to a different type of armed conflict, finds David Hambling

Ancient plankton suggests extreme El Niños will happen twice as often

Fractures help asteroids ferry key molecules of life

Ancient DNA tells toddler’s story • A young boy who lived 17,000 years ago, towards the end of the last glacial period, had dark skin, blue eyes and a heart condition, finds Christa Lesté-Lasserre

Parkrun events could boost your life satisfaction

Coral reefs show a surprising ability to adapt to climate change

A helping hand • New technologies will radically change the experience of living with and caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, says Fiona Carragher

Future Chronicles • There’s a good (robot) boy We visit 2032 and meet artificial animals that love their owners, without the carbon footprint of biological pets. Rowan Hooper explains how it happened

Tadpole army • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Natural History Museum

Your letters

The care paradox • How well do we look after people who are seriously sick? Astonishingly, research is scant – which makes an ambitious new book very welcome, says Elle Hunt

A master at work • Never mind a misfiring metaphor, this new book from science-writing legend Richard Dawkins is gorgeous, says Graham Lawton

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The film column • The greater good In a strange commune, a daily “vitamin” suppresses emotion – until one member decides to throw away the supply. What could possibly go right in this wonderful dystopian satire, asks Simon Ings

Tune up your brain • The discovery that a tiny blue blob of neurons controls your mode of thinking suggests ways to increase focus, creativity and more, finds David Robson

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