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A giant dinosaur in New York City

Earth’s heat gain is slowing • The recent surge in warming led to fears that climate change may be accelerating beyond projections, but a fall in how much heat Earth is gaining makes this less likely, says Michael Le Page

Ever increasing heat energy

Mindfulness meditation may increase empathy

Weird microbes are rewriting the origin of multicellular life

Electric skin patch could keep wounds free of infection

Molecule needed for life spotted outside solar system for first time

The Stone Age artisans of Paris • Ancient stone goods found in France and Belgium may have been traded along vast networks

Carbon emissions growing faster now than pre-pandemic

Artificial intelligence falls for scams • AI is susceptible to being scammed – and some models are more gullible than others

Battery made from water and clay could be used on Mars

Stories about magical fruit help children eat healthily

DNA helps match ‘Well Man’ skeleton to 800-year-old saga

Bacteria force enemies to switch sides • Armies of microbes armed with poison darts fight in your gut – and some have a secret weapon

Nuclear waste tanker tests out aluminium sail

Wildfires in parts of US growing twice as fast as they used to

Supernova sweep may have cleaned up our solar system

Ancient tracks hint that dinosaurs used wings to leap further

Morphing red blood cells help bats to survive hibernation

Meta AI tackles impossible maths • Mathematical problems that have stumped humans for over a century can now be worked out

Rare Bronze Age wooden tool found in English trench

Mystery of the missing La Niña • Climate-cooling pattern still hasn’t appeared in the Pacific Ocean

Hornets hold their alcohol like no other animal on Earth

Amateur sleuth finds largest-known prime number

Woman’s brain shrinks while taking birth control pills

If only they could talk • Communicating with animals may be closer than we think. But are we really ready for what they are going to say, asks Chris Sherwood

This changes everything • Falling for my robotaxi I have a confession to make. After taking a handful of autonomous taxi rides, I have gone from a hater to a friend of robot cars in just a few weeks, says Annalee Newitz

Shackleton saga • National Geographic 5 November

Your letters

Cashing in on killer whales • A tense and thriller-like documentary digs deep into the murkiest waters surrounding the cruel trade in orcas, finds Katie Smith-Wong

The real asteroid plan • Forget giant space rocks, smaller ones that could wipe out a city are what we really need to fear, discovers Chris Stokel-Walker

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The TV column • Voyage to hell Fresh discoveries about the 1845 Franklin expedition to find the Arctic’s Northwest Passage make it worth revisiting an excellent horror drama. It is beautifully crafted and a worthy tribute to the lost sailors, says Bethan Ackerley

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