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Avoiding armageddon • Preparing for an asteroid strike can teach us about more immediate concerns

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A world in a bubble

Is there a cosmic speed limit on growth? • Alan Turing’s theories on computation seem to have a startling consequence – placing restrictions on how fast or slow anything in the universe can grow, finds Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Time to grow

Clashes over cash are set to dominate COP29 climate talks

Winter ice is rapidly vanishing from lakes

Wikipedia awash with AI-written content

Michelangelo’s The Flood seems to depict a woman with breast cancer

Flu viruses evolved proteins to cut through mucus

Meet the mass-shifting particles • Bizarre particles discovered that only have mass when moving in one direction

Cloud-inspired material bends light around corners

How driverless cars can predict unseen objects’ movements

Skeleton in Roman grave has bones from eight people

War-era sugar limits show health benefits of cutting down in early life

Radar lets spies listen in on phone calls from afar

China’s carbon emissions may have peaked due to its clean energy rollout

Chimps typing Shakespeare? Don’t hold your breath

Mapping the world of cancer • Extensive study of the cells and regions in cancerous tumours has revealed new insights into how they grow and evolve over time, reports Grace Wade

Extremely long-lived ‘Schrödinger’s cat’ shatters quantum record

Oldest known tadpole fossil is 161 million years old

Asteroids could take us to Mars • Travelling inside space rocks would shield astronauts from harmful radiation

Antibiotics change your gut microbiome for many years

Quantum batteries output more energy than they store

The Amazon is teetering on the edge of a tipping point

Taking a shot • We are living in a vaccine hesitant-moment, with conspiracy theories thriving on social media. We need to push back, says Simon Williams

Future Chronicles • A kelping hand In our latest glimpse into the near future, Rowan Hooper explains how seaweed was a game changer in getting carbon out of the atmosphere in the 2030s

All in the detail • Close-up Photographer of the Year

Your letters

Connected, but alone • A biography of Roger Penrose, a major figure in mathematics and physics, salutes his achievements but also shows the human cost, finds Chelsea Whyte

A powerful lesson • Tackling climate change means radically rethinking energy history – and talk of “transition”. Chris Stokel-Walker explores

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The film column • Talk to me A stellar cast (think Cate Blanchett, Charles Dance) are leaders of G7 countries facing up to an existential crisis. Or not. Rumours is a smart, joyous satire about communication, diplomatic nonsense and not coping, says Simon Ings

The Botanic Age • We are finally starting to glimpse a lost era of human history when we made tools not from stone but from plants, says Sophie Berdugo

What’s cooking? • Supermarkets now have an overwhelming choice of oils to grease our pans and dress our dishes – but which is healthiest? Jasmin Fox-Skelly investigates

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