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Facing down the final enemy • We may be closer to immortality, but practical and philosophical questions remain

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Huge leap for brain preservation • A pig’s brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place, with minimal damage. Some think the same could be done with the brains of people, finds Helen Thomson

Neanderthals may have treated wounds with antibiotic sticky tar

Gems on Mars may make it the ruby-red planet

Sensitive data leaked online • Nearly 10,000 websites have been affected by programming quirks

Abel prize winner found a solution to 60-year-old mystery

‘Zombie’ cells blur the line between living and non-living things

Particle discovered at CERN solves 20-year-old mystery

Inside the drive to take antimatter on a continental road trip • CERN is taking a big step towards being able to transport antimatter to research labs across Europe, reports Alex Wilkins

Your partner is probably a bad bedfellow

The ancient Goths were more diverse than we thought

We may have found a new way to prevent frostbite

Will war in the Middle East hasten the energy transition? • Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could spur countries to boost the roll-out of renewable energy, finds Alec Luhn

Build your own quantum computer • A company called Qilimanjaro is selling a kit that has everything you need for a quantum computer – you just have to be able to put it together, discovers Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Psychedelics may be no better than antidepressants

Ice core reveals low CO₂ during warm spell 3 million years ago

We now understand volcanic lightning

AI can alter flights to cut down on contrails

Asteroid has all ingredients for life • We’re learning more about the potential importance of asteroids to life on Earth, and there may be even more discoveries to come, report Leah Crane and Jonathan O’Callaghan

Interstellar comet has water unlike any in our solar system

Boosting the blood-brain barrier could avert brain damage in athletes

The secret recipe behind folding crêpes

Your letters

Social media is a defective product • Two lawsuits that are being brought against giant tech firms could dramatically change social media for the better, argues Annalee Newitz

What does it mean if the universe has extra dimensions? • Dimensions beyond the four we are familiar with could reveal why gravity is relatively weak, says Leah Crane

Branching out

Three other great books on non-animal life

Flower power • We shouldn’t dismiss flowers as merely ornamental – these blooms are worldchangers, argues a vivid new book. Michael Marshall is mostly convinced

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Lost in space • Ryan Gosling stars in Project Hail Mary, the latest adaptation of an Andy Weir novel. Like its spiritual sibling The Martian, it is another tale of a lone genius battling to survive in space. Bethan Ackerley thoroughly approves

Reading for health • Our book club members enjoyed learning about the power of art for our health in Art Cure, not least because book clubs count, says Alison Flood

What we are reading in April

Unlocking consciousness • Connecting the dots between each and every human experience could finally dismantle the blockade between...