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Space history’s dark ages • We must preserve space age artefacts for future generations – but who will foot the bill?

The race to save Hubble • NASA is turning to the private sector for solutions to keep the Hubble Space Telescope from its impending fiery and fatal fall back to Earth, reports Matthew Sparkes

Parkinson's may be driven by 'vicious cycle' that disrupts brain cleaning

Vibrations may boost brain drainage • Gently shaking the body seems to help flush out a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease

Stunning ancient engravings found in Spanish cave

First look at 'ultraquantum' turbulence

Mars may be volcanically active

What causes mega heatwaves? • An unexpected feedback loop that is currently not included in climate models helps to explain why the world is experiencing record-shattering heatwaves, finds Madeleine Cuff

Particle smasher gets first glimpse into the smallest realm ever explored

Early Neanderthals may have made huge knives as a flex

Tiny magnet could be fastest spinning visible object

The deadly return of landmines • 3D printing and drones have helped mines become a key weapon in the Russia-Ukraine war

Electricity-emitting toothbrush may help fight plaque

Covid vaccines had big return on investment

Zapping brain temporarily helps you think harder

Iron Age 'king' was probably a woman • Historians assumed that Verica, a British ruler who prompted the Roman invasion in AD 43, was a man, but there are clues suggesting they got it wrong, finds Michael Marshall

Microplastics could be changing the colour of the Pacific

Oldest-known dinosaur red blood cells discovered

Small oil and gas wells have outsized pollution impact

Peanut allergies may not last • An unexpectedly large proportion of babies with peanut allergies quickly grow out of the condition, but it is unclear what causes the transience, finds Alice Klein

Foot-stiffening socks could help you run further for longer

Inca children were drugged before being sacrificed

Views Columnist • Turing versus The Traitors I came up with a mathematical model I hoped would help me win The Traitors. Unfortunately, events then got in the way, says Hannah Fry

Views Columnist • Too hot to handle Will frogs really boil to death if their environment warms too slowly to notice? While it is considered a myth, the frogs in James Woodford's backyard suggest otherwise

Views Columnist • Facing the facts Your body uses collagen to give your skin strength and elasticity, so supplements seem to make sense to reduce wrinkles. But Alice Klein finds it isn’t this simple

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Losing touch • A new book argues that we are outsourcing our thinking to AI, with dangerous consequences for our brains.

Views Culture • Things you people wouldn’t believe A new Blade Runner TV series is out this month. Sci-fi columnist (and superfam) Emily H. Wilson rereads the source material, Philip K. Dick’s seminal novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Back to the past • Quantum physics assumes the past doesn’t matter. But if that’s is wrong, we might solve one of the deepest riddles in physics, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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