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Science Weekly

Twice a week, the Guardian brings you the latest science and environment news

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What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins?
How the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs made ants into farmers
Is sleep perfectionism making us more exhausted?
What Milton and Helene reveal about the future of hurricanes
Could AI help fight conspiracy theories?
Everything you need to know about Covid this autumn
End of an era: Britain finally says goodbye to coal
Are the world’s oldest people really that old?
From dementia to heart disease: could weight-loss jabs transform chronic conditions?
Transparent skin, bird flu, and why girls’ brains aged during Covid: the week in science
Into the abyss beneath Greenland’s glaciers
The race to understand mpox
The arrest of Telegram’s founder, and what it means for social media
Summer picks: the science of ‘weird shit’
Trophy hunting: can killing and conservation go hand in hand?
George Monbiot on the record jail terms given to Just Stop Oil activists
Is there any point in taking multivitamins?
Can the climate survive AI’s thirst for energy?
Golden rice: why has it been banned and what happens now?
In their prime: how trillions of cicadas pop up right on time
AI, algorithms and apps: can dating be boiled down to a science?
Backstabbing, bluffing and playing dead: has AI learned to deceive?
How much protein is too much?
Why are the world’s cities sinking?
The stream of plastic pollution: could a global treaty help us turn off the tap?
From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic?
Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead?
Soundscape ecology: a window into a disappearing world
The senior Swiss women who went to court over climate change, and won
Remembering physicist Peter Higgs
Horny tortoises and solar mysteries: what scientists can learn from a total eclipse
The science of ‘weird shit’: why we believe in fate, ghosts and conspiracy theories
Hypermobility: a blessing or a curse?
The virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS
Should forests have rights?
A waterworld with a boiling ocean and the end of dark matter? The week in science
Why do we lose our hair as we age, and what can we do about it? – podcast
Classic older child? What the science says about birth order and personality
The debilitating impact of tinnitus, and how a new app could help
How green are electric cars?
Mistakes, fakes, and a giant rat penis: why are so many science papers being retracted?
Nitazenes and xylazine: what’s behind the rise of dangerous synthetic drugs?
Why are we still waiting for a male contraceptive pill?
A fasting prime minister and a mind-reading billionaire: the week in science
Secrets of the microbiome: the skin
Secrets of the microbiome: the vagina
How to stop doomscrolling and reclaim your brain
Is guilt-free flying on the horizon?
Our science predictions for 2024
What the science says about how to get active (and make it stick)
All the buzz and no hangover? The next generation of alcohol-free drinks
Can machines ever be like us? Prof Michael Wooldridge on the future of AI
The incredible world of animal perception, and what it can teach us
All the drama from the first week of Cop28
Why are we still struggling to get contraception right?
Everything you need to know about Cop28 as the summit begins
What have we learned from the James Webb space telescope so far?
Superyachts and private jets: the carbon impact of the ‘polluter elite’
The mysteries of volcanoes: what’s going on beneath the ground in Iceland?
Why is the Amazon rainforest drying up?
Nuclear fusion, new drugs, better batteries: how AI will transform science
What could near-death experiences teach us about life, death and consciousness?
‘We’ve lost control’: what happens when the west Antarctic ice sheet melts?
Could AI help diagnose schizophrenia?
Scarier than lions: how fear of ‘super predator’ humans is shaping the animal kingdom
The mystery of Europe’s heat death hotspot
Will our bees survive the Asian hornet invasion?
Should American bully XLs be banned?
Teen mental health and social media: what does the evidence tell us?
First African climate summit: can development and climate action coexist?
Everything you need to know about the new Covid variant
Iris scans: proof of our humanity in an AI future, or marketing gimmick?

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