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Table of contents
Leaders
News
Mathematics
Mathematicians are chasing a number that may reveal the edge of maths
News
Environment
Forests' vanishing snow is also bad news for carbon storage
News
Environment
Geoengineering could avoid climate tipping points, but not if we delay
News
Environment
What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?
News
Health
A youthful brain and immune system may be key to a long life
News
Health
Herpes virus could soon be approved to treat severe skin cancer
News
Life
Colossal's plans to "de-extinct" the giant moa are still impossible
News
Technology
Surgical robots take step towards fully autonomous operations
News
Life
Oldest proteins yet recovered from 18-million-year-old teeth
News
Health
Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms may be less common than we thought
News
Space
Astronomers found a completely new type of plasma wave near Jupiter
News
Environment
Climate could warm another 0.5°C if we fail to capture far more CO2
News
Mind
Fatal genetic disorder treated by replacing the brain's immune cells
News
Life
Peculiar plant could help us reconstruct ancient Earth’s climate
News
Space
Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS might be the oldest comet ever seen
News
Environment
Artificial cooling 'urgent' for Great Barrier Reef after warming spike
News
Environment
Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes
News
Health
Hay fever relief could come in the form of a nasal 'molecular shield'
News
Space
We may have finally solved an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray puzzle
News
Environment
Most warming this century may be due to air pollution cuts
News
Space
Water might be even more important for alien life than we thought
News
Environment
Greenland village has close encounter with giant iceberg
News
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