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Cities for all • Our reinvention as an urban species demands the reinvention of urban spaces

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Hybrid virus is spreading • Recombinant viruses made up of two variants mashed together are circulating widely between people, reports Graham Lawton

Global vaccine hesitancy declining… • People in richer nations are becoming more willing to have a covid-19 shot, matching attitudes in poorer countries, reports Adam Vaughan

… but Europeans get cold feet amid vaccine controversy

Mistrust over vaccine roll-out • A lack of government communication is fuelling vaccine hesitancy in Colombia’s Indigenous groups

A view from Mars’s surface… • The Perseverance rover has sent back pictures and audio, and zapped some rocks

…and a deeper look to measure the size of its molten core

How embryos reverse ageing • The aged cells of parents produce biologically young offspring – now we know how

Male toadfish protect eggs with antibacterial fluid

Mechanical battery could power US Navy lasers

Llamas and alpacas carry genes from ‘ghost’ relatives

A DNA replication mystery • One microbe is missing genes we thought were vital for reproduction

Mirror test hints that horses can recognise themselves

The asteroid Ryugu barely reacted when we bombed it

Ebola may linger in body and trigger new outbreak

What is causing the global shortage of computer chips?

Satellite set to grab orbiting junk with magnets

Skin cells to help study infertility • There is now a way to study embryonic development without using embryos

Firefox web browser seems faster when we read that it is

Bush fires choked the skies with pollution for months

Women sleep easier in more equal nations

Infected dogs smell good to biting flies

Really brief

Large dinosaur was made for digging

Prehistoric winged shark cruised the ancient oceans

Secrets of how your body reacts to a trip

A too familiar threat • Understanding how covid-19 has been perceived in West African nations like Ghana is crucial to tackling it, says Ama de-Graft Aikins

A sweet idea • Eating local honey is often recommended as a treatment for hay fever. Does it have any effect? James Wong investigates

Your letters

The bat mystery

When we were not alone • What happened to the Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of human we shared Earth with? Enjoy a great insider account, says Michael Marshall

Looking for other Earths • With NASA’s next space telescope in sight, top scientists talk about what it may find in a new documentary, says Katie Smith-Wong

Don’t miss

From the heart • An Impossible Project is an extraordinary film following the strange life of entrepreneur Florian “Doc” Kaps, who rescued Polaroid film and champions the analogue. It even recreates the look of instant film, says Simon Ings

The nature fix • Natural spaces are essential for our physical and mental health – and designed in the right way they can help biodiversity to thrive too, says Kate Douglas

HOW MUCH NATURE DO I NEED?

Monsters of the seas • Giant waves that rise up out of nowhere and wreak havoc on shipping are more common than we feared. Petro Kotze investigates

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