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Europe must re-energise • The countdown to a painful winter has already begun

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No respite for coral • The Great Barrier Reef is being affected by warm seas despite the cooling effect of La Niña, reports Adam Vaughan

Ancient Britons evolved to survive • DNA from bones shows how these people adapted to keep healthy in their sun‑starved land once they had turned to farming, finds Michael Marshall

Virtual computer contained within an AI could help crunch numbers faster

Plans to use CRISPR gene editing to make hypoallergenic cats

Vaccines’ effects on the heart • With the mRNA covid-19 vaccines being delivered to growing numbers of young people, researchers are looking again at the rare risk of myocarditis, reports Clare Wilson

Armless fossils show how animals like snakes lost limbs

Chronic pain in Black people in US linked to gene expression

Gene therapy treats skin condition • A gel applied to the skin replaces a faulty collagen gene in people with a genetic disease

UK gave cash back to fracking firms after shale gas ban

Male birth control pill is safe and effective in mice

EU’s latest plan to take on tech • The European Union’s proposed law would force tech companies to open up to wider competition, says Matthew Sparkes

The struggle to define a planet sees some alien worlds kicked off the list

Ostrich necks act like a radiator to control head temperature

Robot works out how to carefully peel a banana

Drugs seem to help repair damaged mouse lungs

Time to green your home • With an energy crisis sending power bills soaring, using green tech to keep homes warm makes economic sense, finds Adam Vaughan

Human-to-animal infections more common than thought

Tetanus trick tackles hard-to-treat cancer

A screen that you wear like a plaster

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Odd waves within sun defy explanation

Genetic tweak boosts yields of two important food crops

Genetic secrets of the vampire bats

Zero doubts • Several countries are now abandoning their zero-covid approach, but the evidence shows it was the best route to take, says Michael Marshall

This changes everything • An idea with wings Thousands of us are glued to the online dramas of two peregrines, but the Cal Falcons webcam is just the start of what tech can do for bird studies, writes Annalee Newitz

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Down on the farm • A dairy cow’s-eye view on the world raises uncomfortable questions about the way we treat animals, finds Elle Hunt

Spare parts on demand • The mysterious process of regeneration can help us understand life in all its complex glory, finds Simon Ings

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Lost at sea? • The search for one enigmatic whale drives home the plight of them all, finds Katie Smith-Wong

Consciousness in the cosmos • To make sense of time and quantum reality, physicists are radically rethinking the relationship between matter and mind, finds Thomas Lewton

‘Collective behaviour is what gives animals their “sixth sense”’ • To better understand what really happens in the natural world, Martin Wikelski has created an animal version of the internet of things. The insights are staggering, he tells Matthew Ponsford

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