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Time for change • Quibbling over definitions of the Anthropocene will only hold us back

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A blazing green comet is coming

Gaza’s inescapable health crisis • Physical injuries, malnutrition and mental health issues are widespread for Palestinians and are creating problems that will last for decades, finds Grace Wade

A billion-dollar catastrophe

Australia prepares for trip to orbit • Private firm Gilmour Space is hoping to launch an Australian rocket in the coming weeks

The world just had the hottest February ever recorded

Plants make ‘distress calls’, but can other plants hear them?

Genomes of Indian people include a wide range of Neanderthal DNA

Will woolly mammoths be resurrected soon? • Biotechnology company Colossal claims it has taken a “momentous step” towards bringing back ancient pachyderms. Michael Le Page delves into whether such a feat is possible

AI chatbots ‘think’ in English even when asked questions in other languages

Walking 10,000 steps a day really can make us healthier

D-Wave claims it has achieved ‘computational supremacy’

Hybrid moulds herald unusual blue cheeses

Weight-loss pill could beat Wegovy • People taking the oral tablet amycretin lost 13 per cent of their body weight over three months, more than twice that seen with Wegovy, finds Clare Wilson

Amphibian feeds hatchlings ‘milk’ from its rear end

Light and sound therapy may prevent ‘chemo brain’

Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time

Anthropocene Epoch rejected • Scientists surprised by refusal of a proposal for a geological epoch defined by human activity

Clownfish have a sugary way to avoid anemone stings

Bizarre galaxy died very young but may come back to life

Ukraine may be first place in Europe inhabited by early humans

Bees teach each other puzzle solving

Crystal effect keeps stars looking young

Make-up may damage skin health during exercise

Really brief

The age of deception • Disinformation is far older than humans. Lessons from evolutionary biology can help defend against it today, says Jonathan R. Goodman

No planet B • Swap flop Biodiversity offsetting is a hugely contentious issue in conservation. Does it really work to destroy nature in one place, but preserve it elsewhere, asks Graham Lawton

Blooming huge

Your letters

Surely you remember? • A smart, wide-ranging account of the purpose of memory and how it shapes our world shows how much there still is to learn, says Helen Phillips

Searching for wolves • Following the predators’ return to Europe, what is stopping them from repopulating Britain, asks Adam Weymouth

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The sci-fi column • Becoming Annie Sierra Greer’s sharp take on artificial intelligence and the morality of abusing sentience for our pleasure is politically timely and even funny, as a sex robot develops a real personality and sense of worth, says Emily H. Wilson

To leap or not? • Most big life choices involve a gamble. But there are sound ways to decide whether to accept what we have or take a chance on what might be a better option, as David Robson finds

Megaprojects that could save the world

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