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In hot water • The crisis in our oceans is exposing just how fast climate change could overwhelm us

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Meteors light up Stonehenge

Polar vortex on the verge of a split • A disruption of winds in Antarctica could lead to hotter weather in Australia and South America. James Woodford and Madeleine Cuff report

Abnormal Antarctica

Do we finally understand the mystery of life’s ‘handedness’?

Ancient plant artefact reveals how humans reached Australia

Endangered skate saved by hatching eggs in captivity

New spin on quantum theory may force rethink of a fundamental law of physics

One mutation spread covid-19 variant • The JN.1 variant may have been able to escape antibodies because of a small genetic change

Black hole devouring giant star gives clues to a cosmic mystery

The climate impact of feeding ourselves is getting worse

Record-breaking hole drilled 1.2 kilometres into Earth’s mantle

Quantum traders could beat market • Commercially available technology could let stock traders coordinate decisions using “quantum telepathy”, and it could destabilise financial markets, finds Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Satellite data is helping locate hidden graves of missing people in Mexico

Zigzag wall pattern could keep buildings cooler

Could we make Mars habitable using clouds of metallic glitter?

Many conspiracy theorists may not be real believers

Evidence mounts that sweetener erythritol raises blood clot risk

The toll of bird deaths from building strikes

Smartphone flaw lets hackers or governments map your home

A wide array of bacteria lurks in our microwaves

Modern jet contrails last longer • Passenger planes and private jets that fly higher may cause a greater climate warming effect

Leeches use lethal ‘spiral entombment’ move on worms

Alan Turing is writing… • Plans to create an interactive AI model of the legendary code breaker Alan Turing are reckless and problematic, says Matthew Sparkes

Future Chronicles • From the depths This week, we journey to the early 2030s, when machine learning first allowed us to communicate with sperm whales. Rowan Hooper tells us what they have to say

On the edge

Your letters

Is ET coming into view? • It is time to expect the unexpected. Graeme Green explores the universe and the possibilities of alien life in a new book by a leading astrobiologist

Dentition is destiny • From the scary mouths of hagfish to tooth-like structures on bodies, a history of teeth is serious fun, finds Richard Smyth

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The film column • Powers of perception A documentary that started life during an artist residency at the UK’s Wellcome Trust uses strong visuals and compelling interviews to argue that our conception of disease affects how we deal with it, says Simon Ings

Ocean heat • The world’s oceans are warming at an alarming rate, with disastrous consequences for marine life and humanity, reports Madeleine Cuff

‘We have come to glamorise cynicism in our culture and it is hurting us in every way’ • Being cynical damages our health and harms the economy. Psychologist Jamil Zaki tells Alison Flood how to become a hopeful sceptic instead

The prostate time bomb • Deaths from prostate...