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Pay up, please • When it comes to artificial intelligence exploiting data, who will foot the bill?

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A new view of home

Stem cells evade immune attack • Genetically altered cells that bypass the immune system can treat diabetes in mice, in a step towards treatments that could address a range of conditions, reports Clare Wilson

14,000 oil and gas wells still uncapped in Gulf of Mexico

Melting of Antarctic ice may be reversible as land under it rises

Gas clouds could be the remnants of the universe’s first stars

Surgery before birth fixes blood vessel in fetus’s brain

Neanderthal tooth gunk reveals ancient bacterial molecules

Lab-grown meat’s dirty secret • The carbon footprint of cultivated meat may be far worse than that of regular beef

Gannets’ blue eyes turn black after they catch bird flu

The war against AI web scraping • Elon Musk and Reddit are leading a new wave of objections to the long-accepted practice of scraping content from websites, discovers Matthew Sparkes

ChatGPT’s knowledge of copyrighted novels highlights legal uncertainty of AI

Wearer of ancient pendant unveiled • DNA extraction technique reveals the owner of a piece of bone jewellery 25,000 years ago

Extreme rainfall threatens China’s rice harvests

Analysis Infectious diseases • Can we eradicate malaria? Many countries have achieved malaria-free status, but stopping it globally will be difficult, particularly in places where the parasite is endemic, finds Jason Arunn Murugesu

Decades-old mystery about photosynthesis finally solved

Male woolly mammoths had testosterone surges

Ultrasound opens blood-brain barrier so drugs can hit tumours

Smart backpack makes it feel like you are jumping higher

Star seen devouring planet for first time

Australia to ban nicotine-free vapes

Apes are as willing to share food as small children

Really brief

All in it together • Pop culture fandoms can have a bad rap, but social psychology shows that being part of a group can be transformative, says Michael Bond

This changes everything • Resisting dystopia Unrealistic fantasies of the apocalypse are everywhere, but we shouldn’t stuff our minds with tales of disaster if we want a solid plan for the future, says Annalee Newitz

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Your letters

AI anxieties play out • Science fiction series Mrs. Davis and Class of ‘09 reflect our disquiet about artificial intelligence as it storms into our lives, says Josh Bell

Making sense of it all • Predictive processing is one of neuroscience’s hottest topics. Clare Wilson finds out why in an important guide to the field

Don’t miss

The TV column • Golden age of doom Apocalypses are everywhere on TV, but for each gem there is one to forget. A new offering, Silo, starts from a great premise about a society forced to live underground, but does it really deliver, asks Bethan Ackerley

HOW TO THINK ABOUT…

Water, water everywhere • It is a long-held idea that midday watering will scorch plants’ leaves – but this isn’t supported by evidence, says James Wong

Puzzles

Almost the last word

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