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The limits of awareness • When it comes to mental health, recognising the problem isn’t enough

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Baby star has powerful jets

Whole brain may be used in language • Brain regions identified as language centres may actually be hubs that coordinate the processing of language across the brain, finds Michael Marshall

Tadpoles change colour to blend in with surroundings

NASA’s UFO task force finds no evidence for alien craft

Student rocket set for space launch • Imperial College London project will try to send its rocket to an altitude of 105 kilometres

Enzyme test may let doctors diagnose Parkinson’s earlier

Anti-ageing drugs could make more organs viable for transplants

Rare pink diamonds appeared after geological break-up

Humans are using too many plants • We are using 26 per cent of the biomass produced by land plants, which is more than is safe

Facebook change to stop misinformation on vaccines backfires

Mosquitoes dodge fly swatters by surfing a wave of air

Analysis Medical evidence • Mental health ‘first aid’ questioned There is no good evidence that a training scheme on how to support people with conditions like depression actually works, finds Clare Wilson

Frogs have attempted sex with other species for millions of years

Thousands of people apparently cheat at Wordle every day

China’s city-wide quantum network • A network connecting quantum devices in Hefei can allow multiple secure chats at once

Cyborg cockroach could help in search-and-rescue missions

MDMA expected to get US approval as therapy for PTSD

DNA computer could scan living cells for diseases

English rivers pumped with oxygen… • The Environment Agency has been deploying emergency measures to stop fish suffocating

…while river oxygen levels fall across US and Europe

Key immune cells may protect against Crohn’s disease

The universe’s evolution seems to be slowing down

Microplastics could threaten ozone layer

New covid-19 jab works at low dose

Stone Age carvings of animal tracks identified

Really brief

The new evolution • Our creation of artificial intelligence has unleashed a third evolutionary process that is adapting for its own benefit, not ours, warns Susan Blackmore

No planet B • The ick factor People living in urban environments are often alienated from nature and therefore find it scary and disgusting. This “biophobia” is on the rise, says Graham Lawton

Peak condition

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Who were the Neanderthals? • How we see our closest extinct relative says as much about us as it does about them, argues an intriguing new book. Alison George explores the territory

Speaking up for science • A personal account of dealing with the anti-vaccine movement in the US is troubling and painful, finds Michael Marshall

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