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The anatomy of choice • Biologists approaching the question of free will must keep a clear head

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Pig-to-human heart transplant

Asteroid haul returns to Earth • NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has brought back materials from asteroid Bennu that could help us understand how the solar system formed, report Leah Crane and Alex Wilkins

Psyche mission also aims for an asteroid

Nearly all mammals will go extinct in 250 million years

AI could diagnose sleep apnoea with cameras at home

Analysis Coronavirus vaccination • Why are covid-19 booster vaccination policies so different? In the US, officials recommend everyone over the age of 6 months gets a booster, while the UK is restricting it to older or vulnerable people, says Grace Wade

Squeezing loofahs creates electricity for powering LEDs

Man who sees upside down gives clues on how we process faces

The best place to build a moon base • Lots of sunlight and shade will provide lunar station inhabitants with solar power and water

Therapy dogs in classrooms may boost well-being

Armour-plated mollusc may fluoresce to hide

Analysis Climate targets • Net zero delay wastes time the UK doesn’t have The British prime minister’s decision to push back plans for cutting emissions will make it hard to hit targets, says Michael Le Page

Earliest evidence of wood buildings • At a site in Zambia, there are the first tentative hints that, rather than roaming, people stayed put 476,000 years ago and built large wooden dwellings, finds Colin Barras

Brain damage linked to schizophrenia may spread as the condition develops

Genetically modified silkworms produce pure spider silk

Erasing the body’s immune memory • A vaccine that stops the body attacking itself could help with conditions like multiple sclerosis

Jellyfish learn from experience even without a brain

Prehistoric people may have made tools from human bones

Chaotic stars rule at the heart of the Milky Way

Consciousness theory under attack • Integrated information theory is seen by some as a leading explanation for consciousness, but more than 100 neuroscientists have called it untestable, finds Clare Wilson

Young birds more likely to ‘divorce’

Corkscrew microbot uses sound to move

Europa’s underground ocean is leaking CO₂

Really brief

Laws of the wild • The rules protecting UK wildlife are riddled with outrageous omissions and egregious practices. This must change, argues Alick Simmons

This changes everything • Alexa, speak Cheyenne Artificial intelligence is helping keep Indigenous languages alive – but what happens when corporations get involved, asks Annalee Newitz

Your letters

Lighting up

Taking it personally • Neuroscientist Camilla Nord tells Liz Else why mental health science is increasingly about what works for individuals – from psychedelic therapy to exercise regimes

Talking to aliens • A fascinating book asks if we could ever commune with other life forms, says Pat Kane

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