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Of art and artefacts • To make sense of ancient objects, archaeologists must temper imagination with science

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Renewable power hopes stay afloat

Analysis Weight-loss drugs • Wegovy averts heart attacks – will this widen use? A trial has found that the weight-loss injection Wegovy can also ward off heart problems. This could make it more accessible, says Clare Wilson

Frequently seeing loved ones may cut risk of early death

DeepMind AI predicts the weather • Spotting patterns in data lets Google DeepMind beat the best weather forecasts – sort of

Metal pollution may be skewing the sex ratio of sea turtles

Eyeball transplant success • It was thought impossible, but surgeons have performed the first human eyeball transplant

Robot works out how to make oxygen from Mars minerals

Walkie-talkies could work long-distance underwater

Analysis Climate change • Will global warming continue after we reach net zero? Taking longer to cut emissions could see the planet continue to warm for some time afterwards, finds Michael Le Page

Vitamin B3 could treat chronic pain • A high dose seems to work against persistent pain in mice, but human trials are still needed

Rainforest loss could worsen El Niño and La Niña

Plants thrive in lunar soil with help from bacteria

Analysis Artificial intelligence • Actors’ strike ends – but AI battle may not be over An agreement on the use of digital replicas has ended the Hollywood actors’ strike, but the industry could still drastically change, says Jeremy Hsu

The most distant black hole ever seen • Supermassive black hole 31 billion light years away could help settle an early cosmic mystery

Hummingbirds have two ways to fly through tiny gaps

3.5 minutes of intense activity a day may keep your heart healthy

Ancient Europe was full of savannah and grazed by elephants

Fusion may find first use in medicine • Reactors could make radioactive isotopes for hospitals before becoming useful power generators

Comet Erasmus wagged its tail as it flew past the sun

Sea cucumbers put on a spectacular light show

Alzheimer’s blood tests may be rolled out within five years

Artificial life grows a step closer • Strain of yeast with a genome that is 50 per cent synthetic is a significant advance

The past 12 months were the hottest ever on record

Milky Way-like galaxy is oddly old

Dissolving tracked at the atomic level

New way of shaking a martini creates bold patterns

Really brief

‘Water become bone’ • Once seen as miraculous, for all its ubiquity, ice is still an enigmatic, surprising substance, We should cherish it more, says Max Leonard

No planet B • Old King Coal Coal waste separation might sound deathly dull, but the waste from abandoned coal mines could provide rare and crucial elements for clean energy tech, discovers Graham Lawton

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When the lights go out • Darkness has always intrigued and terrified us in equal measure. We aren’t even sure what it means scientifically, finds Elle Hunt

How cute is that! • A charming book makes a great case for studying cuteness. But the concept may have a very dark side, says Simon Ings

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