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Change is possible • The nature of civilisation is far more malleable than we thought

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Chemistry on a cosmic scale

Treated before birth • A genetic condition that sees children develop a potentially fatal lack of sweat glands is one of several that can now be treated in utero, reports Clare Wilson

Types of fetal therapy • Medical conditions caused by faulty genes can be tackled in several ways:

Euclid ready to probe dark cosmos • Space telescope set to launch on 1 July to study the effects of dark energy and dark matter

3D-printed human heart chamber beats for three months

Night-time meals may help you run for longer

Zombie worms can survive by eating shark teeth

Field notes Northvolt Ett plant, Sweden • Inside the gigafactory producing the world’s greenest batteries Northvolt says its huge complex will soon produce enough batteries each year to power a million electric cars, finds Michael Le Page

Dolphins ‘talk’ to their young in a high pitch, just like we do

Magma plumes may explain gravity hole in the Indian Ocean

Endangered butterflies are being sold for high prices on eBay

Tentacle robot can bend through pipes and unscrew bolts

Amazon deforestation has slowed down since Lula took over in Brazil

The centre of our galaxy has a strange no-entry zone

Analysis Computing • Which quantum computer is the most powerful? IonQ has become the latest firm to claim its forthcoming device is better than any other. But how do you benchmark a quantum computer, asks Matthew Sparkes

Milky Way could hold thousands of stars from another galaxy

Eye reflections used to make 3D models of what you see

Hadza hunter-gatherers have hugely diverse gut microbiomes

The earliest Neanderthal art • Symbols have been found carved on the walls of a cave in France that was inhabited by Neanderthals before being sealed off at least 57,000 years ago, discovers Michael Marshall

Comet splits after being heated by sun

Knee brace aids healing of ACL tears

White spots help monarch butterflies go long distances

Really brief

The real threat from AI • Claims about the existential risk of artificial intelligence are frightening – but not because they are true, argues Mhairi Aitken

No planet B • Don’t mention the R word Rewilding is becoming a taboo term among farmers, although they are happy to talk about “nature-friendly farming”, finds Graham Lawton on a trip to Wales

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Two and two make five • An intriguing new book asks deceptively simple questions about mathematics that hint at serious complexities beneath, says Anil Ananthaswamy

Our wasteful ways • The human cost of the waste we create daily is vividly captured in an eye-opening book, finds Chris Stokel-Walker

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The games column • Close calls The much-delayed Star Trek: Resurgence has some great individual moments and Planet of Lana looks gorgeous, but technical issues in both left me wishing I was watching TV, says Jacob Aron

Rethinking civilisation • The new story of how civilisation emerged upends almost everything we thought we knew, finds Michael Marshall

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