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Hormonal hope • With the tools now at hand, there is no reason to neglect hormonal conditions

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A rare find • A large meteorite recovered from Antarctica demonstrates why it is the perfect place to go hunting for space rocks, reports Alex Wilkins

Earth’s core is spinning slower • Measurements of earthquakes suggest that Earth’s core has started spinning more slowly and may be about to switch the direction in which it spins, reports Leah Crane

California still grappling with historic drought despite intense rainstorms

Teenage Egyptian mummy had ‘second heart’ made of gold

JWST images show a nebula shaped by a multi-star system

Milk may have fuelled growth spurt in ancient Europe

Analysis Health • The first ever vaccine against RSV could be approved in 2023 Promising trial results mean an approval is expected, with effective antibody treatments already available in the EU and UK, writes Michael Le Page

Planets in the ‘habitable zone’ may not be good for life

More vegan food in schools could massively change farming

Meet the donors • Changes to the laws around anonymous egg and sperm donations in a number of countries are starting to have an effect, reports Jason Arunn Murugesu

The DNA alternative

Why antidepressants leave you flat • A commonly prescribed class of the drug seems to reduce sensitivity to rewarding experiences

Knifefish make electric ‘chirps’ to detect other fish

Hackers make computers fry their own chips

Human waste could help deal with global fertiliser shortage

Analysis Health • Can you reduce dementia risk? A UK charity’s online tool suggests lifestyle changes that could cut your risk of dementia, but the condition isn’t usually preventable, says Clare Wilson

Chimpanzees can’t match 5-year-old children in test of flexible thinking

Vagus nerve may be key to halting inflammation

Mouth bacteria are shared in the home

Crocodile shoes, without the crocs

Starfish could be wiped out by heatwaves this century

Really brief

Governing space • Access to space is growing, with more than 70 nations now operating space programmes. We urgently need to update international rules, says Sarah Al Amiri

Artificially intelligent • The robot doctor will see you soon Trained on real electronic health records, medical AIs are making rapid progress. How long before we see these tools in the clinic, wonders Alex Wilkins

Birds of a feather

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Tainted from the get-go? • A convincing new book reveals how space technology was born out of appalling weaponry – and still has a militaristic bent, finds Paul Marks

Cosmic stories • Can the elusive physics of the universe become sci-fi gold? Boyd Tonkin explores an anthology based on CERN’s research

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The film column • Be careful what you wish for In the chilling new sci-fi horror M3gan, a young orphan is cared for by a new-generation android tasked with protecting her from emotional and physical harm. What could possibly go wrong, asks Simon Ings

“We’re essentially rewriting the whole story of cosmology” • To better explain the cosmos we see, physicist Neil Turok has proposed the existence of a mirror-image universe stretching back in time from the...