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Food for thought • We have ethical options to replace industrial farming, but it won’t be easy

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Floods follow drought in Italy

Analysis Medicine • Trial shows how mRNA therapies could revolutionise medicine People with a rare genetic condition had fewer symptoms after getting an experimental mRNA drug, and the technology could treat many disorders, says Michael Le Page

Sunlight could cool a charged atom to its coldest possible limit

Fake alien message sent to Earth to mimic first contact

Privacy leaks from seized US phones • Nude photos and bank details were found on devices sold by US police forces via auction site

5000 novel species live in deep-sea mining area

Test using capital letters easily sorts AIs from humans

Babies can identify people’s faces from just 4 months old

Field notes Eddleston Water, UK • How a UK river serves as a natural lab for flood research Work at Eddleston Water has provided ecological benefits worth millions of pounds, finds Jason Arunn Murugesu

Ultrasound pulses trigger a state like hibernation in mice and rats

Compostable plastic fails to break down after a year at sea

Does covid-19 affect pregnancies? • The coronavirus has been linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes, but vaccines help to keep mothers and babies safe, reports Michael Marshall

Can SARS-CoV-2 infect a fetus during pregnancy?

Migrating bats use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate

Analysis Artificial intelligence • Who will control AI-created ‘digital twins’? Negotiation over the use of AI between the US actors’ union and Hollywood studios could determine the viability of acting as a career, finds Jeremy Hsu

Nuclear clocks could be the best timepieces in the universe

Good way to avoid bite of common insect is to sit still

Man with paralysis walks by activating brain and spine implants with his mind

Astronomers race to observe rare nearby supernova

Junk food diet may disrupt our slumber

Tumble dryers have a microfibre problem

Gulls choose meals based on what they see people eat

Really brief

It’s not easy being green • Amphibians could help cure our ills, from diabetes to fungal infections – if they don’t go extinct first, says Matthew Gould

No planet B • Cheesy does it I thought there was no way around cheese being an environmental and ethical disaster, but a new approach to dairy farming has proved me wrong, says Graham Lawton

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Earth’s beating blue heart • A book that casts the ocean as an extraordinary giant engine helps us grasp its complex physics and its key role in climate change, finds Graham Lawton

Stupid but smart • Being a genius won’t stop you staring at an eclipse or letting an argument keep you from finding a planet, finds Richard Lea

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The games column • Depth not breadth In Tin Can, you have to fix a spaceship’s disintegrating escape pod – or die. Though the whole game takes place in a single space, exploring its extraordinary detail is a real joy, says Jacob Aron

Mental muscle • We are finally getting to grips with how exercise boosts your brain and how we can all work out smarter to reap the benefits, say Catherine de Lange

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