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Time for a clean-up • We must stop “forever chemicals” becoming a forever problem

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Flying dinosaur alights in Chicago

Lack of US bird flu tracking in cows may raise risk of human infection

Schrödinger’s cat could help cut quantum errors

Geysers may have created protocells • Simulations show cycles of pressure could generate cell-like structures and even simple proteins

China launches Chang’e 6 to the moon’s far side

Privacy concerns over brain monitors • There could be data sharing problems with many firms that sell consumer neurotechnology devices

Climbing wall users might be breathing in toxic rubber dust

Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England

Black holes lose status as top information scramblers

How anger may raise heart attack risk • Being angry for just 8 minutes causes a change to blood vessels that is linked with heart attacks

Rising temperatures are a threat to bumblebee nests

Strange signals may come from dead star with a planet

GPS jamming traced to Russia after European flights suspended

Is climate change accelerating? • The record-breaking heat of 2023 has prompted disagreement among climate scientists, with some saying it shows Earth may have entered a new period of warming, finds Madeleine Cuff

Even hotter summers

Boundary between water and air is three molecules thick

Flies make epic migrations that may be vital for pollination

Social media ads buy votes for €4 • Political adverts may swing elections cheaply, finds an analysis of German election results

Bump on praying mantis chest is an odd type of tongue

Measles immunity seems to wane • A modelling study suggests that the level of protection against measles provided by the MMR vaccine falls by a small amount every year, but remains high overall, finds Clare Wilson

‘Wall of death’ may help fitness on moon

Do dads’ microbes affect infant health?

Orangutan uses medicinal plant to treat facial wound

Really brief

Our mark on the planet • Criticisms of the proposed Anthropocene epoch miss the point. Humanity’s impact on Earth is real, whether formalised or not, says Jan Zalasiewicz

No planet B • The real cost of flying I always add the carbon offset option when buying a flight, but I had a sneaking suspicion I was being greenwashed. Turns out I was right, says Graham Lawton

Ancient gaze

Your letters

Of eggs and evolution • From large and shell-covered to tiny and jelly-like, the developmental story of eggs offers a way to rethink the story of life, discovers Tom Leslie

They’re out there… • For the best chance of finding alien life, we must tap into all human diversity, writes the scientist leading the hunt. Abigail Beall explores

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