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A quantum dilemma • An unhackable quantum internet comes with tough privacy questions
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Call for joint vaccine push • The World Health Organization is urging countries to support a drive to vaccinate 30 per cent of the world this year, reports Michael Le Page
Vaccines vs variants • New research on vaccine efficacy suggests it might be harder than we thought to stop the coronavirus’s spread, reports Michael Le Page
Is it safe to breastfeed my baby after a coronavirus vaccine? • A lack of information about the impact of covid-19 vaccines on breastfed babies leaves new parents wondering what to do, says Penny Sarchet
How evolution makes new organs • The gene activity that formed a beetle’s toxic cocktail may reveal how organs arise
Tiny self-propelled submarines could help clean up waste
How do we solve the problem of ransomware? • The US oil pipeline that shut down after a cyberattack is just the latest victim in a growing wave, reports Matthew Sparkes
Lost vision partially restored by optogenetics
Neutron star surfaces are incredibly smooth
AI shoots down mathematical ideas • Humans now have help in searching for examples that disprove conjectures
The biggest drawing ever made may be a spiral found in India
Birds know to hide from predators before they hatch
More people are going to space, but who will get to fly? • Civilians in orbit will generally have to be rich, young and physically fit, says Leah Crane
The hydrogen games • Japan plans to use the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games to tout the benefits of a hydrogen society. Alice Klein reports
The main competitors
Ants may hold the key to an eco-friendly spider repellent
World misses ocean conservation target
Robotic extra thumb is controlled by toes
Really brief
AI uses body cam to assess calorie intake
Dangerous sun activity could hamper return to the moon
True devastation of Amazon blaze
The power of fusion • Archaeology and genetics may seem worlds apart, but they are combining to produce astonishing insights, says Alice Roberts
Big bangs in the universe • The explosions of supernovae are so powerful they can be seen with the naked eye. The physics behind them is harder to uncover, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Seed shots
All about the menopause • There is a menopause information vacuum. A new book by gynaecologist Jen Gunter is a terrific place to start, says Helen Thomson
Save our sun! • In the new sci-fi novel from The Martian author Andy Weir, an unlikely duo battle the decline of our star, says Clare Wilson
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Breaking out of prison in 2143 • Intergalactic is packed with plot. As a group escapes detention by commandeering a spaceship, we begin to uncover more about the eco-fascist regime back home, finds Bethan Ackerley
The dawn of the quantum internet • The race is on to create a super secure online space that channels the eerie power of the quantum world. Stephen Battersby logs on
Why can I never be bothered? • Some people seem to possess unlimited motivation, others not so much. Self-confessed slacker Amelia Tait wants answers
Mind hacks to maximise motivation
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