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The long covid dividend • Research into the syndrome could help others with similarly mysterious conditions
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England ends covid-19 rules • Mandatory self-isolation ends in England as the country scraps its remaining coronavirus laws, reports Adam Vaughan
The day the floods came • Devastating floods in Germany last year have left deep scars that serve as a grim portent of Europe’s climate future, reports Adam Vaughan from the Ahr valley
A road map for adaptation
Rats can track the passage of time and judge their accuracy
Covering plants with red plastic boosts crop yields
Lung changed to new blood type is a step towards universal donor organs
Driverless car photos used to create virtual San Francisco
A substitute for whale poo • Whaling left oceans with less of the animals’ faeces, which drives algal blooms that lock away carbon. Now scientists are trying to mimic this process, reports Adam Vaughan
Ancient ‘fossil’ virus found in the human genome
Crackdown on cryptocurrencies • The launch of specialist teams to tackle blockchain crimes and scams shows the issue has become too big to ignore, says Chris Stokel-Walker
We may be unable to grow new brain cells after we enter adulthood
Map of pain neurons may lead to more effective drugs
AI brings fusion power closer • Tech firm DeepMind has created a neural network that keeps the super-hot plasma inside a fusion reactor under control, reports Matthew Sparkes
DNA reveals if drinking water is safe • An engineered version of the double helix forms part of a device for detecting pollutants
Invasive poisonous toads may be killing Madagascan snakes
Oil giants accused of greenwashing over clean-energy switch
Time dilation seen on smallest scale ever in an atomic clock
Orangutans turn out to be naturals at using stone tools
Croc-like dinosaur’s never-ending teeth
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Abortion opposition is flexible in the US
Lost tales of age of chivalry quantified thanks to ecology
AI removes tattoos for face recognition
Failure of imagination • Creative thinking is at the heart of science, so why is there a lack of it when communicating some crucial findings, asks Hannah Cloke
No planet B • Drowning in a sea of plastic Are we on the verge of a global initiative to clean up ocean plastics, or is it just more blah, blah, blah, asks Graham Lawton
Bedevilled Mars
A matter of perception • The astonishing way that some people’s brains interpret the world offers an insight into how we all experience reality, says Carissa Wong
Double or quits • The downsides of cloning turn out to be less amusing than this genre-defying film intended, says Davide Abbatescianni
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Work-life balance? • What if you could forget work when you leave the office and leave home troubles behind when you return? It may not end well, finds Bethan Ackerley
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Long-haul fight • As normal life resumes for many people, millions of others are still battling long covid. At last the condition is finally getting the attention – and potentially treatments – it so desperately needs, finds Michael Marshall
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