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Weight watchers • Judgements around using the new weight-loss drugs are unhelpful

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One last ride for workhorse rocket

A week of record-breaking heat • Unusual winds, the growing El Niño climate pattern and human-driven climate change have combined to produce extraordinary temperatures, finds Madeleine Cuff

Canadian lake chosen to mark the start of the Anthropocene

Death toll of 2022’s heatwaves in Europe finally pinned down

Sex between two males is extremely common in wild macaque monkeys

Robot skilfully injects drugs into back of the eyeball

Hunting for source of cosmic hum • A series of exotic options have been put forward to explain the discovery of low-level ripples in space-time that appear to be spread throughout the universe, reports Alex Wilkins

Field notes The North Sea • RRS Sir David Attenborough gears up for Antarctica State-of-the-art equipment on the polar research ship is being tested in the North Sea before its first science voyage. Alec Luhn joins the crew

Radioactive mystery buried beneath the moon’s surface

Microdosing LSD extends sleep the following night

Englishman stole metal innovation • A crucial industrial revolution process for turning scrap metal into strong iron was really devised by Black metallurgists who were enslaved and taken to Jamaica, finds Michael Marshall

Eating tainted meat may deter jaguars from killing livestock

Genetic early risers less likely to show signs of depression

Coded messages in runes appeared earlier than thought

Green screen gets a magenta makeover from Netflix

Analysis Deforestation • European Union’s plan to curb the destruction of forests is flawed Sustainability researchers have doubts about whether the EU’s new law will succeed in stopping the clearing of trees, says Jason Arunn Murugesu

‘Overweight’ BMI may not be so bad • People who are a bit heavier have a lower risk of dying in a set period than slimmer people

Crows grasp probability just like primates do

Male mites peel off their mates’ skin

Rethink on sex of Copper Age leader

Improved solar cell can harvest even more energy

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Are the kids alright IRL? • Social media can pose a “profound risk of harm” to the mental health of young people. But there are benefits too, says Jennifer Abbasi

No planet B • Line in the sand Saudi Arabia’s zero-carbon linear city has been dismissed as greenwashing, but there is some truth to the claim the country wants to be more sustainable, finds Graham Lawton

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Into the depths • In the 1930s, the Bathysphere submersible ventured deeper into the ocean than ever before. George Bass reads a vivid account of its voyages

Our microbial world • A doctor’s view of the microbiome gives a tantalising glimpse into the future of medicine, finds Claire Ainsworth

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