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Health

Can we harness the brain’s deep-cleaning system to prevent Alzheimer’s?

Space

Impossibly fast-moving stars are revealing the Milky Way’s mysterious heart

Environment

Why rediscovering extinct species can actually be a bad thing

Leaders

Space

Why gatekeeping is needed in the age of AI

Large language models have unleashed a torrent of text 鈥� dealing with it won't be easy

glowing blue model of a brain covered in digital code

Mathematics

Mathematicians and AI in behind-the-scenes battle over what’s true

AI models are solving mathematics problems with increasing pace, and a technique called formalisation is key to demonstrating that their claimed solutions are indeed correct. But can we trust the formalisation process?

Mathematics

AI finds 3D shape that fills all space with a never-repeating pattern

Health

Slashing sugar intake before antibiotics may save your microbiome

Humans

Anglo-Saxons got special treatment in medieval Rome

Life

Fossil mammal with reptile-like teeth changes picture of our evolution

Life

Elephants imitate each other when they produce deep rumbling sounds

Earth

Earth鈥檚 geographic poles wander more than we had thought

Health

‘Astonishing’ weight loss when GLP-1 drug used with second medication

Health

First week of life seems crucial for future allergy and eczema risk

Health

Compressing bones releases molecules that ease traumatic brain injuries

Technology

Ukraine rolls out drone-stopping razor fence to thwart attacks

Environment

Urban trees in south-east England can’t cope with the changing climate

Health

Brain area discovered that may be critical for viable pregnancies

Space

A lack of rockets is creating a crisis for space technology companies

Life

Spectacular feathered dinosaur fossil shows bird-like adaptations

Health

Placenta wrap hastens erection recovery after prostate surgery

Aperture

Environment

Cameraless photography creates unique images of environmental change

Aindreas Scholz's new exhibition sees the photographer using the unusual medium of cameraless photography to trace the impact of human activity on nature

Regulars

Features

Health

Can we harness the brain’s deep-cleaning system to prevent Alzheimer’s?

The glymphatic system is the brain's recently discovered network for flushing out toxins. Now, we're uncovering surprising ways to boost it to protect brain health

Space

Impossibly fast-moving stars are revealing the Milky Way’s mysterious heart

Environment

Why rediscovering extinct species can actually be a bad thing

Culture

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Comment

If you want to know how to think about healthy eating, read this book

Christopher Gardner's Food Sense provides a refreshingly different take on what we should eat, and why. It has some real lessons to offer, finds Graham Lawton

Comment

Benedict Cumberbatch鈥檚 nature show is stunning, if a little cloying

Comment

Don’t know where to start with AI? Kevin Roose’s new book has answers

Comment

The first season of Heroes is almost perfect 鈥� here’s why