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An unfinished masterpiece • The joyful challenge of completing our most fundamental picture of reality

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Dawn of a giant new telescope

Did we come close to extinction? • Genetic analysis suggests that the breeding population of our ancestors fell as low as about 1300 individuals nearly a million years ago, finds Michael Le Page

India’s moon craft enter sleep mode for the freezing lunar night

Probe launches to investigate the mysteries of the sun

Implant lets you type by thinking • A company called Synchron may become the first to commercialise a brain implant that lets people control touchscreen devices using just brain signals, discovers Jeremy Hsu

Claims of interstellar meteor fragments in the ocean spark controversy

Eczema linked to the diversity of bacteria on skin

Quantum uncertainty • Why don’t we have useful quantum computers yet? Scaling up from initial breakthroughs is proving difficult, finds Alex Wilkins

Armoured animal spurs rethink of reptile evolution

Who wore the first shoes? • Preserved footprints in South Africa suggest ancient humans wore shoes over 100,000 years ago, but pinpointing when it first happened is challenging, says Michael Marshall

Excessive vitamin C and E intake may speed lung cancer growth

AI generates game characters and levels from text prompts

AI beats champion human pilots in head-to-head drone races

Pirate spiders lay traps to ambush other arachnids

Analysis Pharmaceuticals • Why is the Wegovy weight-loss treatment so hard to get hold of? Drug-maker Novo Nordisk is struggling to meet demand for its weight-loss treatment, and the drug’s price in the US may be why it hasn’t launched more widely, says Clare Wilson

Virus nanobots make harmful bacteria glow

Massive crater found on a distant world beyond Neptune

Egyptian mummy’s scent analysed

Alcohol may not give you ‘beer goggles’

Earthquake sensors track bomb attacks in Ukraine

Really brief

Defining the Anthropocene • I resigned from the Anthropocene Working Group because our global impact began long before the arbitrary date chosen, says Erle Ellis

Health Check • The alternative view The WHO caused an uproar when it held a summit on complementary medicines. We need evidence about the risks and benefits of these therapies, says Clare Wilson

Aerial approach

Your letters

Going extinct on Earth • A fast-paced story about our planet’s mass extinctions will enthral readers, although Michael Marshall would have loved a few more new stories

Deconstructing a legend • The life of polymath John von Neumann is woven into a dark, strange novel by a rising literary star, finds Alex Wilkins

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