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Trust your gut • Impressive factoids have nothing on the true story of the microbiome

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Making a bed for native oysters

Tanker surge raises risk of oil spills • Loss of sea ice means ever more Russian oil tankers are travelling through Arctic waters

Beetles raise their young in food waste left by army ants

Frequent cannabis use may raise the risk of heart attack

Astronomers alarmed by satellite that outshines all but seven stars

mRNA work wins medicine Nobel • Nobel prize awarded to researchers whose insights were crucial to developing covid-19 vaccines

Physics Nobel goes to trio who sliced up time with light

Tiny crocodile can moo and that may help us track it

Plastic can be recycled into hydrogen fuel and graphene

Can China turn the world green? • As the world’s biggest carbon emitter and the largest producer of clean energy tech, China is crucial to our climate future, reports James Dinneen

The coal question

Ultra-processed food isn’t always unhealthy, say UK food officials

Heatproof computer could help probe Venus or the sun

Elusive Australian bat sometimes snacks on other bats

Antimatter definitely doesn’t fall up, physicists confirm

Trilobite stuffed itself with food

Baskets made by prehistoric weavers

We finally know what makes orange carrots orange

Really brief

How can artificial intelligence supercharge your business? • That was the theme of New Scientist’s first B2B event, which took place in central London last week.

End the stigma of weight • Anti-obesity efforts are so intertwined with body-shaming attitudes that they actively harm health and well-being, says Becca Muir

Artificially Intelligent • Mysterious models The world has happily accepted large language models, but even researchers working in AI don’t fully understand the systems they work on, finds Alex Wilkins

A golden age

Your letters

Family matters • Scientific progress has made all sorts of families possible. But as a new exhibition shows, it hasn’t been a pain-free shift, says Alison George

Nowhere to hide • A scary future is certain if we fail to safeguard the freedom of being anonymous in public, says Wendy M. Grossman

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The film column • Playing sci-fi cinema bingo Set during a futuristic war between humans and artificial intelligence, The Creator is nothing if not spectacular. Shame it is cobbled together from the tropes of other science fiction movies, says Simon Ings

YOU AND YOUR MICROBIOME • The microbes in our gut, and their impact on body and mind, have become a hot topic. But how much of the science holds up? How can we change them for the better? And should their role in our lives change our view of who we really are?

CAN PILLS AND SUPPLEMENTS BOOST YOUR MICROBIOME?

DOES THE GUT MICROBIOME INFLUENCE BODY WEIGHT?

Eclipse chasers • Two upcoming solar spectacles will offer us a unique chance to solve some of our star’s biggest mysteries, says Jamie Carter

All white, alright? • Chicken changes colour when it is safely cooked, right? Not always – and clear juices can’t be relied on either, says Sam Wong

Puzzles

Almost the last word

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