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Ditching dyslexia • Labelling children can provide them with support, but what about the rest?

Stage is set for another COP flop

Curiosity may drive brain complexity • Our ability to be curious may be what shapes our sophisticated brain architecture, rather than it being a consequence of this complexity, finds Jo Marchant

Key oddity of quantum physics may run even deeper than anticipated

A thick, rusty crust may have made Mars warm and wet

Computer science shaken by AI • A central assumption in computer science has apparently been disproven by OpenAI, a result that will force textbooks to be rewritten if confirmed, finds Chris Stokel-Walker

Satellites show weakened AMOC • An analysis of how much heat the ocean is releasing to the atmosphere adds to the evidence that the crucial Atlantic current system is slowing, finds Alec Luhn

Editorial

Stone determined where early humans made their homes

CO2 restarts ability to regrow tissue

Macaques don't see the world like humans do

Aerogels may solve insulation woes • Old homes across Europe are guzzling energy from poor insulation. Start-ups are turning to aerogels to help countries meet their net-zero goals, reports Madeleine Cuff

News

Views Columnist • On the mind During pregnancy, maternal cells can set up home in the brain of the fetus. Helen Thomson explores how these microchimeric cells may influence brain development and health

Views Columnists

Breaking up

Getting out of control • We have become addicted to dictating every event in our lives, argues a thought-provoking book, and this is making us unhappy.

Views Culture • Denis Villeneuve’s first (and probably best) foray into science fiction, Arrival, was released 10 years ago this month. It has hardly aged and is as staggering as it ever was, says film columnist Bethan Ackerley

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Decoding Dyslexia • We are finally pinning down what makes dyslexic brains different, opening up new ways to support those who struggle with reading, finds Kate Douglas

Burying danger • What should we do with all our nuclear waste? George Bass and Jacklin Kwan look into some extreme storage solutions

"Fat played an incredibly important role in our evolutionary history, which is one of the reasons we love it" • We have an unprecedented choice of food, yet our diets are worse than ever. Palaeoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman tells Sophie Berdugo what evolution can teach us about how to eat better

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