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Hitting the targets • Health guidelines are far from perfect, but they might just save us from ourselves
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School surge warning • Any efforts to vaccinate 12 to 15 year olds may be too late to prevent a wave of infection in England, reports Michael Le Page
Keep it in the ground • Latest figures show just how drastic our rejection of fossil fuels must be in order to remain below 1.5°C of warming, says Adam Vaughan
CO2 maps reveal climate impact of commuting
Battle over new UK coal mine puts climate commitments to the test
Is it better to boost? • Some countries are keener than others to give a third round of covid-19 shots
Texas abortion ban begins • A law that allows citizens to sue people “aiding and abetting” abortions in Texas could be copied by other states, says Sara Novak
Saying no to space wars • A proposed ban on testing anti-satellite weapons would be a small step towards solving space junk, says Jonathan O’Callaghan
Diets rich in plants lead to excess emissions in men
Fog oases surveyed • Peru and Chile have fog-fuelled ecosystems, but they are threatened
Mixing drugs could slow antibiotic resistance
Fires crowd endangered species • Most endangered species in the Amazon had their range cut by blazes
Call centre workers can mimic your accent with AI
Zebras give life to the Namib desert by rolling around
Green shipping hoves into view • Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, is investing in an alternative to oil, but the transition won’t be easy, finds Adam Vaughan
Five times into Arabia • Ancient humans repeatedly entered the peninsula during the past 400,000 years
Large Hadron Collider sticks with reels of tape for vast data storage needs
Texas cold crisis linked to melting Arctic sea ice
Bulging eyes help make rays champion swimmers
Who’s a clever boy? Parrots carve tools
Illicit US marijuana farms kill wildlife
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Walking around your home could light it up
Strange star death spotted in a galaxy far, far away
Twist in the tale of the scorpion sting
A toxic error • Heavy metal pollution limits shouldn’t just keep humans safe, but other animals too, say Coline Monchanin and Mathieu Lihoreau
When foods become taboos • There is an increasing number of people who think seedless fruits are bad for you, but actually the opposite is true, writes James Wong
Measuring time
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Wit and wildlife • Few writers have the ability to make any subject as fun and interesting as Mary Roach does. Her new book is no exception, says Tiffany O’Callaghan
Cabinet of curiosities • A stranger and a collection of unusual objects is enough to make a city’s protector rethink their position, finds Bethan Ackerley
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Keep quiet and fight the robot apocalypse • A New World Order follows two people caught in a war against the machines. It has no dialogue and shows just how powerful films without dialogue can be, says Simon Ings
Living by the numbers • People are told to aim for 8 hours sleep, 10,000 steps, eight glasses of water and a fixed number of calories, but are these targets useful? Amelia Tait investigates
Living the dream
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