From robot rights to ageing and climate change, this month’s science fiction squares up to the big topics, with new titles from authors including Nick Harkaway and Eve Smith

Identification of GDF15 as a cause of severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy is opening new doors for treatment and prevention.

The Ad26/MVA Ebola virus vaccine elicited coordinated antibody and T cell responses that recognized Ebola virus but rarely other filoviruses.

Expanded human iPSC–derived nephron progenitor cells secrete renoprotective factors that have therapeutic potential for AKI and CKD.

A gene therapy construct for Rett syndrome includes a self-regulating, miRNA-based feed-forward loop to prevent overexpression-related toxicity.

The chemokine receptor 5 antagonist maraviroc attenuates EAE pathogenesis in mouse models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Stem cell–derived islets can be enriched by density gradient separation.

In a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, mavoglurant reduced cocaine and alcohol use in 68 adults with chronic cocaine use disorder.

Squeezing exercise into one or two days a week seems to have similar health benefits as doing the same amount of physical activity spread out throughout the week

Squeezing exercise into one or two days a week seems to have similar health benefits as doing the same amount of physical activity spread out throughout the week

Think of two-word rhymes that are described by the clues:
Example: noisy gathering of many people Answer: loud crowd

1. a citizen of a particular country who is not behaving sensibly
2. a vision of a girder
3. charming wind instrument
4. tiny cry of a horse


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Even More Bacterial Waste

I am bacterial waste, oh yes,
But just what type, can you guess?
Some put me on their fish and chips,
Others on floors to prevent slips.
Some put me on salads, some in stews,
Some on windows, even shoes.
So I'm bacterial waste, oh yes,
But my name can you guess?


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A termination letter obtained by New Scientist reveals that the Trump administration has gutted the office that runs the country’s only nationwide survey on drug use and mental health

A termination letter obtained by New Scientist reveals that the Trump administration has gutted the office that runs the country’s only nationwide survey on drug use and mental health

The concept of nothing once sparked a 1000-year-long war, today it might explain dark energy and nothingness even has the potential to destroy the universe, explains physicist Antonio Padilla

The concept of nothing once sparked a 1000-year-long war, today it might explain dark energy and nothingness even has the potential to destroy the universe, explains physicist Antonio Padilla

Under pressure from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force, NASA is cancelling grants and contracts for everything from lunar dust research to educational programmes

Under pressure from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force, NASA is cancelling grants and contracts for everything from lunar dust research to educational programmes

Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique

Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique