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A beacon of hope • Critics of the ageing International Space Station are missing the point

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Etna unleashes explosive eruption

The dark matter web

‘Banana’ galaxies unpeel a mystery • Strange, banana-shaped galaxies spotted by astronomers seem to take this form because of filaments of dark matter, finds Alex Wilkins

Rising land under Antarctica could slow sea level rise

Smallest adult hominin ever found • An arm bone from an ancient human that lived 700,000 years ago adds a new piece to the puzzle of Homo floresiensis, the so-called hobbits that lived on the island of Flores, finds Michael Marshall

Keto diet does help fat loss but also raises levels of bad cholesterol

Streetlights may make leaves tough for insects to eat

Bacteria originally found in faeces help chronic wounds heal

Andean glaciers probably at their smallest size for 130,000 years

The downside of chat • Using chatbots or voice assistants to find out information makes it less likely you will spot errors

The upside-down secrets of the sex lives of frogs

Can we make a lunar backup of life? • Permanently shadowed regions on the moon would be ideal for preserving deep-frozen organisms

There really is water on the moon

Quantum dots help destroy ‘forever chemicals’ with light

Vision loss and high cholesterol linked to dementia risk

Vaccine could cut cow burp impact • A prototype vaccine reduces climate warming methane emissions from cows by 13 per cent

Black holes may inherit magnetic fields from stars

Cognitive effects from severe covid-19 seem to last for years

Algae turned into a green fuel ‘biofactory’

Brain cells may communicate using quantum entanglement

A slight curve helps a rock make the biggest splash

An AI is setting speed limits on a US freeway and making illegal suggestions

New type of wood found in tulip trees soaks up carbon fast

Whipped into shape • After a shocking video of an Olympian whipping a horse, it is time riders educated themselves about the science of horse training, says Christa Lesté-Lasserre

This changes everything • Plant-based internet Forget videos by gamers or influencers. The best livestream of the year so far was of a corpse flower slowly blooming on an Oregon farm, says Annalee Newitz

Salty waters

All life is here • The complex dynamic of how life has shaped Earth delivers an excellent finale to an ambitious trilogy exploring the evolution of intelligence, says Elle Hunt

The tale of a tree • Gentle, intimate cinematography plus a “cast” of real animals deliver an ode to an oak, finds Katie Smith-Wong

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The TV column • Fun and games Netflix’s The Decameron adds style and literary tropes to a licentious 14th-century classic. But it keeps the original’s attacks on class and power, adding veiled satire about our own tech elite, says Bethan Ackerley

Your letters

The one and only • The stereotype is that only children are spoilt, self-centred and neurotic. Now, researchers are turning some of these common misconceptions on their head, finds Amanda Ruggeri

Only children on the rise

What goes up… • How is NASA is planning to decommission the International Space Station? And what...