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Safe space? • Current international law isn’t fit for today’s space industry

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Stormy with a dash of climate change • Thanks to advances in weather simulation, forecasts of extreme events could soon come with information about how much they were fuelled by growing emissions, finds Madeleine Cuff

Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space flight • The success of SpaceX’s civilian spacewalk shows that private firms are catching up with government space agencies, says Leah Crane

First map of the pregnant brain • A woman’s brain has been scanned throughout her pregnancy, adding to evidence that dramatic remodelling takes place in preparation for motherhood, finds Helen Thomson

Greenland landslide caused a freak wave that shook Earth for nine days

The types of deepfakes that con us most easily

Complex chemicals found on Enceladus improve prospects for finding life there

Crocheted hats help record the brain activity of cats

Causality still works in quantum world • The direction of cause and effect for quantum objects was brought into question more than a decade ago, but new calculations offer a way to restore it, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Low sea ice levels signal permanent shift in Antarctica

Tiny chameleon spotted by tourists in Madagascar

Satellite launch raises astronomy fears • Constellations of craft that are brighter than most stars could have a catastrophic impact

Smog and heat turn most cities into ‘wet islands’

One vaccine dose can curb mpox • A single shot of a smallpox vaccine cuts the risk of getting mpox, but two would probably be better

Huge volcano bursts through surface of Jupiter’s moon Io

Ants alter their nests to stop disease spreading

Giant El Niños may have amplified Earth’s biggest mass extinction

Blood test could diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome

Genome from fossil teeth reveals lost Neanderthal group

Chemistry law needs quantum update • An equation describing chemical reaction rates seems to require tweaking for the quantum realm

Fish size themselves up in a mirror before getting into a fight

Look to the future • A new Declaration on Future Generations could be as transformational as 1948’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, says Thomas Hale

Field notes from space-time • Atomic physics for beginners A recent workshop was outside my comfort zone, but we physicists could learn a lot by stepping beyond our specialisms, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Knowing the odds • How do we deal with a world where uncertainty is inevitable? A thought-provoking guide helps us to think about it, says Alexandra Thompson

Judgment Day, again • Terminator is back – in an anime series. But striking visuals don’t make up for narrative shortcomings, finds Josh Bell

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