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A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal

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CRISPR gets a power boost from AI-designed ‘molecular scissors’

US politicians push agencies to restrict research collaboration with China

Found: a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphere — could it host life?

Graphene oxide-polydopamine membranes with controlled interlayer spacing

Daily briefing: The battery that could change everything

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Why pain hurts more when we’re lonely, and the myth of original sin: Books in brief

Found: a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphere — could it host life?

Man’s ability to make sperm restored after testicular tissue transplant: what scientists think

AI is set to completely transform cybersecurity — here’s how researchers must prepare

Why do astronauts’ bodies waste away? Space-station study points to mitochondria

A global capital for AI safety is emerging — and it’s not in Silicon Valley

US politicians push agencies to restrict research collaboration with China

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Improvements in educational opportunities go hand in hand with innovation

Nucleotides act as ‘molecular glue’ and can sense their own abundance

Optical filter sorts light by its ‘quantum statistics’

A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet can feed intestinal tumours

Blue LEDs made from perovskite material shine bright thanks to hydrogen bonds

How the calendar came to be

DNA-shredding CRISPR enzyme takes aim at cancer cells

RNA molecules with different destinies are processed through overlapping pathways

Tall and small trees are equally vulnerable to drought

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Selectivity Emerges from Indiscriminate Photoreduction

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