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Breaking point • A confluence of climate events suggests weird and dangerous weather is here to stay

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Visitor from outer space

1.5°C breach confirmed • Last year was the hottest year in human history – and the first to pass 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures, says Madeleine Cuff

Temperatures keep rising

California wildfires fuelled by months of unusual extreme weather

‘Mystery’ virus is anything but • Reports of an infection spreading in China sound worrying, however it is a cold virus that almost all of us have had, says Michael Le Page

3D-print your own working microscope in less than 3 hours

Quantum computer is first to correct its own errors

Punk and Emo rock our ideas of ancient molluscs

Campaign to keep space tidy • Adding space junk to the UN’s development goals may help unclutter our surroundings

Tissue in your ear and nose looks like bubble wrap

Tomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby traps

Will genome editing transform our children’s health? • Claims that we could slash the risk of health conditions by editing genomes of embryos are controversial, finds Michael Le Page

‘Impossible’ particles may be real • Paraparticles, which fall outside our standard classification of the building blocks of nature as either fermions or bosons, could be detectable after all, says Alex Wilkins

Gene-edited cells show promise for treating type 1 diabetes

Parents feel less disgust once babies start eating solids

Are tech firms giving up on policing their platforms? • Facebook’s owner Meta is joining X in switching to crowdsourcing to moderate its content – but will it work, asks Chris Stokel-Walker

Silver mining in the Roman Empire would have reduced IQ

Secrets of velvet ant’s venom explain its painful sting

Sleeping pills disrupt the brain • A common sleep medication seems to slow down the brain’s waste disposal system

How to make perfect cacio e pepe pasta – according to science

Batteries made from waste could store renewable energy

Why sabre-toothed animals evolved their terrifying bite

An ancient killer • This month marks a year since the malaria vaccine rollout began. Here’s what we still need in order to beat a disease as old as ancient Egypt, says Azra Ghani

Future Chronicles • Into the spider-verse By 2029, we had learned how to make synthetic spider silk, leading to a revolution in clothing and medicine, says our guide to the future Rowan Hooper

Seeing red • NASA/JPL-Caltech TASCHEN

Your letters

Myths and mental illness • Rebutting the serotonin theory of depression exposed an important gap in our knowledge. But is it the whole story, asks David Robson

Time for an imaginarium • An excellent guide to the power and complexity of our imaginations literally needs more space, finds Peter Hoskin

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