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Our material world • As our lives play out in the digital realm, materials are undergoing a quiet revolution

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Blood moon wows the world

Brain map may explain intuition • Scientists have mapped the activity that takes place across a mouse’s entire brain and observed how it changes based on prior experience, finds Helen Thomson

Blip detected in space could be the earliest galaxy we’ve ever seen

Quantum router might speed up quantum computers

A single dose of LSD could be enough to reduce anxiety

Sun-powered device extracts lithium more sustainably

Queen ant can make two species • Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into males of another species. This trick helps the colony survive, but it may not work forever, finds Tim Vernimmen

Earth’s capacity to store CO₂ could be less than we thought

Smartphone use on the toilet may raise risk of haemorrhoids

Black hole search gets AI assistance • Using Google DeepMind to help detect gravitational waves could lead to new discoveries

A modified hot glue gun can mend broken bones

Meat-free dog foods meet most dietary needs

Hepatitis B shot might lower diabetes risk

No more cars on the scrap heap? • Metal from old cars could be turned into a mouldable material for use in electric vehicles

Pterosaur hatchlings flew straight into the eye of a storm

A minute of exercise could boost lifespan

Liquid crystal lenses may make better bifocals

Analysis Environment • Are farmed oysters, mussels and clams the ultimate green foods? Some studies claim farmed bivalves can capture carbon, but not everyone is convinced, finds Michael Le Page

3D-printing method aims to create bigger quantum computers

Rapamycin may stop DNA damage • Effect on human immune cells could explain why the drug has been linked to longer lifespans

Early penguins could have hunted with dagger-like beaks

The nose knows • We need a better way to measure how stressed we are feeling – and our noses may offer a surprising breakthrough, says Gillian Forrester

No planet B • All about the money? There is growing opposition to environmental policies around the world, but exciting new research shows there are ways to defuse the “green backlash”, finds Graham Lawton

Fishing for truth

Food for thought • Geneticist Tim Spector’s meticulous guide to fermentation could supercharge your gut microbiome – and transform your health, says Helen Thomson

Coming of age • An essential new book grapples with how the modern world is changing the nature of adolescence, finds Chris Simms

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The TV column • The world before Ripley The long-running Alien franchise gets a much-needed injection of genre-defying creativity, thanks to Noah Hawley’s surprisingly inventive Alien: Earth TV show, discovers Bethan Ackerley

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Inside the quantum landscape • A strange kind of geometry governs how particles move inside matter – and physicists have finally glimpsed its shape, discovers Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Charting the quantum realm

The snot transplant • Loss of smell and a constantly blocked nose are an uncomfortable reality for many, but there is a novel solution, says Graham Lawton

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