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World-altering consequences • Geoengineering may be a bad idea, but the alternative could be worse

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Close encounters of the berg kind

Geoengineering debate heats up • Urgent measures to reflect sunlight may be the only way to prevent climate tipping points, but there is so much we still don’t know about the risks, finds Michael Le Page

A big removal job

Climate will be hit by Trump’s big bill • The “One Big Beautiful Bill” signed by President Trump will slash support for clean energy, leaving the US far short of its Paris Agreement pledge, finds James Dinneen

Fatal genetic disorder treated by replacing the brain’s immune cells

Interstellar visitor might be the oldest comet ever seen

We may have finally solved a cosmic ray puzzle

Peculiar plant holds Earth’s history • Horsetail plants could provide valuable clues for understanding past and present ecosystems

Alien life may need water – if only to keep cool

Hay fever relief minus the side effects

Moa next on ‘de-extinction’ list • After a controversial project claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to bring back nine species of the extinct moa, says James Woodford

Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms may be less common than we thought

Thirsty city trees drink water from leaky pipes

Oldest proteins yet recovered found in 18-million-year-old teeth

A youthful brain and immune system may be key to a long life

Revealing the edge of maths • Some numbers are so big that they defy the bounds of mathematics, and mathematicians are closing in on one that may mark the threshold of this abyss, finds Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Vanishing snow will cut forest carbon storage

Surgical robot operates without human help

Cancer-killing virus nears approval • The virus could see widespread use after shrinking tumours in people with late-stage melanoma

New type of plasma wave found in Jupiter’s auroras

High hopes • Flying is probably the single hardest thing to decarbonise, but an unlikely solution could be at hand, says Mike Berners-Lee

No planet B • Rocky start Scientists have discovered a new type of sedimentary rock made of debris from slag heaps, formed in the geological blink of an eye. Could this be good news, asks Graham Lawton

Starstruck

Puzzled face… • Emoji add a new depth to communications, but what of their cultural impact? Chris Stokel-Walker hoped for more in an illuminating but flawed account

Making medicine shiny • Rebooting healthcare with fabulous tech seems irresistible. But where is the critical analysis, asks Carissa Wong

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A leap of good faith • Saving six of Earth’s most endangered species is the mission for a new nature programme. It is a heartwarming call to action, says Gregory Wakeman

Your letters

Back from the dead? • Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves and woolly mammoths back into our ecosystems. But do we really need them, asks Michael le Page

Hidden magnetism • The discovery of a new type of magnetism could help us solve a long-standing problem in computing, finds Jacklin Kwan

A third kind of magnet

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