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By any other name • Scientific terms are more than mere identifiers – getting them right matters

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Our seasonal body clock • We think of the body clock as ticking over a 24-hour cycle, but it turns out we have a longer rhythm that affects our immune response, discovers Linda Geddes

Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth

A glacial break-up • Rifts in the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf near its grounding line and pinning points suggest it is detaching from Thwaites glacier

‘Doomsday’ glacier on thin ice • The ice shelf holding back Thwaites glacier in Antarctica is starting to break up, with worrying implications for global sea levels, finds Alison George

Rebooting stem cells could strengthen ageing muscles

We may have a way to store more CO2 in oceans without harming marine life

A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in Zambia

Himalayan wolf-dog hybrids are a threat to wolves and people • In Ladakh, Himalayan wolves are breeding with feral dogs, giving rise to a new animal known as khipshang, finds Adam Popescu

Trying to solve the mystery of love • The science of love is being taken more seriously, but researchers are still split on how exactly to define it, reports Carissa Wong

SpaceX has built the most powerful rocket in history

Cleaning up air pollution could weaken vital ocean current

Teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus

Stiffening cancer cells boosts immunotherapy

Arctic fires release ancient carbon • Wildfires are triggering the smouldering of buried organic materials in the soil, with some burning carbon that is 5000 years old, finds Michael Le Page

Burying burned trees could lock up carbon

Finally, PCOS has been renamed • It’s been a long time coming, but for those diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, it will make a big difference that the condition’s name has caught up with the science, says Alice Klein

Bacteria factories could make natural sunscreen

Movable self • People who imagine their self to reside in their head or their heart have different approaches to life. Learning to shift its location can bring many surprising benefits, says David Robson

Field notes from space-time • The concept of a field plays a key role in particle physics, but what exactly is it? Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores its importance

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Three more great books on nature (and saving it)

A sweet reckoning • This exposé of the true cost of industrially farming honeybees in the US is a tragic tale – but there is still room for hope, discovers Thomas Lewton

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Apes together strong • One of the most underrated science-fiction film franchises of the 21st century so far is set to receive a new instalment. All rise for the return of the Planet of the Apes, says film columnist Bethan Ackerley

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Master your mindset • How you frame challenges outside your control may help you cope better with them. Daniel Cossins gave it a try

The Selfish Gene at 50 • How does Richard Dawkins’s bestseller about the gene-centred view of evolution hold up today, asks Rowan Hooper

Memes and the spread of ideas

Alien skies • A decade ago, we spotted the most promising place for alien life yet found. But does this...