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A drop in the ocean • World’s first climate migration treaty is unprecedented, but small in impact

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Follow the flamingos

Tuvaluans seek escape from rising seas • With the island country of Tuvalu in danger of flooding, nearly a third of its citizens have applied for Australia’s world-first climate migration visa, finds James Woodford

Cancer cells steal mitochondria from neurons to fuel their spread

Deep sleep seems to lead to more “eureka” moments

Flexible fabric could make X-rays more comfortable

Bold plan to save vital ocean current • Giant parachutes could keep warm water circulating in the Atlantic – but some are sceptical

Self-righting shape solves long-standing maths mystery

Stomach surgery offers cancer clue • Simulating the effects of a weight-loss procedure on bile acids could help treat tumours

Small and speedy Jurassic dinosaur reconstructed

Deaths from heart attacks have fallen sharply in the US

Ash trees evolve defences against deadly fungal disease

Ancient boomerang is older than we thought

Wavy jet stream not behind wilder winter weather

Have we found Earth’s oldest rocks? • A stony formation in Canada may be the last remains of the planet’s early crust

Killer whales scrub each other clean with bits of kelp

GenAI doesn’t understand Gen Alpha • A failure to understand slang or memes is raising concerns about youngsters’ online safety

Sneaky lizards survived asteroid that killed dinosaurs

Women’s pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

Earth is more sensitive to emissions than we thought

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘helicopter’ design beats today’s drones

Ancient people canoed with wallabies • The animals were transported across oceans thousands of years ago for their meat and fur

Cosmic crash left behind a weird string of galaxies

Don’t ask these experts • Beware the tech leaders making grandiose statements about artificial intelligence. They have lost sight of reality, says Philip Ball

Future Chronicles • Patching it up By the 2030s, hormone implants enabled users to boost everything from pain tolerance to libidos, reveals Rowan Hooper, our guide to future scientific developments

Hail hunters

Great pickings so far • Radicalisation’s roots, the downsides of diagnosis and an epic trek following a Slovenian wolf are among Liz Else’s top popular science books of 2025 to date

Visions of the future • From generation ships to climate change, there has been some stellar sci-fi out in the past six months. Our columnist Emily H. Wilson picks her favourites

Your letters

The lost humans • Over tens of thousands of years, waves of Homo sapiens set out across Europe and Asia, only to mysteriously vanish. At last, ancient DNA is revealing why, finds Michael Marshall

Extinction in the Americas

Static secrets • We are finally untangling the centuries-old mystery of how static electricity really works, discovers Elise Cutts

Interview • Diet and exercise will only get you so far when it comes to living longer, but there is a magic bullet that could help us all, Devi Sridhar tells Graham Lawton

Getting your hands dirty • Can a microbe found in soil alter your brain chemistry to...