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Killer robots have arrived • We can no longer ignore the growing threat of fully autonomous weapons

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First deaths from ‘killer drones’ • Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight killed soldiers on the battlefield during a test in Ukraine two years ago, reports Matthew Sparkes

How robots are replacing soldiers on the battlefield

‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause warming • Despite heating the planet, indirect greenhouse gases aren’t included in climate policies

Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare recording

Could we get the benefits of sleep without sleeping?

Snappy solution to how Venus flytraps shut

Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’

Gen Z is having fewer steady relationships

Nuclear clock ticks into action • The first working nuclear clock paves the way to more accurate timekeeping – and could help us solve the mystery of dark matter, discovers Alex Wilkins

Mining crypto using less energy • A cryptocurrency-mining project that uses a quantum computer is claiming to be quicker and cleaner, finds Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Global reach of fungal networks finally mapped

Solar farm becomes a wildlife haven

Time could be a quantum illusion • An experiment using extremely cold atoms may have confirmed a long-held idea about where time comes from, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead

Vapes curb the cancer benefits of quitting smoking

Frozen squirrel scat is a DNA treasure trove

Can Apple and Google stop children from sharing explicit images? • Extending so-called vice controls to third-party apps on smartphones may be easier said than done, finds Chris Stokel-Walker

Dinosaur-killing asteroid created a microbial haven

Breaking the ice • Many people are turning to chatbots for companionship, but David Robson learns AI is no match for talking to real humans – even when they are strangers

A cosmic case of mistaken identity • Have we seen the glow of bright, young galaxies – or two brown dwarfs? Chanda Prescod-Weinstein believes we may soon have the answer

Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally • Physics is considered a cold subject – but it will change your life if you view it with more subjectivity, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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Three more great books on artificial intelligence

Race against the machines • This excellent look at the future of work explores how we are contorting ourselves to fit AI into our lives – and what to do about it, finds Tom Knowles

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We are not alone • With Steven Spielberg’s new extraterrestrial film Disclosure Day just out, it’s the ideal time to watch his earlier take on the topic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind – perhaps the perfect UFO film, says film columnist Bethan Ackerley

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Hiding in plain sight • The answer to life’s origins may have been inside us all along, discovers Michael Marshall

Quantum eternity • A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp – and it could unlock whole new types of matter, finds Jacklin Kwan

Strange states

“It’s not just about being dealt a lucky hand or an unlucky hand” • Neurologist...