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Getting personal • It is time we take the challenges of personalised medicine seriously

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Rare black leopard spotted on camera

Is this the key to Alzheimer’s resilience? • We are now starting to understand why some people don’t develop dementia despite showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brain, reports Grace Wade

AI-assisted mammograms cut risk of developing aggressive breast cancer

Air pollution leads ants to attack their nest-mates

Our universe’s quantum secret • Even given a set of possible quantum states for our cosmos, it’s impossible for us to determine which one of them is correct, finds Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

The doctor on the hunt for people with first-rate faeces

Faecal transplants could help treat some cancers

We’re getting closer to being able to grow a brain inside a lab dish

Mapping where Neanderthals and early humans mixed

Elon Musk is making a big bet on his future vision – will it pay off? • There are reports of a merger between SpaceX, Tesla and xAI. Chris Stokel-Walker examines what it all means

Why only some get ill from EBV • Most people will catch the Epstein-Barr virus at some point in their lives, but only a few become seriously unwell. The reason may have something to do with our genetics, reports Michael Marshall

Complex time crystal shows the promise of quantum computers

Polar bears thriving despite sea ice loss

A dark matter map has revealed some never-before-seen structures

Huge dark matter cloud may be lurking near our solar system

To halt measles’ resurgence, we must fight the plague of misinformation • Measles is one of the most contagious viruses on the planet. So why are so many children not being vaccinated against it, asks Michael Le Page

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils • Nearly 9000 fossils from 153 species, 60 per cent of which are new to science, provide a window into marine life during the Cambrian Period, finds James Wong

Amazon is getting drier as deforestation starves ‘flying rivers’

Menstrual pad may help women track their fertility

Getting the full picture • Clinical research is still failing Black and other underrepresented communities – but we can change that, says Drews Adade

Field notes from space-time • Not so boldly going As Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth talk about wanting to make Star Trek real, long-time fan Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says they have misunderstood the heart of the show

Diving in

On the thinnest of ice • An unexpectedly moving book makes a strong case for putting the Arctic at the heart of our fast-changing world, says Elle Hunt

A new world order • An epic exploration of the cosmos reflects a changed landscape around science in the 21st century, finds Alison Flood

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The TV column • Peeling it off In The Beauty, mysterious deaths of models are linked to a new drug and a sexually transmitted infection, both of which kill as they beautify. But if you want great body horror, this isn’t the place to look, concludes Bethan Ackerley

Your letters

Body, heal thyself • Tapping into the secret signals our organs send to each other could help us repair tissues and slow ageing, discovers Claire Ainsworth

The childbirth conundrum • Some argue we’re evolving to become wholly...