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The map of the immune system, with each dot representing an immune cell and dots of the same colour belonging to the same cell type

Health

Map of the immune system changing with age may help optimise vaccines

Our immune cells change a lot as the decades progress, which could explain why we become more susceptible to certain conditions

Technology

Forcing people to change their passwords is officially a bad idea

Life

Bacteria can work as a team to spot prime numbers and vowels

Environment

Jet contrails may cool the planet by day and warm it by night

Technology

What voice assistants like Alexa know about you 鈥� and how they use it

Space

Search for alien transmissions in promising star system draws a blank

Life

These fish have evolved legs that can find and taste buried food

Two versions of the same picture, one altered by AI

Technology

AI tweaks to photos and videos can alter our memories

Environment

Camellia oil could be the greenest cooking oil 鈥� and the healthiest

Space

Planet in the ‘forbidden zone’ of dead star could reveal Earth’s fate

A distant planet should have been consumed when its star expanded to become a red giant, perhaps offering insights into planetary migration

Health

How much should we worry about the health effects of microplastics?

Society

We now know who was cannibalised on the doomed Franklin expedition

Life

Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground

Environment

Geoengineering is now essential to saving the Arctic’s ice