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Into the unknown • Climate change means we face an increasingly unpredictable future

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Views Columnist • A handful of studies suggest that dehydration could be slowing you down, cognitively speaking. Helen Thomson explores how much water we really need to stay sharp

Views Columnist • Drugs designed to prevent muscle loss and boost muscle growth are being tested in clinical trials. Are these the next big thing after GLP-1 drugs, asks Michael Le Page

Views Aperture • Floating Futures

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Views Culture • People are born old in their graves and get more robust over life, only to shrink into babies who are pushed into their mother’s womb. The ambitious Under Story conjures a disconcerting, “backwards” world, finds Emily H. Wilson

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The heat is on • As longer, hotter summers become the norm, there are things you can do to help your body better adapt to high temperatures, but only up to a point, discovers Alice Klein

UKRAINE'S GROWING PROSTHETICS INDUSTRY • Injuries from the war in Ukraine have forced the country to develop highly advanced prostheses. Matthew Sparkes looks at what the rest of the world can learn from its efforts

"It was like encountering the last Neanderthal while walking in the hills" • An isolated population of Neanderthals is shedding light on the species' demise. Palaeoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak takes Alison George inside the cave where they lived and died

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