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Bracing for El Niño • We know how the climate will respond in the coming months, but are we ready?

El Niño heralds a tumultuous year • As the effects of the strongest El Niño on record start to be felt around the world, New Scientist takes a look at what this means for us all

A food crisis could be on its way • Droughts and flooding brought by El Niño threaten crops around the world, raising the risk of increased prices and famines, discovers Alec Luhn

How to save the world from El Niño • Ambitious ideas to shield us from the worst impacts of El Niño are being worked on, but how feasible are they, asks Madeleine Cuff

News • Artificial intelligence has been making impressive progress in mathematics. Leah Crane and Matthew Sparkes look at what OpenAI's recent mass paper release means for the field

Maths’ existential crisis • AI solving long-standing problems should have been a glorious moment for mathematicians – but instead we’re having a huge collective wobble, says Hannah Fry

Sweet tooth • Supermarket aisles are jam-packed full of baby and toddler foods high in sugar. Alice Klein tucks into the evidence for cutting out sugar from infants’ diets up until the age of 2

Going live

Nothing to lose? • We should cautiously embrace the potential of artificial intelligence, argues a compelling new book.

Second thoughts • The award-winning When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift somehow delivers both a determined call for more wilderness globally – and a great novel.

Your letters

I think, therefore I am? • Do AIs already process information in a way that gives rise to consciousness? David Robson attends a workshop with leading thinkers to find out more

Cancer in the crosshairs • Targeting tumours based on their genetic mutations, rather than their location in the body, is helping people survive even the worst cancers, discovers Alice Klein

Interview • Once NASA's latest space telescope is fully up and running, it will offer us a panoramic view of the sky. Astrophysicist Kristen McQuinn tells Leah Crane how it will go about helping to solve our biggest questions about the cosmos

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