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Ditching dyslexia • Labelling children can provide them with support, but what about the rest?

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On the mind • During pregnancy, maternal cells can set up home in the brain of the fetus. Helen Thomson explores how these microchimeric cells may influence brain development and health

Breaking up

Getting out of control • We have become addicted to dictating every event in our lives, argues a thought-provoking book, and this is making us unhappy.

Making contact • Denis Villeneuve’s first (and probably best) foray into science fiction, Arrival, was released 10 years ago this month. It has hardly aged and is as staggering as it ever was, says film columnist Bethan Ackerley

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Decoding dyslexia • We are finally pinning down what makes dyslexic brains different, opening up new ways to support those who struggle with reading, finds Kate Douglas

Burying danger • What should we do with all our nuclear waste? George Bass and Jacklin Kwan look into some extreme storage solutions

"Fat played an incredibly important role in our evolutionary history, which is one of the reasons we love it" • We have an unprecedented choice of food, yet our diets are worse than ever. Palaeoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman tells Sophie Berdugo what evolution can teach us about how to eat better

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