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What the chatbot ordered • AI could be the next big thing in psychiatry – provided we guard against its flaws

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Hope for an endangered frog

Exercise may match antidepressants • We’re learning more about the benefits of exercise for treating depression, even if the exact reasons why remain unclear, reports Carissa Wong

Filling a big gap in our family tree • The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago could help answer some of the great questions of human evolution, finds James Woodford

Man whose gut made its own alcohol gets relief from faecal transplant

Low-density worlds reveal the secrets of planetary systems

Can we simulate a human brain? • Advances by the world’s most powerful supercomputers have raised hopes that they will be able to offer unprecedented insights into neuroscience, discovers Alex Wilkins

Fixing errors could come at a cost • The quest to make fault-tolerant quantum computers could eclipse the energy demands of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, finds Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

‘Knitted’ satellite to monitor Earth’s surface with radar

Eating more fibre might help you have a better night’s sleep

City-sized iceberg could soon fall apart

A better way to measure quantum objects

Obesity drugs are no quick fix • Drugs like Ozempic have transformed how we treat obesity, but studies show it doesn’t take long for people to regain weight if they come off them, reports Carissa Wong

Weight-loss drugs are effective, to a point • The rate of weight regain after discontinuing weight-loss drugs is faster than coming off behavioural weight-loss programmes.

Poison arrows may go back 60,000 years

Earliest signs of elephant butchery • A 1.78-million-year-old elephant skeleton found in Tanzania may mark a milestone in hominin development, finds James Woodford

Tree bark microbiome has overlooked role in climate

A warning from Greenland’s past • The Prudhoe ice dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago, showing just how vulnerable the region is to climate change, discovers Alec Luhn

AI chatbots are missing serious women’s health issues

Weird clump in the early universe is hotter than normal

A cultural awakening • Our growing understanding of non-human cultures should change how we treat wildlife, say Philippa Brakes and Marc Bekoff

The neuroscience column • Time for a tidy-up We have only just started to understand how our brains clean themselves, but Helen Thomson finds promising evidence for how to boost this process

Going quantum

A weighty issue • With the market for anti-obesity drugs already worth billions, a timely book explores the controversial medicines, finds Alexandra Thompson

Whatever we desire • AI chatbots can take on many roles in our lives. What kind of relationships should we forge with them, asks Matthew Sparkes

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Living in turbulent times • Can we find a new way to tackle the anxiety that comes with ever-acclerating change? David Robson discovers interesting research in a flawed account

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