New Scientist, 12 February 2022

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2022-02-12

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artificial intelligence (generates computer code comparable to average human coder)

chimpanzees (treat wounds with insects)

HIV (new variant discovered)

David Cooper (interview)

Alex Keshavarzi (interview)

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South America (Andean countries face 'peak water')

comets (mega comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, 137 km diameter)

black holes (isolated stellar-mass black hole discovered)

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climate crisis (Andean countries face 'peak water' | ban on new gas boilers in England | freshwater lake algal blooms)

organ transplant (genetically modified animal organs)

love (love drugs increasingly viable)

sexual politics (warrior women)

waste (70 billion tonnes a year, special report)

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No one looking at the state of the Earth in 2022 can be in any doubt that we are facing three grave environmental crises.

Going circular : it is possible to remake our economy to use less and waste less.

People living in the Andean mountains in South America will reach "peak water" - defined as a declining availability of water - much sooner than expected because the glaciers they rely on have been found to be much thinner than thought.

Andes 'peak water' looms.

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