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1. The best retro games console is the one you played at age 10
   Nostalgia for video games seems to be strongest for those played during childhood – at least for Nintendo Switch players
2. Ice-monitoring drones set for first tests in the Arctic
   High-speed drones will be put to the test in the extreme Arctic environment as part of a project to assess how quickly glaciers in Greenland are retreating
3. It is time to close the autism diagnosis gender gap
   For decades, autistic women and girls have had to play "diagnostic bingo" before getting their true diagnosis. As new neuroscience offers a fresh understanding of the condition, the time for change is now
4. The epic quest to redefine the second using the world's best clocks
   A more precise definition of the second is crucial to all sorts of physical measurements – but to get there, scientists have to pack up their extraordinarily fragile optical clocks and take them on tour
5. Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables
   A company in the Netherlands says it has perfected a way to create "graft chimeras" with the skin of one plant and the innards of another