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20 May 2017

Issue 3126

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Physics

What the end of the atomic renaissance means for nuclear power

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NHS cyberattack

Technology

Weak defences leave us wide open to ransom attacks

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daydreamer

Life

How to daydream your way to better learning and concentration

Features
evolution artwork

Life

Resurrected organisms reveal life鈥檚 bare essentials

Features
Don Swanson

Earth

The day Mount St Helens erupted and I should have died

Features
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Earth

Where the wind blows: Mapping our wildest gusts

Features

Table of contents

Leaders

NHS cyberattack

Technology

Weak defences leave us wide open to ransom attacks

Last week鈥檚 cyberattacks were small beer. The UK government must invest in NHS upgrades before a bigger threat brings it to its knees

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Spray-on touch controls give an interactive twist to any surface

Technology

Spray-on touch controls give an interactive twist to any surface

Spray-on guitar controls It鈥檚 a touchpad in a spray can. Spray the conductive paint on almost any surface and, with the aid of just a few simple electronics, you can make everything from walls to steering wheels interactive. 鈥淲e can do this with a whole bunch of things,鈥 says Chris Harrison at Carnegie Mellon University …

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Space

What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?

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Physics

Wiggling atom probes buddy molecule without disturbing it

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Space

Waves surge in opposite directions around Io's largest lava lake

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Technology

Augmented reality goggles give surgeons X-ray vision

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Health

First timeline of a cancer tracks tumours from origin to spread

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Space

Neptune-like exoplanet spotted that has a watery atmosphere

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Earth

We are on track to pass 1.5掳C warming in less than 10 years

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Life

Hanging on: In search of the bat that returned from the dead

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Humans

Brain zaps let minimally conscious people communicate for a week

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Health

Mussel gloop can be used to make wounds knit without any scars

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Life

Hear the roar of the lionfish recorded for the first time

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Life

Polar bears shift from seals to bird eggs as Arctic ice melts

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Technology

Ultrasonic speaker lets you whisper to people 30 metres away

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Life

Vultures smear their faces in red mud which they use as makeup

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Technology

Ransomware attack hits 200,000 computers across the globe

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Technology

Automation will have a bigger impact on jobs in smaller cities

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Earth

Remote Pacific island found buried under tonnes of plastic waste

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Life

Ladybird鈥檚 transparent shell reveals how it folds its wings

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Health

Ebola once again on the prowl as emergency teams stand ready

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Space

Microbes might thrive after crash-landing on board a meteorite

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Technology

Brain stent to let five paralysed people control exoskeleton

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Health

UK may force charities to prove complementary therapies work

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Technology

Google DeepMind NHS data deal was 鈥榣egally inappropriate鈥

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Health

Number of hepatitis C infections in US at 15-year high

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Space

No crew planned for NASA's first Space Launch System mission

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60 Seconds

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Space

Plasma jet engines that could take you from the ground to space

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Life

Fish boost photosynthesis by wafting water around corals

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Analysis

Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

Life

Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

Vaquitas are in serious danger from threats such as gill nets Yet another vaquita has turned up dead in recent weeks, making one less of the small, smiley-faced porpoise that is the world's most endangered cetacean. Estimated to number as few as 30 earlier this year, this endearing species has become a poster child for …

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Technology

What politicians can learn from the French election hack

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Physics

What the end of the atomic renaissance means for nuclear power

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Aperture

sun's movements

Technology

Solar time lapse burns through film to create a unique look

Sunburned GSP#839 (every 30 minutes, Arctic Circle, Alaska), 2015. Four 4鈥漻10鈥 gelatin silver paper negatives CHRIS McCAW's muse doesn't just sit for her photograph 鈥 she shoots through the lens and burns holes in it. McCaw discovered this unusual way to document the sun on a camping trip in 2003. Intending to capture an all-night …

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Features

daydreamer

Life

How to daydream your way to better learning and concentration

Daydreaming need not be the enemy of focus. Learn to do it right and you could reap the benefits from more successful revision to more motivation

Features

Earth

Where the wind blows: Mapping our wildest gusts

Features

Life

Resurrected organisms reveal life鈥檚 bare essentials

Features

Earth

The day Mount St Helens erupted and I should have died

Features

Culture

Artwork of Joseph Hooker

Life

Joseph Hooker: The travelling man who became Emperor of Botany

Putting his passion on the scientific map took Joseph Hooker on wild adventures 鈥 everywhere from the Antarctic to Everest, a London exhibition shows

Culture

Technology

Augmented reality brings Beatie Wolfe鈥檚 new songs to life

Culture

Life

Synthetic biology's ties to our humanity let it elude definition

Culture

More

Fighting for our forgotten sense

Life

Fighting for our forgotten sense

The loss of the sense of smell can be devastating. Fifth Sense is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of those afflicted

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Feedback: Get steamy with a machine that makes "sexy water"

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

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