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Health

The death of smoking: how tobacco will be eradicated for good

lonely

Health

Everyone gets lonely. We must admit it or bear the consequences

party image

Health

Feeling lonely? You’re not on your own

plastic bottles

Earth

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

Rosalind Picard

Humans

What will happen when machines can tell how you feel?

mudskippers

Environment

The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land

Table of contents

Leaders

lonely

Health

Everyone gets lonely. We must admit it or bear the consequences

Loneliness is one of the neglected public health issues of our time. We need to get behind campaigns that highlight its toll on mental and physical health

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Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano

Earth

Tanzanian volcano blast could destroy ancient hominin footprints

If Ol Doinyo Lengai erupts, iconic prints at Laetoli and another set at Engare Sero are at risk

Physics

Quantum simulator with 51 qubits is largest ever

Health

UK government wants only 12 per cent of adults to smoke by 2022

Space

Robotic landers could start mining the moon as early as 2020

60 Seconds

Health

Rising life expectancy in England has slowed since recession

Health

Hundreds charged in huge opioid and healthcare fraud crackdown

Space

First close-ups of Jupiter鈥檚 Great Red Spot from Juno flyby

Health

At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all

Humans

First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought

Environment

Buzz of drones is more annoying than any other kind of vehicle

Health

Prenatal test spots genetic anomalies linked to miscarriage

Technology

Find your next must-play game by flying through a virtual galaxy

Hot ice could have seeded life on Earth

Life

The best way to detect aliens may be by finding their footprints

Health

A type of bacteria might speed up the growth of colon cancer

Environment

Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

Life

Rats can tell when they’ve forgotten something, just like us

Technology

Swiss bank becomes first to offer bitcoin to its richest clients

Technology

AI coach will train hopeless chatbots to pass the Turing test

Environment

150-year-old zombie plants revived after excavating ghost ponds

Space

Asteroids may have been giant mudballs in the early solar system

Space

Galaxy supercluster is one of the biggest things in the universe

Environment

Polar bear attacks on people set to rise as climate changes

Health

Women with worse endometriosis pain have more fertility problems

Environment

Never-before-seen photos of leopard cub being raised by a lion

Humans

Glove turns sign language into text for real-time translation

Health

Hairs use chemical signals to tell each other when to grow

Health

Breast implants can lessen gunshot injuries by slowing bullets

Analysis

Health

The death of smoking: how tobacco will be eradicated for good

Smoking rates have been slowly falling in Western countries for decades. Soon, the habit could be wiped out, without even having to ban it

Humans

Experiences or stuff, what’s the best buy for a happiness boost?

Environment

Backstreet fried chicken shops must stop using killer trans fat

Technology

Why your favourite websites are protesting over the net’s future

Aperture

mammoth tusk

Environment

See the ‘tuskers’ hunting woolly mammoths in Siberian permafrost

It's an entrepreneurial horse race in some of the poorest villages in Siberia, as "tuskers" hope to strike it rich by selling prehistoric ivory to Chinese buyers

Features

party image

Health

Feeling lonely? You’re not on your own

Anyone can feel lonely, even when surrounded by friends, and loneliness is on the up. How can we curb its devastating effect on people's mental and physical health?

Environment

The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land

Earth

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

Humans

What will happen when machines can tell how you feel?

Culture

singers

Life

How music can shine a light on past worlds without words

Comparing Notes by Adam Ockelford demystifies an art form, and offers unexpected insights into our pre-verbal past, says Steve Mithen

Humans

Arthur C. Clarke award makes science fiction a family affair

Environment

Chinese dinosaurs make a historic trip to the UK

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Towards the sound of silence

Unwanted noise is a scourge of modern life. But an extraordinary material from BASF's research labs is restoring a bit of peace

Technology

Digital drinking buddy replaces ill-advised tweets with cat pics

Regulars

DUP cartoon

Feedback: Florida turns to crowdsourcing science classes

A new law lets anyone challenge what is taught in public schools. Plus: dark energy in power pills, elemental fixes, stopped clocks, and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

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