Issue 3168 | Magazine cover date: 10 March 2018

This week's magazine

10 March 2018

Issue 3168

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On the cover

Features

Dark DNA: The missing matter at the heart of nature

A cracking idea: The radical way to open up frozen seas

The real reason people talk over you, and what to do about it

I exposed how online profiling leaves us open to mass persuasion

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Cancer algorithm uses game theory to double survival time

Aperture

Stunning shot of Jupiter's swirling storms taken by Juno camera

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Technology

Elon Musk wants to turn our homes into one big power plant

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Technology

We need to be mindful as we develop thought-reading tech

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Humans

The real reason people talk over you, and what to do about it

Features

Life

I exposed how online profiling leaves us open to mass persuasion

Features

Life

Mussel pain: The crisis engulfing our freshwater molluscs

Features

Humans

Dark DNA: The missing matter at the heart of nature

Features

Earth

A cracking idea: The radical way to open up frozen seas

Features

Leaders

Technology

We need to be mindful as we develop thought-reading tech

Mass thought control may not be on the cards just yet, but mind-reading tech is developing fast. We need to be prepared

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Physics

Cars that run on supercapacitors could be charged in minutes

Are supercapacitor cars on the way? A chance discovery could speed the development of electric cars and mobile phones that charge in just minutes. A company in the UK says it has developed simple prototypes of a new kind of supercapacitor that might be able to store more energy per volume than the batteries now …

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Humans

If you hate bad body odour, you're more likely to support Trump

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Space

We may have already found signs of alien microbes on Enceladus

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Technology

AI cheats at old Atari games by finding unknown bugs in the code

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Health

Bacteria on our bodies may be protecting us from skin cancer

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Space

We have found traces of the universe's first ever stars

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Life

Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle

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Space

The moon may have formed in a vaporised, doughnut-shaped Earth

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Humans

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

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Humans

Very creative people have a special kind of brain activity

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Life

A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years

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Technology

Automated dance teacher tells you when your moves are wrong

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Space

A mountain range on Saturn’s moon Iapetus may be a former ring

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Health

We’ve evolved to sleep less and that may be causing Alzheimer’s

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Life

Fossil shows a parent caring for its young 520 million years ago

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Physics

A twist in graphene lets you switch superconductivity on and off

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Physics

Google's 72-qubit chip is the largest yet

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Health

Australia’s cervical cancer vaccine might eradicate the disease

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Health

Doctors race to identify poison affecting former Russian spy

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Earth

Drones reveal huge colonies of 1.5 million penguins on islands

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Earth

A deadly predator could save the UK’s threatened red squirrels

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Health

Cancer algorithm uses game theory to double survival time

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Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body

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Analysis

A supermarket shelf stocked with different cans and jars

Health

Don't hate all processed foods - they make modern life possible

Not all bad With a deluge of recent headlines linking processed foods to obesity , chronic diseases and cancer , their status as society's modern scourge seems assured. But are we wise to view all processed foods with equal disdain? These foods range from the minimally processed – frozen vegetables, plain yogurt and dried fruit …

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Life

Shock collars are a bad way to train dogs so let's ban them

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Health

There may be five kinds of diabetes, not just types 1 and 2

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Technology

Elon Musk wants to turn our homes into one big power plant

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Aperture

Space

Stunning shot of Jupiter's swirling storms taken by Juno camera

THE storms on Jupiter are always brewing. Cloud formations made of ammonia, hydrocarbons and water swirl in a frigid soup of hydrogen and helium. Fingers of thick haze thousands of kilometres across feel their way around the planet, with various bands of the atmosphere circling at different speeds. Depending on their size, these churning clouds …

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Features

Humans

Dark DNA: The missing matter at the heart of nature

The discovery that some animals thrive despite hugely mutated DNA hidden in their genome is forcing us to rethink some basics of evolution

Features

Earth

A cracking idea: The radical way to open up frozen seas

Features

Humans

The real reason people talk over you, and what to do about it

Features

Life

I exposed how online profiling leaves us open to mass persuasion

Features

Life

Mussel pain: The crisis engulfing our freshwater molluscs

Features

Culture

Humans

The Strange Order of Things: How we feel our way to being human

Antonio Damasio’s pioneering account of the origin of feelings shows how central they are to life, consciousness and human culture

Culture

Technology

Inside the cryptic world of UK computer art pioneer Paul Brown

Culture

Health

The global treatment plan helping to control the HIV epidemic

At the turn of the century, the best HIV therapies were available only in developed countries. Now, the increasingly global availability of powerful new treatments is helping to bring the HIV epidemic to heel

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Crossword #16

Regulars

AI reconstructs whatever you see just by reading a brain scan

no-section

Regulars

Feedback: To save the world, eat jellyfish pickled in alcohol

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

Regulars

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This week's magazine

10 March 2018

On the cover

Technology

Elon Musk wants to turn our homes into one big power plant

Technology

We need to be mindful as we develop thought-reading tech

Humans

The real reason people talk over you, and what to do about it

Life

I exposed how online profiling leaves us open to mass persuasion

Life

Mussel pain: The crisis engulfing our freshwater molluscs

Humans

Dark DNA: The missing matter at the heart of nature

Earth

A cracking idea: The radical way to open up frozen seas

Table of contents

Leaders

Technology

We need to be mindful as we develop thought-reading tech

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Physics

Cars that run on supercapacitors could be charged in minutes

Humans

If you hate bad body odour, you're more likely to support Trump

Space

We may have already found signs of alien microbes on Enceladus

Technology

AI cheats at old Atari games by finding unknown bugs in the code

Health

Bacteria on our bodies may be protecting us from skin cancer

Space

We have found traces of the universe's first ever stars

Life

Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle

Space

The moon may have formed in a vaporised, doughnut-shaped Earth

Humans

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

Humans

Very creative people have a special kind of brain activity

Life

A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years

Technology

Automated dance teacher tells you when your moves are wrong

Space

A mountain range on Saturn’s moon Iapetus may be a former ring

Health

We’ve evolved to sleep less and that may be causing Alzheimer’s

Life

Fossil shows a parent caring for its young 520 million years ago

Physics

A twist in graphene lets you switch superconductivity on and off

Physics

Google's 72-qubit chip is the largest yet

Health

Australia’s cervical cancer vaccine might eradicate the disease

Health

Doctors race to identify poison affecting former Russian spy

Earth

Drones reveal huge colonies of 1.5 million penguins on islands

Earth

A deadly predator could save the UK’s threatened red squirrels

Health

Cancer algorithm uses game theory to double survival time

Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body

Analysis

Health

Don't hate all processed foods - they make modern life possible

Life

Shock collars are a bad way to train dogs so let's ban them

Health

There may be five kinds of diabetes, not just types 1 and 2

Technology

Elon Musk wants to turn our homes into one big power plant

Aperture

Space

Stunning shot of Jupiter's swirling storms taken by Juno camera

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