Issue 3203 | Magazine cover date: 10 November 2018

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10 November 2018

Issue 3203

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Features

The day a Siberian tiger nearly killed me

There's a dark side to self-control. Here's why you should loosen up

Women in physics: Why there's a problem and how we can solve it

Weather forecasts from alien worlds are in - and it's wild out there

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The first detailed look at how Elon Musk's space internet could work

The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

Analysis

How worrying is it that more and more teens are using e-cigarettes?

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Health

How worrying is it that more and more teens are using e-cigarettes?

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Environment

If Finland struggles to recycle, what hope the rest of the world?

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Physics

Women in physics: Why there's a problem and how we can solve it

Features

Life

The day a Siberian tiger nearly killed me

Features

Space

Weather forecasts from alien worlds are in - and it's wild out there

Features

Mind

There's a dark side to self-control. Here's why you should loosen up

Features

Leaders

Physics

Swelling the number of women in physics will require a broad alliance

WHY are there so few women in physics, and what more can be done to encourage others into the field? That's the focus of our special report . The writer, Valerie Jamieson, herself a former particle physicist, found that the barriers against women getting into the field start at school, and accumulate with every step …

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Environment

If Finland struggles to recycle, what hope the rest of the world?

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Space

Our neighbouring galaxy is dying as it leaks gas at an alarming rate

The Small Magellanic Cloud is slowly dying The Small Magellanic Cloud, one of our closest galactic neighbours, is dying. New observations show that for every sun-sized star that the galaxy forms, it blows away almost ten times as much mass in the form of cold hydrogen gas. Theories have predicted that dwarf galaxies like the …

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Life

We can tell whether pandas are mating successfully by their bleats

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Life

Birds have their dinosaur ancestors to thank for their colourful eggs

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Humans

Neanderthals may have breastfed their young for more than two years

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Environment

Cutting aerosol pollution may lessen extreme weather even with warming

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Health

Parkinson’s disease may start in the appendix and travel to the brain

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Health

Spinal implants are getting better at reversing paralysis

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Environment

Frustrated climate activists resort to civil disobedience in London

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Technology

AI wades into the debate on age of ancient Chinese cave murals

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Physics

A zap from a laser could make bigger quantum computers possible

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Health

Health risks increase for babies born to fathers aged 45 or over

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Health

Why air travel makes deadly disease pandemics less likely

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Technology

US army tool will automatically inject an antidote during a gas attack

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Technology

Your old, unwanted clothes can be turned into building materials

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Environment

Pacific island to ban some sun creams in a bid to save its coral reefs

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Technology

AI's weirdest creations include beef truffles and diving board hats

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Physics

LIGO to publish new paper in wake of ��è��Ƶ investigation

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Environment

More than 60 prescription drugs are getting into river foodchains

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Health

Your gut is full of neurons and they are replaced every 2 weeks

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Humans

Fines for misuse of data in the UK ahead of EU referendum

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Space

The first detailed look at how Elon Musk's space internet could work

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Space

The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

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Environment

Finland's long, hard road to creating a circular economy

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Analysis

Technology

There’s no evidence that screen time makes surgeons bad at their job

Screens are a part of surgery Surgical students are less capable than their forebears, due to spending too much time with screens and not enough with physical materials. These claims, from Imperial College London’s professor of surgical education Roger Kneebone, were widely reported this week. But it’s not clear that this is really the case. …

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Comment

Why Dorothy Hodgkin should be pictured on the UK’s new £50 note

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Health

How worrying is it that more and more teens are using e-cigarettes?

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Comment

Brazil’s next president threatens the people and forests of the Amazon

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Aperture

Life

Thousands of flamingos dine on colourful bacteria in this rainbow lake

THE incredibly salty and alkaline, volcanically heated water of Kenya's Lake Bogoria may seem an inhospitable place to live, but it is home to a rich diversity of microbes – and vast numbers of flamingos that feed on them. This image was shot from a drone high above the crowded scene. Bacteria provide the ecosystem …

Regulars

Features

Life

The day a Siberian tiger nearly killed me

Pavel Fomenko patrols the icy and dangerous forests of Russia’s far east to protect its big cats. But the worst happened when he least expected it

Features

Mind

There's a dark side to self-control. Here's why you should loosen up

Features

Physics

Women in physics: Why there's a problem and how we can solve it

Features

Space

Weather forecasts from alien worlds are in - and it's wild out there

Features

Culture

Space

The Sun review – a shiny blockbuster for London’s Science Museum

Mesmerising footage from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and an exquisite Bronze Age golden disc help a new show capture our complex relationship with the sun

Culture

Health

Unsavory Truth review – exposing the food industry's abuse of science

Culture

Life

The Wider Earth review – Darwin's Beagle days make a gripping play

Culture

Life

Don't miss: animal-centred film, mysterious extinctions and virus art

Culture

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This week's magazine

10 November 2018

On the cover

Health

How worrying is it that more and more teens are using e-cigarettes?

Environment

If Finland struggles to recycle, what hope the rest of the world?

Physics

Women in physics: Why there's a problem and how we can solve it

Life

The day a Siberian tiger nearly killed me

Space

Weather forecasts from alien worlds are in - and it's wild out there

Mind

There's a dark side to self-control. Here's why you should loosen up

Table of contents

Leaders

Physics

Swelling the number of women in physics will require a broad alliance

Come and join as a trainee subeditor

Environment

If Finland struggles to recycle, what hope the rest of the world?

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Space

Our neighbouring galaxy is dying as it leaks gas at an alarming rate

Life

We can tell whether pandas are mating successfully by their bleats

Life

Birds have their dinosaur ancestors to thank for their colourful eggs

Humans

Neanderthals may have breastfed their young for more than two years

Environment

Cutting aerosol pollution may lessen extreme weather even with warming

Health

Parkinson’s disease may start in the appendix and travel to the brain

Health

Spinal implants are getting better at reversing paralysis

Environment

Frustrated climate activists resort to civil disobedience in London

Technology

AI wades into the debate on age of ancient Chinese cave murals

Physics

A zap from a laser could make bigger quantum computers possible

Health

Health risks increase for babies born to fathers aged 45 or over

Health

Why air travel makes deadly disease pandemics less likely

Technology

US army tool will automatically inject an antidote during a gas attack

Technology

Your old, unwanted clothes can be turned into building materials

Environment

Pacific island to ban some sun creams in a bid to save its coral reefs

Technology

AI's weirdest creations include beef truffles and diving board hats

Physics

LIGO to publish new paper in wake of ��è����Ƶ investigation

Environment

More than 60 prescription drugs are getting into river foodchains

Health

Your gut is full of neurons and they are replaced every 2 weeks

Humans

Fines for misuse of data in the UK ahead of EU referendum

Space

The first detailed look at how Elon Musk's space internet could work

Space

The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

Environment

Finland's long, hard road to creating a circular economy

Analysis

Technology

There’s no evidence that screen time makes surgeons bad at their job

Comment

Why Dorothy Hodgkin should be pictured on the UK’s new £50 note

Health

How worrying is it that more and more teens are using e-cigarettes?

Comment

Brazil’s next president threatens the people and forests of the Amazon

Aperture

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LIGO to publish new paper in wake of ��è��Ƶ investigation