This week's magazine
5 January 2019
Issue 3211
On the cover
Editor's picks
Environment
Our failure to kick the flying habit means aviation needs to go green
Health
A scientific guide to the resolutions that are really worth the effort
Technology
Our addiction to flying is ruining the climate, but it doesn’t have to
Physics
World’s most powerful telescope takes us to the edge of a black hole
Table of contents
Leaders
Health
Resolutions are rarely easy so take our advice on goals worth pursuing
Sticking to a New Year's pledge is tough enough as it is, which is why it makes sense to choose ones that can really make a difference to you and the planet
Environment
Our failure to kick the flying habit means aviation needs to go green
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Health
Young people’s blood is being tested as a treatment for Parkinson’s
The Californian firm Alkahest has begun a trial to see if injections of an extract of younger adults’ blood can improve Parkinson’s symptoms in older people
Technology
Ski exoskeleton boosts leg power and reduces tiredness on the slopes
Space
NASA probe will hurtle past the most distant object we’ve ever visited
Physics
Droplets don’t have to be round – here’s one squished into a square
Technology
UK army tests eagle-inspired paragliding drone for delivering supplies
Physics
Ultracold atoms can make strange and beautiful quantum fireworks
Life
Crayfish experience something like anxiety when they shed their armour
Life
Cannibalistic African clawed frog eats tadpoles of its relatives
Environment
DNA from 6000-year-old chewing gum reveals how an ancient woman lived
Physics
Intel’s quest to build the world’s first true quantum computer
Health
A skin test after a traumatic event may identify those at risk of PTSD
Mind
Rich people give more to charity when you make them feel powerful
Life
Lost ‘Darwinia’ islands could be origin of species in the Galapagos
Humans
Biggest archaeological dig in Europe will uncover UK’s buried history
Analysis
Technology
AI could make it impossible for artists and novelists to make a living
Copyright protections were originally designed to incentivise creators and allow them to profit from their work, but what happens when the artist is a machine?
Comment
Surrogacy should be a relationship, not a transaction
Comment
A New Year vow for our leaders? Start taking climate change seriously
Space
Women are finally getting equal access to the Hubble Space Telescope
Features
Health
A scientific guide to the resolutions that are really worth the effort
Being a better you needn't be as hard as you think. From more sleep, to snacking smarter and ditching the gym - we put 10 New Year's resolutions to the test
Technology
Our addiction to flying is ruining the climate, but it doesn’t have to
Physics
World’s most powerful telescope takes us to the edge of a black hole
Culture
Life
Books of 2019: Our pick of the best forthcoming reads
From what to do about Einstein to tricks for survival to doing away with sexist neurotrash, it is looking like a good year for books