Issue 3220 | Magazine cover date: 9 March 2019

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9 March 2019

Issue 3220

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On the cover

Culture

How celebrities have fuelled the amazing rise in pseudoscience

Features

Dark matter secrets could lie buried in ancient rocks on Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Meet the super-smeller who can diagnose Parkinson's at a sniff

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World's fastest shark gets a burst of speed from shape-shifting skin

Breast milk contains fungi which may help seed a baby's microbiome

SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

China plans world's first deep sea base, complete with robot subs

Analysis

Your 5G guide: Will we all benefit from super-quick mobile internet?

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Technology

Your 5G guide: Will we all benefit from super-quick mobile internet?

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Space

At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

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Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Features

Health

Meet the super-smeller who can diagnose Parkinson's at a sniff

Features

Earth

Dark matter secrets could lie buried in ancient rocks on Earth

Features

Leaders

Space

At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

THERE is a small US flag on the International Space Station (ISS) that is waiting for its big day. Left there in 2011 by astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis – the last people to launch from US soil – it was to return only when crewed lift-offs resumed there. Since then though, all US …

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Health

Malaria drugs for mosquitoes could help prevent the disease in humans

Mosquitoes are becoming resistant to insecticides Giving mosquitoes antimalarial drugs could stop the spread of malaria in humans. The approach laces mosquito nets with the drugs, so that when mosquitoes land on them any malaria parasites they are carrying are killed. Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year . Besides developing drugs to …

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Humans

Second-ever pair of semi-identical twins identified in Australia

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Physics

Purple or brown? This 3D-printed cup changes colour in different light

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Technology

Earthquake-resistant paint could help brick buildings survive tremors

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Technology

Self-charging socks could track your exercise and power wearable tech

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Life

Watching lots of TV may worsen memory in older people

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Life

Mice given ‘night vision’ by injecting nanoparticles into their eyes

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Health

Weekend lie-in can't undo the health damage caused by lack of sleep

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Health

Broken bones in mice healed faster by heat-releasing implant

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Life

World's fastest shark gets a burst of speed from shape-shifting skin

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Space

Asteroids hitting Mars could have made hot rain fall for decades

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Technology

Hacking just 1 in 10 cars could gridlock all of the roads in Manhattan

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Health

Breast milk contains fungi which may help seed a baby's microbiome

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Environment

EU sued for making global warming worse by subsidising wood burning

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Space

SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

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Technology

Wikipedia’s civil wars show how we can heal ideological divides online

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Chemistry

A gel made from urea has molecules that resemble friendship bracelets

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Life

Animal with an anus that comes and goes could reveal how ours evolved

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Health

A third person may have become HIV-free after a bone marrow transplant

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Technology

Audi, Volvo and Aston Martin are all expected to reveal electric cars

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Health

MMR vaccine does not cause autism, study once again confirms

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Mind

Exclusive: Brain zap therapy for aggression to be tested on prisoners

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Technology

China plans world's first deep sea base, complete with robot subs

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Analysis

Comment

Human genome editing is here – now we have to decide who is in charge

The announcement of a WHO committee to discuss the scientific, ethical and legal issues surrounding human genome editing is to be welcomed, says Andy Greenfield

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Environment

The US has started burning recycling but it should only be temporary

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Comment

Climate change is the new normal but we don’t seem to notice

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Technology

Your 5G guide: Will we all benefit from super-quick mobile internet?

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Aperture

Environment

Amazing Arctic images show how ice melt is creating the new north

GREENLAND'S ice sheet is visibly melting, as the dramatic image here shows. The wider Arctic is in defrost mode too. It isn't just the frigid surface that is changing. Resources long hidden below are becoming accessible, sea routes are opening and military posturing is intensifying. Arctic: New frontier, a project by photographers Yuri Kozyrev and …

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Features

Earth

Dark matter secrets could lie buried in ancient rocks on Earth

Fossil traces hidden deep underground may solve the mystery of dark matter, the elusive substance that makes up 80 per cent of the universe

Features

Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Features

Health

Meet the super-smeller who can diagnose Parkinson's at a sniff

Features

Culture

Health

How celebrities have fuelled the amazing rise in pseudoscience

Cool amusement: will cryotherapy and other treatments help Timothy Caulfield live forever? Probably not FOR the past decade, Timothy Caulfield, a professor of health law in Alberta, Canada, has been waging war on pseudoscience. He has written books on vaccination myths and about our uncritical relationship to medicine, most famously in Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong …

Culture

Life

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Culture

Life

The new Afghanistan war: Saving snow leopards and other wild treasures

Culture

Technology

From the archives: 30 years ago, a nascent 'Internet' was under attack

In 1989, a worm infiltrated a large computer network that was called Internet THREE decades ago, well before the rise of Google and Facebook, ��è��Ƶ ran an article about "a large computer network, based in America, called Internet". The internet was then in its infancy. In the 4 March 1989 issue, our reporter described …

Regulars

Feedback: Shy daters get robot chaperones to woo for them

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

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This week's magazine

9 March 2019

On the cover

Technology

Your 5G guide: Will we all benefit from super-quick mobile internet?

Space

At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Health

Meet the super-smeller who can diagnose Parkinson's at a sniff

Earth

Dark matter secrets could lie buried in ancient rocks on Earth

Table of contents

Leaders

Space

At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

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Health

Malaria drugs for mosquitoes could help prevent the disease in humans

Humans

Second-ever pair of semi-identical twins identified in Australia

Physics

Purple or brown? This 3D-printed cup changes colour in different light

Technology

Earthquake-resistant paint could help brick buildings survive tremors

Technology

Self-charging socks could track your exercise and power wearable tech

Life

Watching lots of TV may worsen memory in older people

Life

Mice given ‘night vision’ by injecting nanoparticles into their eyes

Health

Weekend lie-in can't undo the health damage caused by lack of sleep

Health

Broken bones in mice healed faster by heat-releasing implant

Life

World's fastest shark gets a burst of speed from shape-shifting skin

Space

Asteroids hitting Mars could have made hot rain fall for decades

Technology

Hacking just 1 in 10 cars could gridlock all of the roads in Manhattan

Health

Breast milk contains fungi which may help seed a baby's microbiome

Environment

EU sued for making global warming worse by subsidising wood burning

Space

SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

Technology

Wikipedia’s civil wars show how we can heal ideological divides online

Chemistry

A gel made from urea has molecules that resemble friendship bracelets

Life

Animal with an anus that comes and goes could reveal how ours evolved

Health

A third person may have become HIV-free after a bone marrow transplant

Technology

Audi, Volvo and Aston Martin are all expected to reveal electric cars

Health

MMR vaccine does not cause autism, study once again confirms

Mind

Exclusive: Brain zap therapy for aggression to be tested on prisoners

Technology

China plans world's first deep sea base, complete with robot subs

Analysis

Comment

Human genome editing is here – now we have to decide who is in charge

Environment

The US has started burning recycling but it should only be temporary

Comment

Climate change is the new normal but we don’t seem to notice

Technology

Your 5G guide: Will we all benefit from super-quick mobile internet?

Aperture

Environment

Amazing Arctic images show how ice melt is creating the new north

Features

Earth

Dark matter secrets could lie buried in ancient rocks on Earth

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