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Sorry, but NASA probably isn’t sending astronauts to the moon in 2024
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This week's magazine
6 April 2019
Issue 3224
On the cover
Editor's picks
Space
NASA’s method of paying for its giant rocket belongs in the Apollo era
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Mind
It’s not an illusion, you have free will. It’s just not what you think
Features
Earth
The Northern Lights make a mysterious noise and now we might know why
Features
Health
The illnesses caused by a disconnect between brain and mind
Features
Humans
Is religion good or bad for humanity? Epic analysis delivers an answer
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
Health
It鈥檚 time to change our approach to ‘psychosomatic’ illness
Doctors have started making sense of a group of mystery conditions where people experience symptoms, but medical tests suggest nothing is physically wrong
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Space
NASA’s method of paying for its giant rocket belongs in the Apollo era
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Environment
The Great Barrier Reef is losing its ability to recover from bleaching
Climate change has contributed to an 89 per cent decrease in the amount of coral replenishing the Great Barrier Reef
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Health
Health regulator takes step towards lifting vaginal mesh implant ban
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Technology
Tesla鈥檚 autopilot tricked into driving on the wrong side of the road
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Space
India tests anti-satellite missile by destroying one of its satellites
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Life
Incredible fossil find may be first victims of dino-killer asteroid
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Space
Cliffs on comet 67P wander across the landscape in summer
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Environment
Politicians will have to force us to adopt climate-friendly lifestyles
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Technology
AI achieves its best ever mark on a set of English exam questions
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Humans
We may have bred with Denisovans much more recently than we thought
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Space
Venus may have had a climate suitable for life billions of years ago
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Space
Water on Mars is probably too cold and salty for life as we know it
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Mathematics
Mathematicians have found a new way to multiply two numbers together
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Technology
Robot discovers that lying about a betrayal helps to rebuild trust
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Environment
The waters of the Galapagos Islands are being invaded by alien species
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Technology
Article 13: A guide to the new EU copyright rules and the ban on memes
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Environment
A crucial population of lions has lost much of its genetic diversity
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Health
Genome-editing record smashed with 13,000 edits made in one cell
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Health
Dogs can recognise the scent of someone having an epileptic seizure
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Technology
Driverless car learns to perform high-speed turns without crashing
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Space
Mars used to have massive flowing rivers twice as wide as Earth鈥檚
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Health
Lab-grown blood vessels given to people who need dialysis
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Technology
Smart pyjamas could detect why you’re not sleeping well
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Life
Nearly 100 species of frogs, toads and salamanders wiped out by fungus
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Physics
Fridges made from plastic crystals could help cut carbon emissions
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Mind
All the info our brain needs for language nearly fits on a floppy disc
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Health
Teenage psychotic experiences linked to high levels of air pollution
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Analysis
Space
Sorry, but NASA probably isn’t sending astronauts to the moon in 2024
Insight is your guide to the science and technology that is transforming our world, giving you everything you need to know about the issues that matter most
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Comment
Consider your child鈥檚 future before you share that 鈥榟ilarious鈥� image
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Comment
Maths shows that this week’s Brexit votes won’t solve the UK’s crisis
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Features
Health
The illnesses caused by a disconnect between brain and mind
A group of troubling disorders lead to very real symptoms, but tests suggest nothing is wrong. Finding out why is shedding new light on the nature of consciousness itself
Features
Mind
It’s not an illusion, you have free will. It’s just not what you think
Features
Humans
Is religion good or bad for humanity? Epic analysis delivers an answer
Features
Earth
The Northern Lights make a mysterious noise and now we might know why
Features
Culture
Life
A chimp’s hug shows it’s time to accept that animals have feelings too
In Mama鈥檚 Last Hug, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that we can no longer deny that animals have feelings and we need to look closely at their inner lives
Culture
Life
Most animals can鈥檛 keep a beat despite what Darwin believed
Culture
Life
Don’t miss: Visualising inequality, space comms and a rare pregnancy
Culture
Mind
Speaking at least one other language may make us more humane
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: China plans to clone Sherlock to help sniff out super crooks
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