Environment
Australia could start exporting sunshine in the form of hydrogen
News
This week's magazine
8 June 2019
Issue 3233
On the cover
Editor's picks
Environment
Hydrogen has a dirty secret 鈥� let’s not think it’s always a green fuel
News
Physics
We’ve seen signs of a mirror-image universe that is touching our own
Features
Technology
Humans should worry us more than machines, says founding father of AI
Features
Environment
How teabags became a secret weapon in the fight against climate change
Features
Mind
How people with extreme imagination are helping explain consciousness
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Environment
Donald Trump and Theresa May discuss climate change, Huawei and trade
US president Donald Trump is on his first state visit to the UK. Amid the ceremony and speeches, he discussed cybersecurity with UK Prime Minister Theresa May
News
Health
Two brain-rejuvenating proteins have been identified in young blood
News
Space
NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring science to the moon
News
Physics
Quantum leaps are real 鈥� and now we can control them
News
Humans
Early farmers liked alcohol so much they invented two ways to brew it
News
Environment
Ancient Roman air pollution caused climate change in Europe
News
Humans
Tool-use became widespread 10,000 years earlier than we thought
News
Health
CRISPR babies might live shorter lives due to their gene mutations
News
Space
The planets might control the sun’s activity – and it’s not astrology
News
Life
Elephants can judge the quantity of hidden food just by using smell
News
Health
Your gut bacteria may influence whether you get drug side effects
News
Environment
Stalled jet stream has caused two weeks of tornadoes in the US
News
Technology
Uncrewed deep-sea robots will help map the world鈥檚 oceans
News
Life
Sea creature uses stem cells to regrow entire body from a tiny piece
News
Humans
Most atheists believe in the supernatural, despite trusting science
News
Life
Wild bees’ nest made entirely out of plastic discovered in Argentina
News
Physics
NASA is running a competition to figure out how to settle the galaxy
News
Space
Pluto is coloured red by ammonia spewing from underneath its surface
News
Technology
Smart glove works out what you鈥檙e holding from its weight and shape
News
Environment
African elephant poaching is falling at last – but it’s still too high
News
Environment
Fracking with CO2 unlikely to be green
News
Environment
Koala conservation goes high-tech with virtual reality and drones
News
Life
A type of African mole rat is immune to the pain caused by wasabi
News
Health
Damaged sense of smell fixed in mice by squirting stem cells up nose
News
Analysis
Health
New Zealand wants to make people happy, not rich – will it work?
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern has unveiled what is being called the world's first budget to prioritise well-being over economic activity
News
Environment
Australia could start exporting sunshine in the form of hydrogen
News
Technology
Working hypothesis: From Pok茅mon Sleep to David Camerson
News
Health
Genetic testing companies should not trade science for marketing
News
Health
Why the truth about our sugar intake isn’t as bad as we are told
News
Features
Physics
We’ve seen signs of a mirror-image universe that is touching our own
New experiments are revealing hints of a world and a reality that are complete reflections of ours. This mirrorverse may be able to solve the mystery of the universe's missing dark matter
Features
Mind
How people with extreme imagination are helping explain consciousness
Features
Environment
How teabags became a secret weapon in the fight against climate change
Features
Technology
Humans should worry us more than machines, says founding father of AI
Features
Culture
Earth
Want to stop climate change? Jared Diamond says nations need therapy
In his new book Upheaval, polymath Jared Diamond says nations need a special kind of therapy to solve big problems like climate change, Brexit and nuclear proliferation
Culture
Humans
Don鈥檛 miss: Renaissance investigations, social insights and space cops
Culture
Technology
Experimental sci-fi expertly captures colliding realities
Culture
More
Technology
How to program a device that plays with random numbers
With a little basic coding, Hannah Joshua shows you how to make a truly smart messaging device that can dispense advice whenever you shake it
Regulars
Liana Finck cartoon
Regulars
Technology
Expert maker Zoe Laughlin talks back-garden Olympics and Dolly Parton
Regulars
Regulars
Feedback: Are new straw laws just grasping at straws?
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
What鈥檚 better for the environment, using a hand dryer or paper towels?
Last Word
What happens to the energy of a moving car when it hits a wall?
Last Word
This week’s questions
Last Word
