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Environment

Packaging-free shops may tackle plastic but risk increasing food waste

Humans

Japan’s return to commercial whaling has no economic or cultural case

Life

Why cat people and dog people’s personalities match those of their pet

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Physics

The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension

Perito Moreno glacier

Earth

Ancient Earth reveals terrifying consequences of future global warming

Table of contents

Leaders

Humans

Japan’s return to commercial whaling has no economic or cultural case

The decision by Japan to resume commercial whaling should be condemned 鈥� if not for its uncertain effect on whales, then for its contempt for international agreements

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People on inflatables

Environment

Climate change made Europe’s heatwave at least five times more likely

Climate change attribution researchers have shown that record-breaking heat in France was made at least five times more likely by global warming

Space

The weirdest stars we’ve ever seen have astronomers utterly baffled

Life

Every single neuron in an animal mapped out for the first time

Health

YouTube anti-vax videos are on the decline but are yet to be wiped out

Space

NASA is sending a drone to fly around Titan looking for signs of life

Health

Have mice really been cured of HIV using CRISPR gene editing?

Technology

Teaching AIs to make mistakes like kids would help them learn faster

Humans

Your boss could use your smartwatch to check your productivity levels

Environment

Antarctic sea ice is declining dramatically and we don鈥檛 know why

Technology

Remains of Genoa bridge demolished one year after deadly disaster

Mind

Miniature brains grown in the lab have human-like neural activity

Space

Planet in triple-star system may be our best chance to find alien life

Mind

Bystander effect: Famous psychology result could be completely wrong

Health

We could kill cancer cells by hijacking their odd electrical current

Technology

Gettysburg Address stored in DNA using a binary code made of holes

Space

Mystery radio waves from space tracked to a surprising home galaxy

Health

Barefoot walkers have tough feet but sense the ground just as well

Technology

Tiny flying insect robot has four wings and weighs under a gram

Life

An Arctic fox made an epic 4400-kilometre-long journey over sea ice

Technology

Shatterproof phone screens could be made from seashell-like glass

Life

Ancient crocodile cousins evolved vegetarianism at least three times

Life

Flightless bird three times the size of an ostrich used to roam Europe

Analysis

Power plants

Environment

We need to shut power plants early to stay under 1.5掳C warming

Despite all the talk and target setting, emissions from existing and planned fossil fuel energy infrastructure will take the world well past the聽1.5掳C mark, unless we shut them down

Environment

Packaging-free shops may tackle plastic but risk increasing food waste

Mind

Known unknowns: How to communicate certainly in an uncertain world

Health

Is organic food better for you? Here’s the truth about the benefits

Aperture

lions

Life

African lions have started climbing trees to escape buffaloes

Vulnerable African lions have started climbing trees to escape buffaloes in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya. Their numbers are in decline from habitat loss, lack of prey and hunting by humans

Features

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Physics

The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension

We all feel the passing of time, but nothing in physics suggests it is a fundamental property of the universe. So where does our sense of time鈥檚 flow come from?

Earth

Ancient Earth reveals terrifying consequences of future global warming

Life

Why cat people and dog people’s personalities match those of their pet

Culture

wetlands

Environment

Wetland conservation is a key part of saving Earth鈥檚 ecosystems

The importance of wetland conservation is highlighted by a new book, Wading Right In, which says that our most fertile ecosystems disappear three times faster than our forests

Technology

A classical concert at the Barbican shows how AI interprets a recital

Technology

Don’t miss: Armstrong, the science of music and codebreaking

Technology

The best sci-fi books put humanity at the heart of their writing

More

robot butler

Technology

Electronics projects for beginners: Make a robot biscuit butler

Take a BBC micro:bit, add a motor, a chassis and some infrared sensors and then put your feet up with a nice cup of tea: your biscuits will be on their way shortly

Liana Finck cartoon

Technology

Galaxy simulator Ashley Spindler uses AI to understand the far cosmos

Regulars

Feedback: The Norwegian island that’s calling time on time

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

This Week鈥檚 Letters

This week鈥檚 new questions

Why are some foods delicious to some people and disgusting to others?

Does having flowers in hospital wards harm patients鈥� health?

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