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Sudan protests

Technology

Countries are turning off the internet to stop violence. Does it work?

glass of water

Water wars: How to avoid conflict over our most precious resource

brain circuitry

Mind

Neuroscientist Ed Boyden is decoding the brain with the power of light

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Technology

How to suck water from desert air and quench the planet’s thirst

Physics

Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

dinosaur footprint

Life

Undiscovered dinosaurs: We are entering the golden era of fossil finds

Table of contents

Leaders

glass of water

Water wars: How to avoid conflict over our most precious resource

Climate change is altering weather patterns, endangering the water supply of over half of humanity. New thinking is required to avoid things boiling over

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The record temperature was measured in Cambridge, UK

Environment

Met Office confirms highest temperature ever recorded in the UK

The 38.7掳C recorded in Cambridge Botanic Garden on 25 July has now been confirmed to be the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK

Environment

China is on track to meet its climate change goals nine years early

Health

Exclusive: Can a supplement slow the natural processes of ageing?

Earth

Huge hidden canyon under Greenland ice sheet may have flowing water

Humans

Genetic analysis reveals Vikings had a wide and diverse family tree

Health

The human placenta may not have a microbiome after all

Technology

This self-riding bicycle follows you around while you walk

Health

Complaints about AncestryDNA and 23andme sent to UK data watchdog

Life

New monkey species found in Amazon area threatened by deforestation

Health

Bionic eye helps people who are blind read letters again

Life

Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion

Environment

The UK is now using AI to predict solar power and lower energy bills

Life

Some jellyfish sperm have stingers that fire inside females

Technology

Smartwatch app that soothes the nerves helps improve exam results

Space

Star hurtling around a giant black hole proves Einstein right – again

Environment

Tree stumps that should be dead can be kept alive by nearby trees

Life

Dark feathers give birds hot wings that may save energy during flight

Technology

Flexible battery works when stretched and could power wearable devices

Health

The brain’s drain: How our brains flush out their waste and toxins

Earth

Today’s global warming is unparalleled in the past 2000 years

Analysis

Sudan protests

Technology

Countries are turning off the internet to stop violence. Does it work?

Governments are increasingly shutting down access to the internet in an effort to curb organised violence. But evidence shows it usually makes things worse

Technology

Facebook’s fact-checking process is too opaque to know if it’s working

Comment

Before building another telescope, learn from Hawaiian culture

Comment

To understand reality, we first need to find our place in it

Environment

Should we eat local to cut food miles, or does it make no difference?

Aperture

A satellite image of the southern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau

Environment

Huge Arctic fires have now emitted a record-breaking amount of CO2

Wildfires still burning in the Arctic have continued for so long they have now released more carbon dioxide than any other year since records began

Features

Physics

Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

We assume our senses see reality as it is - but that could be just an evolved illusion obscuring the true workings of quantum theory and consciousness

Technology

How to suck water from desert air and quench the planet’s thirst

Mind

Neuroscientist Ed Boyden is decoding the brain with the power of light

Life

Undiscovered dinosaurs: We are entering the golden era of fossil finds

Culture

Comment

The global economy is broken, it must work for people, not vice versa

Three new books reveal the same picture: the global economy is shattered. They suggest how a more people-focused approach than capitalism might alleviate poverty and encourage jobs

Life

Don’t Miss: African origins, deadly mozzies and meeting of minds

Comment

What if you could erase your political opponents? Sci-fi has answers

More

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Technology

How to build a motion-detector wildlife camera with an old smartphone

Make a motion-controlled wildlife camera with an old smartphone and find out what birds, bees, butterflies and badgers are visiting your garden

Liana Finck cartoon

Physics

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili on Leeds United, Einstein and quantum biology

Regulars

Should we be scared of meth gators and mutant crocodiles?

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