Environment
General election 2019: Who is strongest on climate change action?
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This week's magazine
7 December 2019
Issue 3259
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
We need to wake up to the potential threat from microplastics
News
Humans
Altruism 2.0: How to use science to make charitable acts go further
Features
Health
We constantly eat microplastics. What does that mean for our health?
Features
Physics
The universe tends towards disorder. But how come nobody knows why?
Features
Table of contents
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Space
NASA has found the remnants of India鈥檚 Vikram moon lander
In September, India鈥檚 attempted moon landing ended in a crash, but the debris was lost. Now NASA has pinpointed where the Vikram lander smashed down
News
Health
Cholesterol levels predict if under-45s will ever have heart disease
News
Physics
Amazon enters quantum computing race with cloud quantum processors
News
Technology
Revealed: Mental health websites are selling your data to advertisers
News
Humans
Roman shipwreck full of 2000-year-old jugs found on Greek sea floor
News
Life
Ancient puppy found in permafrost still has its fur and whiskers
News
Technology
Companies could be fined if they fail to explain decisions made by AI
News
Life
Female brown bears hang out near humans to keep cubs safe from males
News
Environment
What is the UN’s COP25 climate summit, and why does it matter?
News
Environment
The race to find wild relatives of food plants before it’s too late
News
Technology
Russian disinformation campaigns on Twitter may not actually work
News
Physics
We’ve discovered a strange twist in the story of how crystals form
News
Life
Nightingales practise new songs in winter to impress mates in spring
News
Health
New rules for gay and bisexual male blood donors found to be safe
News
Technology
Tinder may not actually be very good for finding a partner
News
Mind
Two brain networks behave differently in people who are suicidal
News
Health
Treating babies for HIV rapidly after birth reduces signs of the virus
News
Health
Gut microbes may predict whether exercising will prevent diabetes
News
Technology
Turn any object into a robot using this program and a 3D printer
News
Earth
Underwater internet cables can detect offshore earthquakes
News
Humans
Neanderthals may have died out due to sheer bad luck
News
Environment
CO2-guzzling bacteria made in the lab could help tackle climate change
News
Analysis
Technology
Teens aren’t addicted to their phones – but we like to think they are
A review of previous studies finds that one in four teenagers have problematic level of phone use, but other papers that found lower levels may have been ignored
News
Environment
General election 2019: Who is strongest on climate change action?
News
Humans
Science’s fake news problem: How funding pressures drive bad research
News
Environment
Why you should worry about your pet鈥檚 ecological footprint
News
Features
Physics
The universe tends towards disorder. But how come nobody knows why?
Entropy is the physicist鈥檚 magic word, invoked to answer to some of the biggest questions in cosmology. Yet a quantum rethink may be needed to tell us what it actually is
Features
Health
We constantly eat microplastics. What does that mean for our health?
Features
Humans
Altruism 2.0: How to use science to make charitable acts go further
Features
Culture
Humans
Seasonal gift ideas for lovers of terrific science reads and top films
Stuck for ideas on what to get the science lover in your life? From great sci-fi to books on how to build a pond or see the stars, these are the cultural gems that staff at 快猫短视频 recommend
Culture
Environment
Don’t miss: Rights for the planet, art for tomorrow and oceanic beauty
Culture
Humans
How HBO’s Silicon Valley excuses the tech industry’s moral failings
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