Environment
We live in testing times, but there are many reasons to be optimistic
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This week's magazine
21 December 2019
Issue 3261
On the cover
Editor's picks
Humans
From Star Wars to Hitchhiker’s 鈥� how to make the best drinks in sci-fi
Features
Life
Reindeer’s real superpowers could help us beat depression and cancer
Features
Technology
Time for change? Why the UK would be better off with a 拢1.75 coin
Features
Life
The torrid secret lives of truffles make Game of Thrones look tame
Features
Humans
The sparkling history of tonic, from medical miracle to G&T essential
Features
Technology
Could vacuum airships go from steampunk fantasy to 21st century skies?
Features
Environment
France loves them, the US hates them. Why do roundabouts divide us?
Features
Humans
Einstein’s jacket and Apollo 11 tapes: Inside the science auction
Features
Life
Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up
Features
Humans
The big guide to small talk 鈥� a scientific masterclass on conversation
Features
Environment
Frankincense is a holiday favourite, but its future is under threat
Features
Environment
Deep and crisp and living: How snow sustains amazing hidden life
Features
Christmas crafts: How to make a stegosaurus ornament from a satsuma
Features
Space
A spotter’s guide to the Milky Way’s most badly behaved stars
Features
Life
The curious life and surprising death of the last dodo on Earth
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Environment
COP25 climate summit ends in ‘staggering failure of leadership’
The UK faces the task of breaking the deadlock on international climate negotiations next year, after the COP25 talks ended with little progress in Madrid yesterday
News
Technology
Airbus to test flying planes closer together to cut carbon emissions
News
Health
Tiny machines made of DNA origami may make antibiotics work better
News
Physics
Time travel without paradoxes is possible with many parallel timelines
News
Life
‘Rediscovered’ toad was known to Colombian locals for decades
News
Technology
Turkey is getting military drones armed with machine guns
News
Health
Anti-ageing drug rejuvenates the mouths and oral microbiome of mice
News
Humans
Ancient monkey painting suggests Bronze Age Greeks travelled widely
News
Physics
Google has performed the biggest quantum chemistry simulation ever
News
Environment
快猫短视频s analysed the best and worst cities to travel around
News
Technology
People in Japan are wearing exoskeletons to keep working as they age
News
Life
Rodeo ants that ride on backs of bigger ants discovered in Texas
News
Space
鈥楪razing fireball鈥� skimmed Earth’s atmosphere then went back to space
News
Humans
Lost Ethiopian town comes from an ancient empire that rivalled Rome
News
Health
Mystery illness that causes fever every few weeks finally identified
News
Physics
Does tapping a beer can prevent it foaming over? 快猫短视频s found out
News
Environment
Greenland lost almost 4 trillion tonnes of ice in less than 30 years
News
Life
AI genome scanner says Denisovans could live until 38 years old
News
Physics
Heat can quantum leap across a totally empty vacuum
News
Technology
Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows
News
The world saw the first ever direct image of a black hole in 2019
News
Environment
The world started to wake up to climate change in 2019 鈥� now what?
News
Environment
Prosecco destroys hills and 8 other weird facts we learned in 2019
News
Health
快猫短视频 ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade
News
Dogs pulling a sled on water was one of 2019’s most mesmerising photos
News
These captivating images show how the world changed in 2019
News
Technology
Big tech data abuse capped off Silicon Valley’s decade-long fall
News
Space
2019 was the year we got serious about walking on the moon again
News
Images from around the solar system taken in 2019
News
Health
I’m testing an experimental drug to see if it halts Alzheimer’s
News
Space
Driverless cars and the other biggest sci and tech fails of the decade
News
This psychedelic turtle embryo won a photography prize in 2019
News
Health
2019 saw the tragic and unnecessary return of measles in the US
News
We discovered a possible Denisovan artistic masterpiece in 2019
News
Earth
What to expect from the cutting edge of science and tech in 2020
News
Space
Mars rovers and crew capsules: Your guide to 2020 in space travel
News
Features
Humans
The big guide to small talk 鈥� a scientific masterclass on conversation
Ditch the phone, don't stand too close and strive for optimal eye contact: the evidence-based approach to painless holiday schmoozing
Features
Christmas crafts: How to make a stegosaurus ornament from a satsuma
Features
Life
Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up
Features
Space
A spotter’s guide to the Milky Way’s most badly behaved stars
Features
Environment
Frankincense is a holiday favourite, but its future is under threat
Features
Life
Reindeer’s real superpowers could help us beat depression and cancer
Features
Humans
The sparkling history of tonic, from medical miracle to G&T essential
Features
Environment
France loves them, the US hates them. Why do roundabouts divide us?
Features
Technology
Could vacuum airships go from steampunk fantasy to 21st century skies?
Features
Environment
Deep and crisp and living: How snow sustains amazing hidden life
Features
Life
The torrid secret lives of truffles make Game of Thrones look tame
Features
Life
The curious life and surprising death of the last dodo on Earth
Features
Humans
From Star Wars to Hitchhiker’s 鈥� how to make the best drinks in sci-fi
Features
Humans
Einstein’s jacket and Apollo 11 tapes: Inside the science auction
Features
Technology
Time for change? Why the UK would be better off with a 拢1.75 coin
Features
