This week's magazine
11 July 2020
Issue 3290
On the cover
Editor's picks
News
Humans
Terrie Moffitt interview: Can a young person’s genes really set them up for a life of crime?
Features
Environment
Butterflies are showing us how wildlife will cope with climate change
Features
Earth
Why coronavirus is the time for climate change action – and optimism
Features
Physics
What does gravity weigh? The surprise answer that reshapes reality
Features
Table of contents
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Health
Risk of airborne coronavirus spread being underplayed, say researchers
Over 200 scientists have signed a letter calling for the world to recognise the potential for the coronavirus to be transmitted through small airborne droplets, and to take steps to protect against them
News
Health
Grief over covid-19 deaths may be unusually severe and long-lasting
News
Humans
Horror movie fans are better at coping with the coronavirus pandemic
News
Health
Why hasn’t the UK seen a second wave of the coronavirus?
News
Health
How to stop the coronavirus: What we’ve learned six months in
News
Health
A sugary diet changes gut bacteria and worsens brain function in rats
News
Space
Circles in space made of radio waves are like nothing we’ve ever seen
News
Humans
Mysterious Stone Age flint artefacts may be crude sculptures of humans
News
Technology
Water-filled windows could keep your home cool and save energy
News
Humans
Blackbeard crashed his pirate ship on purpose because it leaked
News
Environment
Money-laundering drug cartels are driving deforestation in Guatemala
News
Life
Canadian sparrows are ditching traditional songs for a new tune
News
Environment
Satellites reveal a 49 per cent increase in tree felling in Europe
News
Physics
Soap bubbles can split light into otherworldly branching streams
News
Features
Physics
What does gravity weigh? The surprise answer that reshapes reality
We long assumed particles carrying the force of gravity couldn't have mass. That's wrong – and it may mean gravity travels at different speeds across the cosmos.
Features
Environment
Butterflies are showing us how wildlife will cope with climate change
Features
Humans
Terrie Moffitt interview: Can a young person’s genes really set them up for a life of crime?
Features
Earth
Why coronavirus is the time for climate change action – and optimism
Features
Culture
Humans
What happens when a researcher tries to resurrect a loved one?
In the film Archive, George Almore attempts to put his late wife's memories into a machine. The project is far from a roaring success, finds Jon O'Brien
Culture
Humans
Is there another planet in the universe just like Earth?
Culture
Humans
Don’t miss: Charlize Theron tries to avoid CCTV in The Old Guard
Culture
Humans
Snowpiercer review: Step aboard a post-apocalyptic train mystery
Culture
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Regulars
There’s a font that you can’t criticise Goldman Sachs in
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This Week’s Letters
Letters
This week’s new questions
Last Word
How can I win at Monopoly?
Last Word
Would dinosaurs bob their heads like birds do?
Last Word