Health
To curb obesity, we must pay heed to a revolution in nutrition science
News
This week's magazine
12 September 2020
Issue 3299
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
What will happen to covid-19 cases in winter and how can we prepare?
The past winter in the southern hemisphere and the behaviour of seasonal viruses can give us some clues about what to expect as winter approaches in the north
News
Health
Could the coronavirus merge with another virus to create a new threat?
News
Humans
Trees and shrubs might reveal the location of decomposing bodies
News
Environment
Aviation鈥檚 contribution to global warming has doubled since 2000
News
Health
Russian biologist still aims to make CRISPR babies despite the risks
News
Physics
Ultracold atoms can work together to shape or steer light
News
Space
China seems to have launched a secret reusable space plane
News
Health
E-cigarettes are no better than alternative aids to quit smoking
News
Technology
Small sticker could hide a fighter jet from an enemy drone
News
Space
Gravitational wave detectors have found their biggest black hole yet
News
Life
Naked mole rats are nearly deaf because their ears can鈥檛 amplify sound
News
Environment
Winter ice in the Bering Sea is doomed to disappear within decades
News
Physics
Watch a toy boat float upside down in a levitating puddle
News
Space
SpaceX says tests show Starlink satellites deliver high-speed internet
News
Technology
Secure quantum communications network is the largest of its kind
News
Environment
Blue jeans pollute water by releasing 50,000 microfibres per wash
News
Analysis
Technology
Could Australia鈥檚 clash with Facebook over news articles go global?
In response to proposed laws requiring payment to news publishers, Facebook says it will ban Australian users sharing news content, which may be a test case for global regulation to follow
News
Humans
The way we collect covid-19 data perpetuates racism in healthcare
News
Physics
Could we jump into a wormhole to save us from the world at present?
News
Features
Health
Why there is no such thing as a healthy diet that works for everyone
What is good for us to eat varies so much from person to person that a universally wholesome diet is a fiction. Instead, the science of nutrition is hot on the heels of a new recipe for healthy eating
Features
Humans
How ancient proteins are untangling humanity’s family tree
Features
Humans
Anousheh Ansari interview: Why everyone should see Earth from space
Features
Culture
Environment
The amusing skulduggery-filled tale of how beavers returned to Britain
From photocopying secret files to taking on the powerful lobby groups, activist Derek Gow's book Bringing Back the Beaver tells his side of the story of Britain's beaver reintroduction
Culture
Humans
Don’t Miss: Science Disrupt is about the people who bring about change
Culture
Technology
Tenet review: Time twisting fun that is head-spinningly hard to grasp
Culture
Humans
Playing chess where pieces time travel is confusing 鈥� in a good way
Culture
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Regulars
Why Neuralink鈥檚 mind-reading device gave neuroscientists the hump
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
Why do duvet covers swallow other laundry? (continued)
Last Word
How do we measure sea level if it is always rising?
Last Word
