Earth
NASA to film an Est茅e Lauder ad in space as the ISS opens for business
News
This week's magazine
19 September 2020
Issue 3300
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
We must not become immune to the pandemic’s heavy death toll
News
Environment
Lighting fires in space is helping us make greener energy on Earth
Features
Health
The covid-19 pandemic was predicted 鈥� here’s how to stop the next one
Features
Humans
The way you walk may soon be used by authorities to identify you
Features
Table of contents
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Space
Have we spotted alien life floating in the clouds of Venus?
Strange gas in the clouds of Venus cannot be explained by any known non-biological formation mechanism, so it may be a sign that there are living organisms there
News
Space
Life on Venus? Everything you need to know about the big discovery
News
Health
Coronavirus death toll reaches 1 million 鈥� how did we get here?
News
Health
Coronavirus family tree reveals the virus is hardly mutating
News
Health
Five scientists tell us what happens next with the covid-19 pandemic
News
Health
Coronavirus: How worried should we be about reports of reinfection?
News
Health
Some autistic children may prefer cats as they don鈥檛 hold eye contact
News
Environment
Wildlife populations are seeing ‘catastrophic’ rapid declines
News
Technology
AI tool improves video footage by editing out unwanted objects
News
Space
Dark matter in galaxy clusters is behaving oddly and we don’t know why
News
Space
This 3.2 gigapixel cauliflower is the largest photograph ever taken
News
Humans
Our sense of time may be warped because parts of our brain get tired
News
Technology
AI can edit video in real time to sync new audio to people’s lips
News
Life
Hummingbirds can drop their body temperature below 4掳C when they rest
News
Analysis
Earth
NASA to film an Est茅e Lauder ad in space as the ISS opens for business
NASA is trying to turn the ageing International Space Station into a hub for commerce and has partnered with the likes of Est茅e Lauder and Adidas
News
Health
Oxford vaccine trial pause isn鈥檛 bad news 鈥� it鈥檚 the process working
News
Humans
The absurd QAnon conspiracy theory is expanding into science denial
News
Features
Humans
The way you walk may soon be used by authorities to identify you
Your walk is as unique as your fingerprint and harder to hide than your face. Now governments and companies are waking up to the power of gait analysis
Features
Environment
Lighting fires in space is helping us make greener energy on Earth
Features
Health
The covid-19 pandemic was predicted 鈥� here’s how to stop the next one
Features
Culture
Humans
Ratched review: Netflix show fails with stereotypes of mental health
Netflix's thriller about Nurse Ratched does well to remove much of the misogyny present in the book and film that created her, but it also peddles harmful stereotypes about mental health
Culture
Humans
Don’t Miss: The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy
Culture
Environment
Extinction: The Facts 鈥� An Attenborough guide to nature’s destruction
Culture
Space
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars review: Brilliant sci-fi from Eragon author
Culture
More
Space
How to spot a Starlink satellite in the night sky
There are hundreds of SpaceX satellites in the sky. A successful sighting just requires a bit of luck, writes Abigail Beall
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on why it’s hard to spot scientists in the snow
Regulars
Tom Gauld sees a slithery opportunity to test the effects of a placebo
Regulars
Regulars
An improbable plan to make the US-Mexico border a particle accelerator
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Why do waves always appear to roll towards a beach, not the other way?
Last Word
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents team with life. How are they colonised?
Last Word
