Environment
Covid-19 slowed climate action but now we know we can make big changes
News
This week's magazine
17 October 2020
Issue 3304
Editor's picks
Table of contents
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Environment
Building digital twins of Earth could help Europe cut carbon emissions
Work is set to begin within months on building "digital twins" of Earth to better predict the future of climate change, extreme weather and the environment
News
Life
Naked mole rats invade neighbouring colonies and kidnap their babies
News
Environment
Implanting beef cattle embryos in dairy cows makes them more lucrative
News
Humans
3000-year-old leather balls found in graves may be for ancient sport
News
Physics
Physicists have discovered the ultimate speed limit of sound
News
Technology
AI can alter the speed of just one object or person in a video
News
Humans
Stone Age people in Ireland had dark skin and were lactose-intolerant
News
Life
Rat that uses whiskers to hunt underwater prey is really four species
News
Health
Where did coronavirus come from? And other covid-19 questions answered
News
Health
Covid-19 crisis quashed colds and flus but they may be worse next year
News
Space
Asteroid Bennu was once part of a space rock with flowing water
News
Technology
Robot swarms guided by human artists could paint colourful pictures
News
Life
Vine grows its own greenhouses to help fruit develop in autumn
News
Humans
City dwellers are just as helpful as people in towns and villages
News
Health
Stimulating the ears and tongue may reduce severity of tinnitus
News
Life
Bird-like dinosaurs that lost a finger show evolution in action
News
Technology
Smartwatches could predict your marathon time with increased accuracy
News
Analysis
Features
Environment
How the coronavirus has impacted climate change 鈥� for good and bad
Global warming has become a forgotten crisis during the coronavirus pandemic. But a year that has set worrying climate records also shows how we can remake the world for the better
Features
Physics
We鈥檝e built a fourth dimension of space and we鈥檙e about to look inside
Features
Humans
‘Ums’ and ‘ers’ are a hidden code that helped complex language evolve
Features
Culture
Technology
The Social Dilemma review: How big tech companies use us for profit
Netflix documentary聽The Social聽Dilemma examines the ways in which big tech companies manipulate human attention for profit
Culture
Technology
How a rural Mexican village built its own phone network
Culture
Don鈥檛 Miss: The Wonder Book of Geometry is full of pretty surprises
Culture
Humans
The Book of Malachi is darkly unmissable science fiction
Culture
More
Space
Mars is unusually close this month 鈥� here’s how to spot it in the sky
Earth and Mars are closer this month than they have been since 2003. To spot the Red Planet, look for a bright red object towards the east after sunset or west before sunrise, says Abigail Beall
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on the way scientists see a half-filled glass
Regulars
Tom Gauld’s grandfather paradox and mother reaction
Regulars
Regulars
A steamy romance novel about the coronavirus is going viral
Kissing the coronavirus, plus more of the worst jobs in science and spiralling into an online black hole, in Feedback鈥檚 weird weekly round-up
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Why do cabbages exist when their shape prevents photosynthesis?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
Why does light reflect in a mirror but go straight through glass?
Last Word
