Health
Beware those who promise you that the pandemic will be over soon
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This week's magazine
7 November 2020
Issue 3307
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
Europe’s second wave of coronavirus is starting to eclipse the first
Many countries in Europe are now reintroducing lockdowns, but it might already be too late to stop the second wave being worse than the first
News
Health
Covid-19: Is Germany losing the fight against the second wave?
News
Health
Can antibodies from people with covid-19 bridge the gap to a vaccine?
News
Physics
UK’s spherical nuclear fusion reactor tests new heat-reducing exhaust
News
Environment
Controlling deforestation and wildlife trade could prevent pandemics
News
Technology
Software can spy on what you type in video calls by tracking your arms
News
Earth
Earth鈥檚 tectonic plates may have sped up three times in its past
News
Life
Corals are first animals seen to pass on mutations acquired as adults
News
Life
Viruses have been shown to produce their own energy for the first time
News
Space
Weird ring-shaped molecule on Titan could be a building block to life
News
Environment
China鈥檚 2060 net-zero goal needs large-scale negative emissions tech
News
Life
Endangered possums find refuge in back gardens in Western Australia
News
Life
Spider listens with its legs to grab flying insects out of the air
News
Humans
What can we learn from failed attempts to change people’s behaviour?
News
Environment
Arctic sea ice loss could trigger huge levels of extra global warming
News
Life
Octopuses taste their food when they touch it with their arms
News
Space
Ancient ice beneath the surface of comet 67P is softer than candyfloss
News
Environment
Biobank to house 800 coral species so we can restore reefs in future
News
Analysis
Technology
Remote-learning technology just isn’t good enough and won’t be soon
Home schooling in the coronavirus pandemic has been the time for educational technology to shine, but flaws have meant it hasn't lived up to its promise, says Justin Reich
News
Physics
Why the vast emptiness of space isn’t really that empty after all
News
Features
Health
How the strangeness of our dreams reveals their true purpose
A new explanation for dreaming suggests it does something far more profound than reinforcing learning as we sleep. It might even explain our love of stories
Features
Technology
Deep-sea mining is making the seabed the hottest real estate on Earth
Features
Technology
How covid-19 has exposed a huge computing disaster in the making
Features
Culture
Earth
British Museum exhibition shows how Arctic culture is under threat
Arctic: Culture and Climate, an exhibition at London鈥檚 British Museum, celebrates the resilience and adaptability that has seen the Arctic's Indigenous People survive and thrive in a challenging environment for 30,000 years
Culture
Humans
Tumble review: A brilliant science podcast for children of all ages
Culture
Humans
Don’t Miss: Why laughter is contagious and being funny makes us sexier
Culture
Humans
Truth Seekers review: Ghost-hunting capers from Shaun of the Dead duo
Culture
More
Humans
The weirdest food pairings that work according to science
From chocolate and strawberries to bacon and eggs, how well do we really understand the complex chemistry of food pairing, asks Sam Wong
Regulars
Twisteddoodles predicts the likelihood of extremely unlikely events
Regulars
Tom Gauld on sounds that would make you leave a laboratory
Regulars
Regulars
61 weird and wonderful ways to measure a building with a smartphone
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 I always sneeze twice?
Last Word
Can you get triple or quadruple rainbows?
Last Word
Why hasn鈥檛 evolution given us eyes in the back of our head (continued)?
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