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This week's magazine
5 December 2020
Issue 3311
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
UK approves Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for rollout next week
The UK has become the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, with the first shots set to be administered to vulnerable people in the coming days
News
Health
Do Oxford/AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine results stand up to scrutiny?
News
Health
Did Europe’s lockdowns work, and which countries got it right?
News
Health
How is China beating covid-19 and are the reported numbers reliable?
News
Humans
Tiny island survived tsunami that helped separate Britain and Europe
News
Environment
We seem to find larger animals more charismatic than small ones
News
Environment
Ivy is multiplying across Europe鈥檚 forests as the climate warms
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Health
CRISPR gene editing of brain cells might prevent Alzheimer’s disease
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Physics
Armoured liquid marbles connected together in a chain 1.7 metres long
News
Technology
Google Earth reveals suspected nuclear weapons facility in Pakistan
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Technology
DeepMind’s AI biologist can decipher secrets of the machinery of life
News
Technology
AI can turn spoken language into photorealistic sign language videos
News
Environment
Double climate disaster may have ended ancient Harappan civilisation
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Space
NASA can’t decide whether astronauts should wash their underwear
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Life
Birds that rapidly moult feathers are more likely to become flightless
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Environment
Climate change may make autumn leaves fall early and store less carbon
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Health
Mosquitoes carry more malaria parasites depending on when they bite
News
Humans
Climate change has revealed a huge haul of ancient arrows in Norway
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Space
Earth鈥檚 early atmosphere may have been toxic like the one on Venus
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Life
Wasps in Australia are endangering planes by building nests on them
News
Health
The fluid in between your cells could help reveal health problems
News
Analysis
Features
Mind
Simon Baron-Cohen: Why autism and invention are intimately related
The prehistoric cognitive revolution that saw an explosion of inventions was driven by a new, pattern-seeking network in the brain 鈥� and that鈥檚 highly correlated with autism today, says researcher Simon Baron-Cohen
Features
Health
The Scandinavian secrets to keeping positive in a covid-19 winter
Features
Space
There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system
Features
Culture
Humans
Christmas gift ideas: The 13 best science and technology books of 2020
From The End of Everything by Katie Mack and How to Argue with a Racist by Adam Rutherford to Martha Wells鈥檚 Murderbot sc-ifi series, 快猫短视频鈥檚 2020 gift guide has a book for everyone
Culture
Humans
Watch Dogs: Legion review 鈥� The perfect antidote to lockdown
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Humans
How to use the dhungar technique to create delicious smoky food
Smoke has been used to preserve and flavour food for thousands of years. Try using the dhungar technique with ghee (a kind of clarified butter) to add a finishing touch to dishes like dal makhani, a rich lentil stew, says Sam Wong
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on when gravity gets you down
Regulars
Tom Gauld on when marketing chooses where to put research groups
Regulars
Regulars
The absurd logic of 鈥榯his notice board is not in use鈥�
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
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