Humans
Was it just luck that our species survived and the Denisovans didn’t?
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This week's magazine
30 January 2021
Issue 3319
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
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Health
EU begins to clamp down on vaccine exports as supplies fall short
Vaccine-makers are set to deliver fewer coronavirus vaccine doses to the European Union than expected, leading the bloc to require pharmaceutical firms to notify it before exporting vaccines
News
Health
How much does one coronavirus vaccine dose protect you and others?
News
Health
Covid-19 outbreak in Manaus suggests herd immunity may not be possible
News
Health
New coronavirus variants detected in sewage before showing up in tests
News
Humans
How social media can nudge people into becoming conspiracy theorists
News
Environment
Nearly 700 million people could be living in extreme drought by 2100
News
Technology
AI can tell what song you are listening to from your brainwaves
News
Environment
Climate impact on childhood diet may undermine food security efforts
News
Environment
Strange fossil is the first to show an ammonite without its shell
News
Earth
Volcano in Ecuador can trigger avalanches that travel 60 kilometres
News
Physics
Quantum hyperchaos could help build better quantum computers
News
Technology
AI can grade your skill at piano by watching you play
News
Health
CRISPR-like tool for RNA editing could temporarily alter your proteins
News
Physics
Physicists find best way for insects to avoid collisions when jumping
News
Space
Astronomers spot amazing six-star system with three sets of eclipses
News
Environment
People buying SUVs are cancelling out climate gains from electric cars
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Life
A quarter of all known bee species haven’t been seen since the 1990s
News
Technology
Watch a robot squid propel itself through water with rhythm
News
Humans
Recruiters less likely to contact ethnic minority groups on Swiss site
News
Space
Puzzling signal on Saturn鈥檚 moon Rhea may finally be explained
News
Humans
Extroverts have more success training their dogs than introverts
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Life
Stunning fossil suggests dinosaurs lured mates with smell and vision
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Analysis
Health
UK coronavirus variant deadlier but researchers say no need to panic
It appears the UK's B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant is slightly more deadly and more transmissible than other variants, but improved treatments may limit the risk of death if you are infected
News
Health
An unscientific debate over breast milk is spilling into food banks
News
Humans
No, native plants aren’t always the best choice for gardens
News
Features
Humans
The other humans: The emerging story of the mysterious Denisovans
The existence of the Denisovans was discovered just a decade ago through DNA alone. Now we're starting to uncover fossils and artefacts revealing what these early humans were like
Features
Humans
Gaslighting warps our view of reality. How to spot it 鈥� and fight back
Features
Space
Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure
Features
Culture
Life
A Perfect Planet review: Attenborough’s new show is one of his best
David Attenborough documentary A Perfect Planet blends earth science with dazzling images of flamingos, finches and frogs to reveal how natural forces have nurtured life
Culture
Environment
Why using rare metals to clean up the planet is no cheap fix
Culture
Don鈥檛 Miss: Space Sweepers, a South Korean blockbuster on Netflix
Culture
Humans
Last and First Men review: An epic 2-billion-year history of humanity
Culture
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Humans
How to make compost 鈥� your scientific guide
From the right ratio of green and brown waste to regular aeration, here are some top tips for making compost, writes Clare Wilson
Regulars
Twisteddoodle’s ideas for scented candles in scientific development
Regulars
Tom Gauld’s runaway lobster telephone problem
Regulars
Regulars
Catnip as a mosquito repellent… What could go wrong?
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