This week's magazine
12 June 2021
Issue 3338
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
Removing junk food from our diets will be no easy task
Physics
When time runs backwards: What thermodynamics can tell us about life
Environment
Anu Ramaswami interview: How to shape the cities of the future
Health
What really makes junk food bad for us? Here鈥檚 what the science says
Table of contents
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Health
Celebrities call on G7 leaders to donate covid-19 vaccines immediately
Ahead of the G7 summit in the UK this week, celebrities including Billie Eilish and Claudia Schiffer are urging rich nations not to wait until they have vaccinated their populations before donating vaccines elsewhere
Health
How do you travel abroad safely during the covid-19 pandemic?
Health
Devi Sridhar interview: Don’t blame the scientists for lockdown
Mind
Google has mapped a piece of human brain in the most detail ever
Space
Two giant icy balls in space could change our understanding of stars
Technology
Cyborg cockroach with camera 鈥榖ackpack鈥 can be steered remotely
Technology
US Army scientists create a formula for the perfect walking robot
Life
Sharks were almost wiped out in an extinction 19 million years ago
Space
NASA is sending two missions to Venus for the first time in decades
Health
Colour-changing tampons could detect urinary tract infections
Environment
European airlines have been lobbying against EU climate plans
Space
Cosmic smash-ups may push huge black holes away from their homes
Life
Parasitic ants keep evolving to lose their smell and taste genes
Life
Puppies are born with the genetic ability to understand humans
Humans
University students with morning lectures tend to have lower grades
Life
Elephant trunks suck up water at speeds of 540 kilometres per hour
Life
Right whales born in 1981 grew a metre longer than they do today
Technology
Underwater glue made from silk can cling to surfaces like a barnacle
Technology
Quantum memory crystals are a step towards a futuristic internet
Analysis
Health
Should we start testing drugs and vaccines in people who are pregnant?
New drugs are rarely tested in pregnant people, leaving harmful gaps in our medical knowledge, but the tide of opinion on including them in trials is starting to change
Health
Why it’s so important we believe people about their mental health
Humans
Amazon buying MGM is just continuing a 40,000-year-old media tradition
Features
Health
What really makes junk food bad for us? Here鈥檚 what the science says
We are finally getting to grips with why processed foods are unhealthy. What we鈥檙e learning has already triggered some governments to act 鈥 and suggests how to make healthier 鈥渏unk food鈥
Environment
Anu Ramaswami interview: How to shape the cities of the future
Physics
When time runs backwards: What thermodynamics can tell us about life
Culture
Humans
Quantum Life review: One man’s journey from the streets to the stars
How did Hakeem Oluseyi move from selling drugs to teaching astrophysics at MIT? His vivid memoir sets out his journey and what he's doing to help other Black physicists
Humans
What does the climate crisis mean for buildings 鈥 great and small?
Humans
Don’t Miss: Data art with David Spiegelhalter and Stefanie Posavec
Humans
We Are Satellites review: What brain implants could do to family life
More
Humans
The summer triangle is now visible in the sky 鈥 here’s how to spot it
The summer triangle is a beautiful pattern of stars, and this year Saturn and Jupiter will be lurking nearby. Wherever you are, Abigail Beall has top tips for locating it
Twisteddoodles generates a new research proposal idea
Tom Gauld on what Godzilla and King Kong left behind
Regulars
How large is a cubic metre of water?
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