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This week's magazine
17 July 2021
Issue 3343
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Environment
Climate change made North American heatwave 150 times more likely
The recent deadly and record-breaking heatwave in North America would have been 鈥渧irtually impossible鈥� without climate change, according to scientists
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Environment
UN plan would protect 30% of oceans and land to stem extinctions
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Health
Is it time for the UK to vaccinate children against covid-19?
News
Space
Richard Branson reaches the edge of space on Virgin Galactic flight
News
Health
Covid-19 deaths in England could peak at 100 per day in August
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Humans
Stone Age Europeans may have worn make-up more than 6000 years ago
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Space
NASA is trying a ‘risky’ fix for the ageing Hubble Space Telescope
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Space
Strange gas in Venus鈥檚 clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life
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Life
Fish brains grow when they have to think more and shrink if they don’t
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Physics
New kind of ice is so bendy it can curl and uncurl without breaking
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Technology
GitHub’s programming AI may be reusing code without permission
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Technology
YouTube鈥檚 algorithm recommends videos that violate its own policies
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Space
Crab nebula blasted out some of highest-energy gamma rays ever seen
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Health
How medical tests have built-in discrimination against Black people
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Environment
Smart fabric radiates heat to keep you cooler in the sun
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Life
Female vampire bats groom each other and share their food
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Space
Mysterious X-ray flares on Jupiter come from magnetic field vibrations
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Life
Traded wild animals carry 75 per cent of diseases humans can catch
News
Life
Fish are becoming addicted to methamphetamines seeping into rivers
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Earth
Fantastic fungi images capture the magic of mushrooms
News
Analysis
Features
Health
The lowdown on stretching: How flexible do you actually need to be?
Many people strive to touch their toes or do the splits, but it is perfectly possible to get all the benefits of stretching without pushing your body to its limits
Features
Environment
Frogs are battling their own terrible pandemic 鈥� can we stop it?
Features
Earth
Chris Mason interview: Let’s tweak human DNA for life on other planets
Features
Culture
Life
Wild Crimes review: Shocking illegal wildlife trade exposed in podcast
From pangolins to elephant tusks, trafficking in animals and animal parts nets $23 billion a year as it pushes species to the brink of extinction. This big-money, murky world is the subject of a new podcast series
Culture
Don’t Miss: Everyone Needs Beauty examines nature’s impact on health
Culture
Space
Voyagers review: Lord of the Flies in space is full of mystery
Culture
The Tomorrow War review: Chris Pratt time travels to save our future
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