Environment
We finally have the tools to build a net-zero world
News
This week's magazine
4 September 2021
Issue 3350
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Environment
Hurricane Ida was almost certainly made worse by climate change
快猫短视频s say Hurricane Ida, which reached wind speeds of 241km/h, killed at least one person and left more than a million people without power, was almost certainly made worse because of climate change
News
Environment
Climate change linked to risk of viruses jumping species in the Arctic
News
Physics
Quantum nature of gravity may be detectable with gravitational waves
News
Mind
Woman loses ability to feel hungry after stroke damages her brain
News
Health
Opioid levels in US wastewater spiked during the early pandemic months
News
Space
Martian cave entrances may offer a life-friendly radiation shield
News
Health
快猫短视频s call for urgent investigation into covid-19 animal origins
News
Environment
How domesticating the African baobab tree could secure its future
News
Space
Mysterious cosmic rays spotted coming from ordinary stellar explosions
News
Environment
Endangered bettong reintroduced in Australia after more than a century
News
Health
Kidney test adjustment based on ethnicity cut from UK medical guidance
News
Environment
China’s covid-19 lockdowns brought forward spring bloom by eight days
News
Health
Endometriosis genetic discovery may lead to new forms of treatment
News
Health
We can track antibiotic resistance in wild bears鈥� tooth plaque
News
Health
Injected hydrogel could help regenerate damaged cartilage in joints
News
Life
Caterpillar populations decline 50 per cent in areas with streetlights
News
Humans
7200-year-old DNA suggests Denisovans bred with humans on Sulawesi
News
Analysis
Technology
Will PayPal’s adoption of bitcoin make cryptocurrency more mainstream?
PayPal will now allow customers to buy and sell four cryptocurrencies, which could make it more useful for everyday life. Is this the moment when cryptocurrencies become mainstream?
News
Environment
Why the UK doesn’t need a new coal mine
News
Technology
What ancient money tells us about the future of computers
News
Features
Environment
Net-zero living: How your day will look in a carbon-neutral world
We fast-forward to 2050 and imagine what an average day will be like when we have slashed our carbon emissions 鈥� a picture informed by the latest research, ongoing trials and expert opinion
Features
Humans
The surprising upsides of spite and how to harness them
Features
Mind
The hard problem of consciousness is already beginning to dissolve
Features
Culture
Humans
The Wonderful review: The people who came together to make the ISS
The International Space Station is a marvel to behold and a new documentary, The Wonderful: Stories from the space station, speaks to those who have lived on board
Culture
Humans
Wonderworks review: How stories affect our brains
Culture
Humans
The Actual Star review: A masterpiece of imaginative world building
Culture
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Regulars
The truth about a truth study that was untruthful
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
What would Earth be like if life had never existed?
Last Word
How does water become stale?
Last Word
If sitting cross-legged is unhealthy, why is it so comfortable? Part 2
Last Word
