Health
Covid-19 has laid bare social inequities 鈥� now is the time to fix them
News
This week's magazine
18 September 2021
Issue 3352
On the cover
Editor's picks
Humans
The microbial gunk that hardens on teeth is revealing our deep past
Features
Technology
We鈥檝e mastered acoustic levitation 鈥� and it is surprisingly useful
Features
Health
Generation Covid: What the pandemic means for young people鈥檚 futures
Features
Environment
Younger generations are the most fatalistic about climate change
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
Is the delta coronavirus variant more dangerous for children?
Reports from some US hospitals have suggested that the delta coronavirus variant is more likely to have severe symptoms in children and hospitalise them, but the evidence for this is limited
News
SpaceX is about to send the first ever all-amateur mission into orbit
News
Health
Rare genetic variants play important role in people who live to be 100
News
Environment
Most CO2 from Australia鈥檚 megafires has been offset by algal blooms
News
Life
Army ants use temporary bases to store food when raiding insect nests
News
Environment
Shifting jet stream due to warming could threaten Europe from 2060
News
Environment
Even tiny green spaces in cities help urban wildlife biodiversity
News
Technology
AI can detect a deepfake face because its pupils have jagged edges
News
Life
A glimpse at Greenland’s deep-sea ecosystems threatened by fishing
News
Technology
A US military robot ship has fired a large missile for the first time
News
Health
Sharon Peacock interview: How we track down new coronavirus variants
News
Humans
Piles of animal dung reveal the location of an ancient Arabian oasis
News
Space
Planet-eating stars can be identified by their telltale chemistry
News
Technology
Why has El Salvador officially adopted bitcoin as its currency?
News
Life
Scorpions develop a sting in the tail before they are ready to use it
News
Life
Why are orcas 鈥榓ttacking鈥� fishing boats off the coast of Gibraltar?
News
Life
Sea fireflies adapted their threatening glow to attract mates
News
Space
Black holes just got much more complicated thanks to quantum pressure
News
Technology
Almost no one encrypts their emails because it is too much of a hassle
News
Life
Half-metre-long predator was giant of the seas 500 million years ago
News
Environment
Rare kakapo parrot is genetically healthy despite being very inbred
News
Technology
Wooden robot arm is powered by plastic muscles
News
Life
Polar bears in Svalbard archipelago are inbreeding due to sea ice loss
News
Life
Tooth decay has been a problem for primates for 54 million years
News
Health
mRNA cancer therapy now in human trials after shrinking mouse tumours
News
Life
Foam from frogs’ nests could help make bandages that release drugs
News
Analysis
Features
Environment
Younger generations are the most fatalistic about climate change
Older generations are wrongly accused of caring less about the climate than younger people, according to a new survey. Just one in five Baby Boomers say there is no point in changing their behaviour to tackle climate change, compared with a third of Generation Z
Features
Health
Generation Covid: What the pandemic means for young people鈥檚 futures
Features
Humans
The microbial gunk that hardens on teeth is revealing our deep past
Features
Technology
We鈥檝e mastered acoustic levitation 鈥� and it is surprisingly useful
Features
Culture
Humans
The Story of Looking review: A new film examines the visual world
Mark Cousins takes a personal look at how what we see shapes us. It may just make you reconsider how you view things
Culture
Don’t miss: The Climate Coup looks at the finance of climate change
Culture
Humans
Index, a history of the: Exploring the rivalries in how we search
Culture
Humans
Karmalink review: An intriguing mix of Buddhism and nanotech
Culture
More
Help create a global map of light pollution by gazing at the night sky
快猫短视频s are tracking light pollution and its effects globally by gazing at the night sky 鈥� and now the Globe at Night project needs your help
Regulars
Twisteddoodles takes a stand on lab-based humour
Regulars
Tom Gauld on an incomplete theory of everything
Regulars
Regulars
The pick of the strange science that won Ig Nobel prizes this year
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Why do dogs enjoy rolling in smelly fox or bird faeces?
Last Word
My hair has a kink. How do the hairs know exactly where to bend?
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What is the smallest number with no interesting properties? (cont’d)
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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