Technology
Will the US or China win the race for global quantum dominance?
News
This week's magazine
2 October 2021
Issue 3354
On the cover
Editor's picks
Space
Our cosmic neighbourhood has so many more secrets for us to reveal
News
Health
Secrets of a long and healthy life reside in your gut microbiome
Features
Humans
Gwen Adshead interview: Why ordinary people commit heinous crimes
Features
Physics
Lunar craters could reveal past collisions with ancient black holes
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Environment
Germany鈥檚 new coalition government may boost climate change action
Against a backdrop of climate change protests across German cities, the centre-left Social Democratic Party narrowly won the election and now plans to create a coalition to tackle the issue
News
Health
Should you get a covid vaccine booster shot if you’re offered one?
News
Environment
Tomato is first CRISPR-edited food to go on sale in the world
News
Environment
Alok Sharma: COP26 is for ordinary people, not just climate warriors
News
Technology
AI is helping US Air Force to decide which targets to strike
News
Life
Antarctic seal numbers rose and fell with climate over 50,000 years
News
Space
Spacecraft could detect signs of life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
News
Space
Life on Venus may have only been possible for its first billion years
News
Health
Children with more books at home have less mental decline when older
News
Technology
US army to 3D print concrete buildings and bridges in disaster areas
News
Life
How our ape ancestors suddenly lost their tails 25 million years ago
News
Life
57 per cent of elephants at Thai tourist facilities have nervous tics
News
Space
Weird hybrid meteorite may be evidence of a chaotic early solar system
News
Technology
Simple make-up tips can help you avoid face recognition software
News
Life
Dinosaurs may have waggled their tails to help walk more efficiently
News
Humans
Story of epic human voyages across Polynesia revealed by genetics
News
Health
Parasite evolution is making it harder to detect and treat malaria
News
Life
Hyenas make faces at each other when they want to play-fight
News
Technology
4D-printed robot self-assembles into a tube and rolls up hills
News
Analysis
Technology
USB-C chargers: Will EU law cut down on e-waste or just anger Apple?
The European Union wants all smartphones and other portable devices to use USB-C chargers, but Apple says such a law would stifle innovation for its iPhones
News
Technology
Will the US or China win the race for global quantum dominance?
News
Health
The stem cell revolution isn’t what you think it is
News
Humans
The great land heist that helped form many US universities
News
Features
Health
Secrets of a long and healthy life reside in your gut microbiome
How long you live and how well you age rests on many factors beyond your control, but the discovery that gut microbes play a key role means what you eat can make a difference
Features
Humans
Gwen Adshead interview: Why ordinary people commit heinous crimes
Features
Physics
Lunar craters could reveal past collisions with ancient black holes
Features
Culture
Space
Foundation review: Isaac Asimov TV adaptation is imaginative reworking
Apple TV's adaptation of Isaac Asimov鈥檚 Foundation series stays true to the big ideas, but sensibly nixes the 1940s sexism
Culture
Tomorrow Is Too Late review: Young activists speak out on the climate
Culture
Humans
Don’t Miss: A live event on patterns that explain the universe
Culture
Several People Are Typing review: The horrors of Slack and modern work
Culture
More
Space
How to use the Cassiopeia constellation to spot Andromeda and Pegasus
With its bright stars and distinctive shape, Cassiopeia is the perfect jumping-off point for exploring the night sky, says Abigail Beall
Regulars
Twisteddoodles detects a trip and fall
Regulars
Tom Gauld: ‘I’d like to make changes to our investment portfolio’
Regulars
Regulars
快猫短视频s have finally worked out the effects of consuming red wine
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