Technology
A new dawn in AI and quantum computing now looks tantalisingly close
News
This week's magazine
9 October 2021
Issue 3355
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
Why is New Zealand seemingly giving up on its zero-covid strategy?
New Zealand is being forced to abandon its zero-covid strategy as the delta variant overcomes lockdown measures it used to stamp out past coronavirus outbreaks
News
Health
Ivermectin ‘buyers clubs’ want to use the drug to treat covid-19
News
Technology
Quantum computers can now fix their own mistakes without making more
News
Health
Woman鈥檚 depression treated by an implant responding to brain patterns
News
Technology
Biological computer made from single-celled organisms can crunch data
News
Health
Sexual desire may be triggered by gentle touch sensors in your skin
News
Environment
People in cities have faced huge increase in heat exposure since 1983
News
Humans
People reached remote Atlantic islands 700 years earlier than thought
News
Environment
Drones are ‘sniffing’ ship exhaust for illegal fuel in European waters
News
Health
Lubricating arthritic knees with synthetic fluid may help tissue heal
News
Space
Other planets in our solar system can masquerade as Earth from afar
News
Humans
Marie Antoinette’s censored love letters have been read using X-rays
News
Technology
Norwegian reservoirs power homes in Great Britain via 724km cable
News
Space
Weird white dwarf that is colder than it should be defies explanation
News
Environment
It鈥檚 now easier to run trials testing CRISPR-edited crops in England
News
Space
Exoplanet in a triple star system may orbit all three at once
News
Life
Some female butterflies can see an extra ultraviolet colour
News
Health
Japan 2011 earthquake and tsunami linked to increased risk of dementia
News
Space
The deepest canyons on Mars were rapidly formed by devastating floods
News
Life
Female cleaner fish can judge when to cheat without getting caught
News
Health
Prioritising covid vaccines for people of colour may have saved lives
News
Technology
DeepMind AI can accurately predict if it will rain in next 90 minutes
News
Analysis
Health
Coming off antidepressants risks relapse 鈥� but so does staying on them
People who stop taking antidepressants have a higher chance of relapsing into depression than those who continue using the medicines 鈥� but the difference isn't large
News
Environment
The 5 roles you may have to affect climate change
News
Environment
A maize meme shows why you shouldn’t trust social media
News
Features
Mind
Supersized AIs: Are truly intelligent machines just a matter of scale?
Gigantic neural networks that write with remarkable fluency have led some experts to suggest that scaling up current technology will lead to human-level language abilities 鈥� and ultimately true machine intelligence
Features
Technology
‘Ionic wind’ could power planes, save energy and fight wild weather
Features
Mind
Repressed memories: The dangerous idea we can鈥檛 seem to forget
Features
Culture
Humans
The Apollo Murders review: Chris Hadfield’s novel is a space thriller
No one is better qualified to write a space thriller than Chris Hadfield, who has been there and lived to tell the tale. His debut novel, The Apollo Murders, is an accomplished story
Culture
Humans
Eating to Extinction review: Are our bland diets bad for the world?
Culture
Don’t Miss: Dopesick is an intense drama about the US opioid crisis
Culture
Humans
Living Proof review: A unique take on Scotland’s environmental history
Culture
Regulars
Why some people find it so hard to find food in the fridge
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
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Last Word
How can we know that time exists?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
Why are bird droppings white, considering all they eat? (part 2)
Last Word
