Mind
Treating Alzheimer’s as having many causes may help us beat it
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This week's magazine
6 November 2021
Issue 3359
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Environment
Over 100 countries at COP26 pledge to end deforestation by 2030
The declaration on deforestation comes alongside 拢14 billion of new funding to combat forest loss over five years
News
Health
Brain implants boost ability to think flexibly and shake anxiety
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Life
Barn owls make mental maps of their surroundings while they are flying
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Space
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover tests new way to search for alien life
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Technology
Why has Facebook changed its name to Meta and what is the metaverse?
News
Technology
Smart scheduling for big computing tasks cuts emissions up to a third
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Mind
A new kind of brain scan is letting us understand how toddlers think
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Life
Vipers evolved either nose or eye horns depending on their habitat
News
Technology
EU drones could drop life rafts to migrants in the Mediterranean Sea
News
Health
Two people suppressed HIV for years while pausing medication
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Life
Red feathers determine which common waxbill is the boss
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Environment
Scotch whisky-makers rely on peat smoke 鈥� but it’s a climate concern
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Technology
US Army will test its most powerful laser weapon ever next year
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Space
Tardigrades could survive interstellar travel in extreme hibernation
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Health
Genetically engineered bacteria could heal us from inside our cells
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Technology
YouTube policy change limited spread of harmful videos across the web
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Health
Australia has had zero measles in 2021 due to covid-19 border closure
News
Health
Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections
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Space
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot extends far deeper than we realised
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Humans
DNA of Native American leader Sitting Bull matched to living relative
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Life
Birds in Patagonia have a surprising taste for truffles
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Physics
Physicists fail to find mysterious ‘sterile neutrino’ particles
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Life
Sharks may bite humans because they mistake us for seals and sea lions
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Analysis
Technology
What鈥檚 next now Tesla is worth a trillion dollars?
Financially speaking, Tesla is a massive success. The question is what will it do with all that money, wonders Rowan Hooper
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Environment
COP26: Why India’s 2070 net-zero pledge is better news than it sounds
News
Space
Can Blue Origin help replace the International Space Station?
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Humans
Is it true that use of synthetic fertiliser is increasing everywhere?
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Features
Physics
The quantum experiment that could prove reality doesn’t exist
We like to think that things are there even when we aren't looking at them. But that belief might soon be overturned thanks to a new test designed to tell us if quantum weirdness persists in macroscopic objects
Features
Life
Do you speak elephant? With this new dictionary you will
Features
Health
Why Alzheimer鈥檚 is not a single disease 鈥� and why that matters
Features
Culture
Life As We Made It review: Should we go all in on gene-editing tech?
Beth Shapiro's latest book explores how humans have affected the planet so far and what we might do to the animals and plants living on it in the future
Culture
Humans
River’s End review: Inside the battle for California’s water
Culture
Don’t miss: Online talk about Pluto’s methane caps and cryovolcanoes
Culture
Son of Monarchs review: A beautiful film about a young scientist
Culture
More
Why do tomatoes get hit by blight and how can you stop it?
Home-grown tomato plants can get ravaged by blight, but there are easy steps you can take to prevent it, says Clare Wilson
Regulars
Twisteddoodles: The perilous position of pensive people鈥檚 pens
Regulars
Tom Gauld reveals science鈥檚 most inefficient winter warmer
Regulars
Regulars
Humans
Whirlwind romance: What a tornado can do for your relationship
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