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This week's magazine
20 November 2021
Issue 3361
On the cover
Editor's picks
Life
Why does evolution happen? The rules on Earth may well be universal
Features
Physics
Why is the universe intelligible? Things aren鈥檛 as clear as we think
Features
Physics
Why is there a cosmic speed limit? It could even be why we’re here
Features
Humans
Why are we irrational? How a logical flaw stops us solving problems
Features
Life
Why haven’t we heard from aliens? There is a reason for the silence
Features
Life
Why is the universe just right for life? Blame the multiverse
Features
Humans
Why do we grieve? The surprising origin of the feeling of loss
Features
Physics
Why is quantum theory so strange? The weirdness could be in our heads
Features
Humans
Why are we good and evil? A single quality may be at the root of it
Features
Physics
Why does time only move forwards? Possibly just because we鈥檙e ignorant
Features
Humans
Why do we exist? The meaning of life isn鈥檛 to be found in the stars
Features
Physics
Why is there something not nothing? The big bang isn鈥檛 the only answer
Features
Humans
Why are we conscious? The answer lies in other animals鈥� heads
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Technology
IBM creates largest ever superconducting quantum computer
IBM has made a 127-qubit quantum computer. This is over double the size of comparable machines made by Google and the University of Science and Technology of China
News
Environment
The many twists and turns that led to a new climate pact at COP26
News
Environment
An emotionally gruelling fortnight for those pushing for change
News
Space
Enigmatic Planet Nine may have been seen by telescope in the 1980s
News
Life
Birds in the Amazon are adapting to climate change by getting smaller
News
Technology
AI can quickly identify structure of drugs designed for 鈥榣egal highs鈥�
News
Earth
New mineral davemaoite discovered inside a diamond from Earth’s mantle
News
Space
The biggest moons of Uranus may have oceans beneath their icy shells
News
Environment
Trees are dying at increasing rates in forests across Europe
News
Mind
Using tools helps you understand language and vice versa
News
Mind
鈥楪hosting鈥� in casual relationships linked to some personality types
News
Humans
Having impostor syndrome may actually make you better at your job
News
Health
Covid-resistant people point way to universal coronavirus vaccine
News
Life
Pale barn owls in UK and Ireland hint at ancient land bridge
News
Life
Deep-sea rockfish that live to be 200 hint at genes for longevity
News
Space
A fragment of our moon may be orbiting the sun with Earth
News
Life
Cats can mentally map their owner鈥檚 location from voice alone
News
Health
Paralysed mice walk again after gel is injected into spinal cord
News
Humans
Origins of Japanese and Turkish language family traced back 9000 years
News
Life
Asian honeybees scream in alarm when giant hornets attack the hive
News
Analysis
Environment
What difference will the COP26 climate summit make?
Despite last-minute changes, the final agreement made at COP26 still amounts to an important ratcheting up of climate ambition
News
Health
How worried should we be about covid-19 spreading among wild animals?
News
Health
Psilocybin therapy steps closer to credibility with largest trial yet
News
Environment
Our AI is exposing climate misinformation throughout COP26
News
Environment
COP26 could never be a true success without delivering climate justice
News
Features
Physics
Why does time only move forwards? Possibly just because we鈥檙e ignorant
The one-way flow of time is one of the great mysteries of physics. It might be that we see causes and effects just because our information about reality is incomplete
Features
Physics
Why is there something not nothing? The big bang isn鈥檛 the only answer
Features
Life
Why does evolution happen? The rules on Earth may well be universal
Features
Physics
Why is the universe intelligible? Things aren鈥檛 as clear as we think
Features
Life
Why haven’t we heard from aliens? There is a reason for the silence
Features
Humans
Why are we irrational? How a logical flaw stops us solving problems
Features
Physics
Why is quantum theory so strange? The weirdness could be in our heads
Features
Physics
Why is there a cosmic speed limit? It could even be why we’re here
Features
Life
Why is the universe just right for life? Blame the multiverse
Features
Humans
Why are we good and evil? A single quality may be at the root of it
Features
Humans
Why do we grieve? The surprising origin of the feeling of loss
Features
Humans
Why are we conscious? The answer lies in other animals鈥� heads
Features
Humans
Why do we exist? The meaning of life isn鈥檛 to be found in the stars
Features
Culture
Mind
What intoxicated animals can teach us about our vices
Humans aren鈥檛 the only animals to get wasted once in a while. Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins by On茅 R. Pag谩n shows how all manner of creatures do something similar, with amusing effects
Culture
Humans
Finch review: Even Tom Hanks can鈥檛 save this tame dystopian sci-fi
Culture
Humans
Don鈥檛 miss: Star trek returns with the Discovery crew
Culture
Humans
The Riftbreaker review: Interplanetary mining with an alien twist
Culture
More
An inside look at oysters 鈥� and how to enjoy them safely
The humble oyster inspires passion in many, fear in some. Sam Wong explores their biology, weighs up their risks and offers a scientifically sensational combo meal
Regulars
Twisteddoodles: The fateful switch that cursed Frankenstein
Regulars
Tom Gauld reveals that for science jokes, audience is everything
Regulars
Regulars
Fair COP? A hodgepodge of strange goings-on at the big climate summit
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Why does an appointment set for 11.17 seem to demand punctuality?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
Why haven鈥檛 cats evolved since domestication, unlike other animals?
Last Word
What is the most eco-friendly way to deal with dead bodies? (Part 2)
Last Word
