Environment
We can’t afford to delay getting to grips with chemical pollution
News
This week's magazine
29 January 2022
Issue 3371
On the cover
Editor's picks
We are finally beginning to understand migraines and how to treat them
Features
Environment
How our environment is making us sick 鈥� and what we can do about it
Features
Mind
David Chalmers interview: Virtual reality is as real as real reality
Features
Health
We are finally beginning to understand migraines and how to treat them
Features
Table of contents
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Space
The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its final destination
After a month of travelling through space, the James Webb Space Telescope has reached its parking spot 1.5 million kilometres from Earth
News
Health
Is it time for Western Australia to open up and let covid-19 in?
News
Environment
The UK still won’t say how much CO2 its Net Zero Strategy will save
News
Technology
Meta is building the world’s largest AI-specific supercomputer
News
Health
Genetically modified pig kidneys transplanted into a brain-dead person
News
Health
Giving low-income US families $4000 a year boosts child brain activity
News
Space
It鈥檚 official 鈥� we don鈥檛 know how fast the universe is expanding
News
Environment
Pristine coral reef discovered in deep water off the coast of Tahiti
News
Environment
Climate change made the past 7 years the warmest on record
News
Earth
Geologists to pinpoint official birthplace of the Anthropocene in 2022
News
Mind
Babies can tell who’s closely related from whether they share saliva
News
Technology
AI learns to create images from text descriptions by destroying data
News
Health
Covid-19 brain fog: What we know about lingering neurological effects
News
Health
Phage therapies for superbug infections are being tested in Belgium
News
Health
Infrared goggles and vibrating armband help people who are blind 鈥榮ee鈥�
News
Health
Antibiotic resistance killed more people than malaria or AIDS in 2019
News
Environment
Gene-edited food is 5 years away in England, says government scientist
News
Health
Antibody imaging technique could make it faster to develop vaccines
News
Environment
Air pollution makes it harder for pollinators to find plants
News
Health
Artificial pancreas is ‘life-changing’ for children with diabetes
News
Space
Yutu-2 lunar rover finds sticky soil on the far side of the moon
News
Space
Weird black hole spewed star-forming jets 500 light years long
News
New-to-science tarantula that lives inside bamboo found by YouTuber
News
Analysis
Features
Health
We are finally beginning to understand migraines and how to treat them
After 40 years of research, scientists have uncovered what happens in the brain during a migraine and developed promising new drugs to tackle the condition. Here鈥檚 what we now know 鈥� and what still remains unanswered
Features
We are finally beginning to understand migraines and how to treat them
Features
Environment
How our environment is making us sick 鈥� and what we can do about it
Features
Mind
David Chalmers interview: Virtual reality is as real as real reality
Features
Culture
Humans
Control review: The troubling past, present and future of eugenics
In Control, Geneticist Adam Rutherford argues that eugenics isn鈥檛 just a horrific mistake from the past, but an ongoing threat and that we must stay alert to its dangers
Culture
Humans
A Brief History of Timekeeping: A new book explores how we mark time
Culture
Humans
Don’t Miss: Moonfall, a disaster movie of epic proportions
Culture
Humans
Origin review: A genetic history of the Americas
Culture
More
Space
How to spot the Double Cluster and the Carina Nebula this week
There's something for everyone in this week's stargazing guide, as Abigail Beall picks out celestial treats tailored to both of Earth's hemispheres
Regulars
Twisteddoodles: The inevitable results of acronym overload
Regulars
Tom Gauld, at home with the unsuspecting hadrons
Regulars
Regulars
Humans
The company that wants to fight covid-19 with vibrations
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
What鈥檚 the best way to store movies and images for the next 100 years?
Last Word
As waves break and dissipate their power, does this warm the water?
Last Word
