This week's magazine
2 April 2022
Issue 3380
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
How do we decide what counts as trauma – and have we got it all wrong?
Mind
A new place for consciousness in our understanding of the universe
Mind
A new place for consciousness in our understanding of the universe
Technology
Martin Wikelski interview: Tracking animals reveals their sixth sense
Table of contents
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Environment
Great Barrier Reef suffers first mass bleaching under cooling La Niña
Corals have turned white across all four of the reef’s main areas, despite the cooling influence of the La Niña climate phenomenon, in the natural wonder's sixth mass bleaching event of modern times
Technology
AI can create a computer inside itself to run another AI or play Pong
Humans
Ancient Britons rapidly evolved to cope with lack of sunlight
Health
US biofirm plans to make hypoallergenic cats using CRISPR gene editing
Health
Myocarditis and covid-19 vaccines: How rare is it and who is at risk?
Humans
Chronic pain in Black people in US may be linked to gene expression
Life
Armless fossil sheds light on how animals like snakes lost their limbs
Health
First ever gene therapy gel corrects rare genetic skin condition
Environment
UK chose to pay back £640,000 to fracking firms after shale gas ban
Technology
Proposed EU law could force WhatsApp and iMessage to work together
Health
Male contraceptive pill is safe and effective in tests in mice
Space
Astronomers still can’t agree on what counts as a planet
Life
Ostrich necks act as a radiator to control their head temperature
Technology
Watch a robot peel a banana without crushing it into oblivion
Health
Drugs seem to help regenerate mouse lungs damaged by cigarette smoke
Environment
Energy price cap means now might be the best time to green your home
Health
Pancreatic cancer treated in mice by loading tumour cells with tetanus
Technology
Stretchy light-emitting plastic could be used in wearable screens
Life
Humans have spread diseases to other animals many times
Life
Vampire bats adapted to drinking blood by shedding several genes
Environment
Rice and maize yields boosted up to 10 per cent by CRISPR gene editing
Space
Strange waves in the sun are travelling far faster than they should be
Analysis
Health
Zero-covid strategies are being ditched, but they were the best option
Several countries are now abandoning their goal of reducing the coronavirus's spread as much as possible, but the evidence shows this was the best route to have taken, says Michael Marshall
Life
Reality TV for birds shows that conservation research can pay off
Features
Mind
A new place for consciousness in our understanding of the universe
To make sense of mysteries like quantum mechanics and the passage of time, theorists are trying to reformulate physics to include subjective experience as a physical constituent of the world
Mind
A new place for consciousness in our understanding of the universe
Technology
Martin Wikelski interview: Tracking animals reveals their sixth sense
Health
How do we decide what counts as trauma – and have we got it all wrong?
Culture
Humans
Cow review: A moving and uncomfortable cow’s-eye-view of farming
Andrea Arnold’s documentary debut, featuring a loveable dairy cow, prompts difficult questions about raising animals entirely for human benefit
Humans
Don’t miss: Apollo 10 1/2, a fantastical tale of a boy sent to space
Humans
What is Regeneration? review: A dive into the science of regrowth
Humans
The Loneliest Whale review: A moving search for an elusive beast
More
Life
How to make the perfect bee hotel for your garden
With spring arriving in the UK, it’s the perfect time to create bee hotels, designed to be snug and safe for these important pollinating insects, says Clare Wilson
Tom Gauld explores soothing sleep soundscapes for scientists
Twisteddoodles: Two-faced moon has trust issues
Regulars
Humans
Michael Owen eyes up a new career in cryptocurrency
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