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Knight on horseback

Technology

How will AIs that generate videos from text transform media online?

Light wave pattern of human brain with area of pain

We must accept that pain is in the mind if we want better treatments

Roger Penrose in Oxford 2022

Physics

Roger Penrose: “Consciousness must be beyond computable physics”

Roger Penrose in Oxford 2022

Physics

Roger Penrose: “Consciousness must be beyond computable physics”

2BYPJ60 Signal transmitting neurons or nerve cells- 3d illustration

Health

What is pain, how does it work and what happens when it goes wrong?

Anthrax bacteria in lung. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a cluster of anthrax bacteria (Bacillus anthracis) in a capillary of the lung. These rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria are highly pathogenic. Commonly an infection of livestock, B. anthracis is transmitted to humans by contact with contaminated animal hair, hides or excrement. Two forms of the disease occur: pneumonia in the lungs (woolsorter's disease), and cutaneous anthrax, which causes a large boil at the site of the bacteria's entry. Antibiotic treatment, if prompt, may be effective for the skin infection. Pulmonary anthrax is fatal in most cases. Magnification: x540 at 6x7cm size. x1750 at 7.5x9.5"

Health

The new pain treatments that may finally stem the need for opioids

Photo Taken In Cape Town, South Africa

Health

New ways to measure pain can help us communicate how bad it really is

Closeup shot of two unrecognizable people holding hands in comfort

Health

Why emotions can feel so painful 鈥� and what it means for painkillers

illustration of mind prison surreal abstract concept

Health

We are only just beginning to understand what causes nociplastic pain

Person suffering from headache. Migraine. Light sensitivity.

Health

Viewing chronic pain as its own illness is providing better treatments

Table of contents

Leaders

Light wave pattern of human brain with area of pain

We must accept that pain is in the mind if we want better treatments

A new understanding of pain clearly shows how subjective experience is key to feeling - and treating - it

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US president Joe Biden and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi meet in Sharm El Sheikh on 11 November

Environment

Climate negotiations are in disarray as COP27 enters its second week

Talks in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, are running well behind schedule, with discussions on key areas such as loss and damage at a political impasse

Environment

Crucial Congo rainforest faces growing threats from logging and mining

Health

Pandemic terrorism risk is being overlooked, warns leading geneticist

Physics

Quantum trick sees light move forwards and back in time simultaneously

Environment

US midterms produce mixed results for environmental action

Life

Herds of pig-like peccaries seem to disappear and reappear years later

Health

Probiotic coated in nanoparticles may ease inflammatory bowel disease

Technology

UK will use GPS fingerprint scanner to track people facing deportation

Life

Ants have evolved to farm plants on at least 15 separate occasions

Health

Many anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries can heal without surgery

Life

Gene drive could be used to wipe out invasive mice on islands

Technology

AI is better at answering questions if you get another AI to ask them

Physics

A miniature universe shows particles may emerge out of empty space

Health

Zapping specific neurons helps people walk again after spinal injury

Technology

AI uses artificial sleep to learn new task without forgetting the last

Humans

Oldest legible sentence written with first alphabet is about head lice

Health

Low testosterone levels may protect women from kidney injury

Analysis

People walking through floodwater

Environment

What is ‘loss and damage’ and how is it informed by climate science?

Advances in attribution science mean we can pin the blame for extreme weather on polluting nations, making the argument for climate reparations impossible to ignore

Technology

How will AIs that generate videos from text transform media online?

Life

The migrating birds that roam the world to live in an eternal summer

Mathematics

To make maths classes sizzle, inject some politics and social justice

Aperture

View of the Valle del Diavolo, near Monterotondo Marittimo (GR). In the center, the plumes of smoke from the "Lagone", the only remaining example of the exploitation of boric acid begun in Monterotondo Marittimo in 1812, today transformed into an extraction and injection well of the "Monterotondo Marittimo 1" geothermal power plant.

Environment

A gift from nature: Geothermal energy in Tuscany’s Valle del Diavolo

Photographer Luigi Avantaggiato has documented the ways in which an Italian community has harnessed the geothermal energy in its area, in his project The Cloud Factory

Features

2BYPJ60 Signal transmitting neurons or nerve cells- 3d illustration

Health

What is pain, how does it work and what happens when it goes wrong?

With a growing number of people living with pain, we desperately need to understand it 鈥� but we are still unravelling the mysterious mechanisms behind the phenomenon

Health

Why emotions can feel so painful 鈥� and what it means for painkillers

Health

We are only just beginning to understand what causes nociplastic pain

Health

Viewing chronic pain as its own illness is providing better treatments

Health

New ways to measure pain can help us communicate how bad it really is

Health

The new pain treatments that may finally stem the need for opioids

Physics

Roger Penrose: “Consciousness must be beyond computable physics”

Physics

Roger Penrose: “Consciousness must be beyond computable physics”

Culture

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Humans

Telluria review: Political dystopia from a bravura Russian writer

Vladimir Sorokin's dystopian fantasy is a wild read, mixing political satire with steampunk microstates and a must-have psychotropic drug based on tellurium

Humans

Limitless With Chris Hemsworth review: How to live better for longer

Humans

The Varieties of Spiritual Experience review: A meticulous guide

Humans

Don鈥檛 miss: Strange World, animated sci-fi with Jake Gyllenhaal

Humans

A Fractured Infinity review: Multiverse plot trope comes of age

More

Example of a graph with an arch-shaped peak

Space

Join the hunt for clouds high up in the Martian atmosphere

Cloud gazing isn鈥檛 only an Earthly pastime. You can help planetary scientists by cloud spotting on Mars, finds Layal Liverpool

Tom Gauld on the musings of Kierkegaard

Twisteddoodles charts a rapid decline

Regulars

Dare you enter the dark and disturbing world of morbid curiosity?

Feedback looks into the consequences of ranking high on the Morbid Curiosity Scale, while also exploring the power of swearing

This Week鈥檚 Letters

What are these soft white balls (pictured) found under a drain cover?

Without moonlight, would life on Earth be any different?

Why do little children run everywhere instead of walking? (part 3)

This week鈥檚 new questions

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