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In 2023, we have many opportunities to build a better future
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This week's magazine
28 December 2022
Issue 3419
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
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Space
SpaceX, Blue Origin and ULA plan to launch huge new rockets in 2023
ULA's Vulcan Centaur and Blue Origin's New Glenn are big rockets, but they are dwarfed by SpaceX's Starship, the largest rocket the world has ever seen
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Environment
2023 could mark a turning point for the Amazon rainforest
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Technology
EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act will lead the world on regulating AI
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Health
Why we probably won’t get new covid-19 vaccines in 2023
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Physics
The world’s ultimate X-ray machine will start up in 2023
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Mind
Will 2023 be the year we finally understand consciousness?
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Environment
A factory will soon start making green food from air and electricity
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Space
Spacecraft are heading to a metal asteroid and Jupiter’s moons in 2023
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Life
Bird flu vaccination may be the only way to have free-range chickens
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Analysis
Physics
Achieving nuclear fusion would be building on the shoulders of giants
It took generations of work by engineers and scientists to reach this month鈥檚 nuclear fusion milestone, but there are big challenges ahead, says Matthew Sparkes
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Humans
When did hominins start cooking? It might be earlier than we thought
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Features
Life
Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super-predator
New fossil discoveries show predatory marine reptiles from 200 million years ago may have been bigger than today鈥檚 blue whales 鈥� and that they evolved astonishingly rapidly
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Health
The truth behind melatonin and why it may not help you sleep
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Physics
How sounds from space are revealing otherwise hidden cosmic phenomena
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Culture
Humans
The best popular science books out in 2023
Discover a quantum world of numbers, the amazing new science of the human electrome and long views of Earth and its wonders in this look at the best non-fiction coming this year
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Humans
The best science fiction books out in 2023
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Humans
The best science fiction television to watch out for in 2023
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Regulars
Twins in the dock: the strange cases that leave justice at a loss
Feedback investigates the identical twins accused of cheating in an exam, and names the winner of the Ambiguously Titled Research Study of the Month award
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
This week鈥檚 new questions
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What鈥檚 the best angle for a hosepipe to spray water furthest? (Part 2)
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Humans have 鈥済ood bacteria鈥�, but what about 鈥済ood viruses鈥�?
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In which direction in the sky did the big bang take place?
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