Technology
How AI chatbots in search engines will completely change the internet
News
This week's magazine
25 February 2023
Issue 3427
On the cover
Editor's picks
Technology
Why we need to slow down the AI chatbot revolution
News
Health
The amazing ways electricity in your body shapes you and your health
Features
Physics
The CERN particle accelerator that will breathe new life into physics
Features
Life
How climate change is forcing animals that mate for life to break up
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
Your skin microbiome may influence the wrinkles you develop with age
Certain bacteria have been linked with a loss of collagen, the protein that gives youthful skin a smooth appearance. Better understanding the role of these bacteria in wrinkles and skin sagging could lead to new anti-ageing treatments
News
Technology
AI spots Mesopotamian archaeological sites in satellite images
News
Life
Spine of early crawling fish was becoming more like a land animal’s
News
Environment
Green home designs put to the test in giant climate-controlled chamber
News
Health
Gene-edited wheat reduces levels of cancer risk chemical when cooked
News
Health
Covid-19 pandemic tied to antibiotic resistance in pneumonia bacterium
News
Life
Rise in urban beekeeping may be crowding out native bee species
News
Health
Why chocolate cravings strike a week or two before a menstrual period
News
Humans
Early risers may have inherited faster body clocks from Neanderthals
News
Technology
Stuffed dead birds made into drones could spy on animals or humans
News
Space
Dark energy may have been hiding in the cores of black holes all along
News
Technology
Fully autonomous F-16 fighter jet takes part in simulated dogfights
News
Environment
How can you tell if a river in the UK is healthy?
News
Life
Prawn larvae conceal their eyes with reflectors to hide from predators
News
Health
Third person ‘cured’ of HIV after receiving stem cell cancer treatment
News
Physics
Strange water wave can bounce a droplet thousands of times
News
Analysis
Technology
How AI chatbots in search engines will completely change the internet
Moves by Google, Microsoft and Baidu to bring AI chatbots into their search engines may bring big advantages, but they could also damage many industries and change the very way we interact with the web
News
Technology
Governments should use speculative fiction tools to predict the future
News
Humans
Was the shift to farming really the worst mistake in human history?
News
Features
Health
The amazing ways electricity in your body shapes you and your health
Your cells crackle with electric signals that guide embryonic development and heal wounds. If we can learn to tweak this 鈥渂ioelectric code鈥�, we might be able to prevent cancer and even grow new limbs
Features
Physics
The CERN particle accelerator that will breathe new life into physics
Features
Life
How climate change is forcing animals that mate for life to break up
Features
Culture
Life
Elderflora review: A history of ancient trees is excellent in parts
A tour round the world's oldest trees is a brilliant idea for a book, but its delivery can be pretty uneven
Culture
Humans
Don’t Miss: Explore wildfire’s power at Science Gallery London
Culture
Mind
Travellers to Unimaginable Lands review: The true toll of dementia
Culture
Humans
Next Exit film review: New tale of the afterlife takes a wrong turn
Culture
More
Humans
How to use the science of fat to make delicious, confit food
Fat gets a bad rap, but it is key to making enjoyable foods like confit pork. You can also use the confit method for parsnips, says Sam Wong
Regulars
Tom Gauld on how to upgrade your presentations
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on spy balloons
Regulars
Regulars
In need of a buzzy new cosmetic? You could always brew one up
Feedback learns that coffee beans can be used for much more than just a delicious drink, before diving headfirst into the abyss of infinite lunacy.
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
How does a scone develop a 鈥渨aist鈥� as it rises in the oven?
Last Word
What is the point in having nerve endings in our teeth?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
Why do loose screws only get looser, not the other way round? (part 2)
Last Word
