Technology
New superconductor claims could lead to progress even if they’re wrong
News
This week's magazine
5 August 2023
Issue 3450
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Humans
Ancient Babylonian arson in Jerusalem revealed by chemical clues
By analysing charred remains of a Jerusalem building, archaeologists have uncovered details of how it was burned down by Babylonian invaders in 586 BC
News
Life
Nightingales match the pitch of their rivals in singing duels
News
Health
Women may age fastest during their 30s and 50s
News
Technology
Room-temperature superconductor ‘breakthrough’ met with scepticism
News
Humans
Origin of Indo-European languages traced back to 8000 years ago
News
Space
We may have finally figured out how galaxy-scale magnetic fields arose
News
Health
People in the US passed swine flu to pigs nearly 400 times in 12 years
News
Health
How cancer-fighting immune cells could be made safer and more powerful
News
Mathematics
Mathematicians find 27 tickets that guarantee UK National Lottery win
News
Physics
Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics
News
Health
Young mouse blood extends lives of older ones while rejuvenating them
News
Technology
Shirt woven with metal could help medical implants communicate
News
Environment
The start of spring in the Arctic is increasingly unpredictable
News
Humans
Ancient make-up in Chinese tomb includes concealer and skin lightener
News
Space
Water seen in young planet system shows Earth may have always been wet
News
Health
Aspirin raises the risk of brain bleeds and may not prevent strokes
News
Environment
Building things with wood may not be as climate-friendly as thought
News
Space
Stars have an innate twinkle 鈥� and now you can listen to it
News
Health
Cannabis poisoning cases quadruple in children after legalisation
News
Life
Lizard puts less effort into wooing and choosing mates when it’s hot
News
Analysis
Environment
Is geological hydrogen a green solution to our energy needs?
Plans to extract hydrogen from underground reservoirs have been presented as climate-friendly, but it is still unclear just how much they could increase global warming
News
Mind
How even the greatest scientists can fall for cognitive bias
News
Technology
Unions strike to save the world from bad TV and movies
News
Features
Space
Does space-time remember? The search for gravitational memory
Detecting the permanent imprints left by colliding black holes would reveal a universe saturated with infinite symmetries 鈥� and narrow the possibilities for a theory of quantum gravity
Features
Environment
Something strange is happening in the Pacific and we must find out why
Features
Health
Which dietary supplements actually work and which should you take
Features
Culture
Comment
Talking Heads review: Cunning tale of how conversation creates worlds
The way conversation shapes our worlds and holds them together is cunningly teased apart by Shane O'Mara, a professor of experimental brain research
Culture
Comment
The Underworld review: A gripping voyage into the deep ocean
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends the board games Wingspan and Wavelength
Culture
Comment
Foundation season two review: Will this epic live up to its promise?
Culture
More
Mind
The life hack that can help you reclaim your time
Taking on too many commitments can leave us exhausted and full of regret. David Robson shares an easy trick to make more space in your schedule
Regulars
Tom Gauld on the company’s position that climate change isn’t real
Regulars
Twisteddoodles: The scientist who made that thing I don’t understand
Regulars
Regulars
It can be hard to predict what will attract or scare a sheep
Feedback finds that researchers' current understanding of sheep cognition isn't up to the task when snacks and dogs are thrown into the mix
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Why do almost all vertebrates have tails, but not apes and frogs?
Last Word
Why do humans pat animals on the head?
Last Word
How and when did the North American accent develop? (part 3)
Last Word
Is there a correct way to fill a dishwasher? (part 3)
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
