Health
After much neglect, women鈥檚 health must get the attention it deserves
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This week's magazine
6 January 2024
Issue 3472
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
CRISPR engineered viruses could render other viruses harmless
A virus engineered using CRISPR technology spread its DNA to other viruses in mice, which could be used to make viral pathogens harmless
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Space
Radio bursts from space are exhibiting a strange 鈥榮ad trombone鈥� effect
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Life
Monkeys in Thailand took up stone tools when covid-19 stopped tourism
News
Health
Headset delivers electric current to ease depression at home
News
Life
The microbes that give cheddar cheese its distinct flavour
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Mind
People鈥檚 鈥榮peed of sight鈥� varies and this may explain sporting prowess
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Earth
Dead spacecraft are seeding the upper atmosphere with metal
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Life
Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and releasing them
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Technology
AI discovers new class of antibiotics to kill drug-resistant bacteria
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Technology
Aloe vera plants turned into energy-storing supercapacitors
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Environment
Much of North America may face electricity shortages starting in 2024
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Technology
AI learns to recognise objects with the efficiency of a newborn chick
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Physics
Quantum physicists just got more certain about quantum uncertainty
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Health
Probiotics helped reduce fatigue and memory loss from long covid
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Health
Girls鈥� brains aged unusually rapidly during the covid-19 pandemic
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Mathematics
Decades-old mathematical mystery about the Game of Life finally solved
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Life
Swimming together lets fish move faster while expending less energy
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Physics
Springs made from rusty metallic glass could power nanorobots
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Technology
Google wants to solve tricky physics problems with quantum computers
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Environment
Hurricane damage to forests could release huge amount of stored carbon
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Physics
Dark stars may be waiting in a mirror universe for us to discover them
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Health
Slower arm speed may be why older people fall more easily after a slip
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Physics
Snowflakes fall to the ground according to a universal pattern
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Life
Chimpanzees recognise photos of friends they haven’t seen for decades
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Analysis
Space
‘This century is special’: Martin Rees on the vast span of time
Cosmology has transformed our understanding of time past and the aeons to come, pointing to a deep future in which life may morph into incredible forms, says Astronomer Royal Martin Rees
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Technology
Are autonomous labs the future of science?
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Features
Earth
World’s first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy
In Iceland, scientists are planning to drill two boreholes to a reservoir of liquid rock. One will give us our first direct measurements of magma 鈥� the other could supercharge geothermal power
Features
Physics
Supernova neutrinos could break physics 鈥� if we can make sense of them
Features
Mind
Why do people get postnatal anxiety and how can we treat it?
Features
Culture
Comment
Celebrating dark skies at a festival in deepest Denmark
At a novel sci-art festival celebrating the many cultural and scientific needs for dark skies in a time of serious light pollution, Alex Wilkins looks for hope
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends: The Secret World of Elephants in New York
Culture
Comment
Molecular Storms review: Unsung physics helps unpick life’s complexity
Culture
Comment
14 science fiction films to watch out for in 2024
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Regulars
How Bulgarian yogurt could help us colonise Mars
Feedback reads up on the latest research into how Bulgarian-style yogurt could enhance astronauts' performance during missions to Mars 鈥� but might affect flatulence frequency
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Which bicycle lights are safest and give the best visibility?
Last Word
How can popped knuckles be so exceptionally loud?
Last Word
What is the shortest space a parked car can get out of? Part 2
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
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