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This week's magazine
20 January 2024
Issue 3474
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快猫短视频
Life
Four new octopus species discovered by deep-sea submersible
Expedition leaders say they have found several new species of octopus using a remotely operated vehicle around 3 kilometres deep near Costa Rica
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Earth
Siberia鈥檚 mysterious exploding craters may be caused by hot gas
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Technology
First unhackable shopping transactions carried out on quantum internet
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Space
Strange 鈥榤agic islands鈥� on Saturn鈥檚 moon Titan may be porous icebergs
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Technology
AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium
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Mind
Some brain regions shrink in pregnancy and regrow after the birth
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Technology
Your unique breath 鈥榝ingerprint鈥� could be used to unlock your phone
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Humans
Ancient cities discovered in the Amazon are the largest yet found
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Space
Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus鈥檚 acid clouds
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Environment
Hydropower generation in western US set to fall as climate gets drier
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Space
The sun could contain a tiny black hole that formed in the big bang
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Life
Some corals change sex each year so they can find mates
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Space
Prototype rocket engine burns itself up for fuel as it flies
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Technology
NASA unveils X-59 plane to test supersonic flight over US cities
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Environment
Microturbines can generate electricity from drinking water pipes
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Technology
Chinese social network fails to curb abuse by showing users’ locations
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Life
California frog reintroduction is rare victory against fungal pandemic
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Health
Multiple sclerosis genes may have arisen to ward off animal infections
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Life
Numbats are overheating because Australia is getting too hot for them
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Life
Oldest known skin fossil is from 300-million-year-old reptile
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Space
Mysterious radio burst came from group of galaxies in distant universe
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Analysis
Life
Does the birth of a cloned monkey mean we could now clone people?
A healthy rhesus monkey has been born after being cloned from fetal cells, but creating a clone of an adult human being would be much harder
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Health
Covid-19 variant JN.1 may be the mildest form of the virus yet
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Health
Science alone won’t end cervical cancer, even though we have a vaccine
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Environment
How an Icelandic scheme aims to use fish entirely and eliminate waste
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Features
Mind
Can quantum hints in the brain revive a radical consciousness theory?
With anaesthetics and brain organoids, we are finally testing the idea that quantum effects explain consciousness 鈥� and the early results suggest this long-derided idea may have been misconstrued
Features
Environment
Is cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch worth the effort?
Features
Health
Sperm counts are down worldwide and researchers are discovering why
Features
Culture
Comment
The Allure of the Multiverse review: The science behind the sensation
From the ancient Counter-Earth to the modern many-worlds interpretation, physicist Paul Halpern's guide explores the rich science of multiverses. Makers of blockbusters, take note
Culture
Comment
Sleepless review: Exploring the creative possibilities of the night
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends The Days and Werner Herzog’s memoir
Culture
Comment
Him review: A provocative retelling of the story of Jesus
Culture
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Regulars
What voodoo dolls can teach us about toxic masculinity
Feedback's eyebrows are raised by a study in which participants first "have their masculinity threatened", and then play an online game involving voodoo dolls and guns
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
If Earth stopped rotating, would this affect the force of gravity?
Last Word
Why do we say 鈥渁ww鈥� when we see small, fluffy things?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
