Health
Understanding sex differences in the brain is vital to mental health
News
This week's magazine
24 February 2024
Issue 3479
On the cover
Editor's picks
Mind
The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain
Features
Mind
How newly discovered brain cells have made us rethink the human mind
Features
Health
Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s
Features
Mind
How to make sure your brain is performing at its peak
Features
Mind
New evidence finally reveals how male and female brains really differ
Features
Mind
The strange truth about why thinking hard makes you feel exhausted
Features
Mind
How entropy and equilibrium can help explain consciousness
Features
Mind
Is the human brain really the most complex object in the universe?
Features
Mind
Neural-network brain scans are revealing how to boost your creativity
Features
Mind
Why forgetting things is a key part of the way your brain works
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Space
Intuitive Machines is about to launch its Odysseus moon lander
US company Intuitive Machines is launching its Odysseus lander towards the moon's south pole. If all goes well, it will be the first private firm to put a spacecraft on the moon
News
Health
Stem cells grown in labs for experimental therapies pose a cancer risk
News
Life
Polar bears appear to be ageing faster as the Arctic gets warmer
News
Environment
Genetically modified banana approved by regulators for first time
News
Physics
The existence of a new kind of magnetism has been confirmed
News
Environment
A container ship just tested a system to capture its own CO2 emissions
News
Chemistry
Super-thickeners made from starch reduce calories and carbs in food
News
Space
Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth
News
Life
Female scorpions get stung during sex 鈥� and they seem to welcome it
News
Environment
Inside the Brooklyn start-up making clean jet fuel with captured CO2
News
Health
Chemical cocktail could restore sight by regenerating optic nerves
News
Life
The right microbes on plant roots can make your tea taste better
News
Technology
Deepfakes are out of control 鈥� is it too late to stop them?
News
Space
Carbon dioxide gas spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter鈥檚 moon Callisto
News
Life
Great apes like teasing each other – which may be the origin of humour
News
Mind
Microdosing LSD increases the complexity of your brain signals
News
Life
Brazilian flea toad may be the world鈥檚 smallest vertebrate
News
Technology
Nanobot uses a DNA clutch to engage its engine
News
Space
Most newborn black holes spew gas so hard they almost stop spinning
News
Humans
Dogs and horses buried with Iron Age people may have been beloved pets
News
Technology
How your age, gender and nationality alter how you interpret emojis
News
Life
Rice containing beef cells could make a sustainable meal
News
Analysis
Health
Alarm over ultra-processed food shouldn’t put us off plant-based diets
The concern over factory-made fare, especially many plant-based meat substitutes, is often misplaced and lacking evidence, says biologist Jenny Chapman
News
Society
The Taylor Swift ‘psy op’ conspiracy theory offers a troubling lesson
News
Features
Mind
The strange truth about why thinking hard makes you feel exhausted
Your brain burns through the same amount of energy whether you鈥檙e daydreaming or taking an exam. So why do we experience mental fatigue?
Features
Mind
New evidence finally reveals how male and female brains really differ
Features
Health
Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s
Features
Mind
How newly discovered brain cells have made us rethink the human mind
Features
Mind
How to make sure your brain is performing at its peak
Features
Mind
How entropy and equilibrium can help explain consciousness
Features
Mind
The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain
Features
Mind
Neural-network brain scans are revealing how to boost your creativity
Features
Mind
Why forgetting things is a key part of the way your brain works
Features
Mind
Is the human brain really the most complex object in the universe?
Features
Culture
Comment
Wise Animals review: Exploring the entwined worlds of humans and tech
As AI advances daily, a timely and wide-ranging book explores our past, present and future relationship with the technology that co-evolved with us
Culture
Comment
Supercommunicators review: Learning how to change deeply held beliefs
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends: A City on Mars and True Detective
Culture
Comment
Constellation review: Thriller’s science frustrates but it looks great
Culture
More
Regulars
Just add sugar for an almost death-defying study on tea and coffee
Feedback is astonished at the results of research into the mortality of tea and coffee-drinking Danes
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
What happens to electrons, protons and neutrons when we die?
Last Word
Why do older people seem to experience time passing more quickly?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
