Environment
If gene-edited meat eases the climate crisis, then we must embrace it
News
This week's magazine
2 March 2024
Issue 3480
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Life
First gene-edited meat will come from disease-proof CRISPR pigs
Pigs that have been given genetically engineered immunity to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, a major and costly disease, could be on the market within two years
News
Space
Weird white dwarf star has a metal scar after eating a planet
News
Mind
ADHD may have evolved to help foragers know when to cut their losses
News
Environment
Climate benefits of planting forests might be overestimated
News
Space
Two lunar landers have fallen over 鈥� but they鈥檙e still doing okay
News
Mind
We finally know why live music makes us so emotional
News
Mathematics
Mathematicians discover ‘soft cell’ shapes behind the natural world
News
Mind
AI can tell where a mouse is by reading its brain activity
News
Life
Jackals may urinate on their favourite fruit to deter thieves
News
Physics
A single atom could drive a piston in a quantum engine
News
Space
Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluster in known universe
News
Health
Pet dogs smell Parkinson’s disease with almost 90 per cent accuracy
News
Physics
Tiny magnet could help measure gravity on the quantum scale
News
Environment
Ultra-dry Death Valley has a temporary lake thanks to extreme rainfall
News
Health
‘Useless’ appendage of the ovaries may play key role in fertility
News
Technology
LGBTQ people seen as needing more protection online than Christians
News
Life
Deadly plant kills its pollinators but nurses their young
News
Space
Martian soil could be turned into fibres as strong as steel
News
Earth
Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history happened 7300 years ago
News
Space
Famous supernova left a blazing hot neutron star at its centre
News
Health
Early drug treatment leads to better outcomes for Crohn鈥檚 disease
News
Life
Humpback whales have a specialised larynx for underwater singing
News
Analysis
Mind
The art of olfaction should take its place alongside other art forms
Smell has unrivalled emotional power. As such, the art of olfaction is rightfully being included in a new multisensory performance, says perfumer Mathilde Laurent
News
Technology
How will AIs like ChatGPT affect elections this year?
News
Features
Health
The unexpected ways your skin impacts your health and longevity
Looking after your skin isn't just a vanity project, with growing evidence that damage to the skin can drive ageing, inflammation and even cognitive decline
Features
Space
Why we’re finally on the cusp of finding exomoons around other planets
Features
Mind
Dishabituation: How to trick your brain to find more joy in life
Features
Culture
Comment
Crypt review: Alice Roberts on murder and mayhem in the Middle Ages
The archaeologist's latest book on what bones teach us about Britain's history not only provides the grisly facts, but helps us feel them
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends London’s When Forms Come Alive exhibition
Culture
Comment
Bad therapy review: Is mental health industry fuelling youth crisis?
Culture
Comment
The Arc of Oblivion review: Offbeat film about preserving our world
Culture
More
Mind
Could the ‘spirituality of science’ provide the perks of religion?
New research suggests that a greater appreciation of science could bring the same health benefits that religion can provide for believers. David Robson goes looking for awe
Regulars
Tom Gauld on a feeling of inferiority
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on a drug that gives workers that Friday feeling
Regulars
Regulars
Analysis of cats during a cat show reveals they mostly lazed around
Feedback is entranced by researchers' detailed study of cat behaviour during a "feline exposition", which shows the cats were mainly sleeping, resting and looking around
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
How did the Romans know which way to go to build their straight roads?
Last Word
What鈥檚 the earliest era on Earth in which I could comfortably survive?
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