Environment
Don’t be fooled by El Ni帽o’s end 鈥� net zero is more urgent than ever
News
This week's magazine
1 June 2024
Issue 3493
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Space
Amazing new images of galaxies and nebulae caught by Euclid telescope
The European Space Agency鈥檚 Euclid space telescope has taken images of galaxies, galaxy clusters and newborn stars in unprecedented detail
News
Environment
El Ni帽o is ending after a year of driving extreme weather
News
Environment
Three years of high temperatures will mean we have breached 1.5掳C
News
Life
Fossil trove reveals three new species of ancient egg-laying mammals
News
Health
Tamiflu seems to relieve noise-induced hearing loss in mice
News
Space
Tiny black holes hiding in the sun could trace out stunning patterns
News
Life
Hungry deer may have driven tiny plant evolution on Japanese island
News
Technology
AI can predict landmine areas from satellite images
News
Physics
Quantum ‘arrow of time’ suggests early universe had no entanglement
News
Life
Ants learn faster on caffeine
News
Humans
Early humans took northern route to Australia, cave find suggests
News
Space
Source of the sun鈥檚 magnetic field may hide right under its surface
News
Health
Why we still don’t know exactly how bird flu is spreading between cows
News
Health
Ancient viruses in the human genome linked to mental health conditions
News
Environment
Zero-carbon cement process could slash emissions from construction
News
Humans
Modern soldiers test ancient Greek armour to show it worked for war
News
Earth
Snow and rising sea levels may have triggered Japan’s earthquake swarm
News
Life
Huge nose of male proboscis monkeys is key to mating success
News
Life
Cattle used for cuddling therapy may prefer women over men
News
Technology
Quantum diamond sensor measured heart signals from a living rat
News
Analysis
Health
Could mental health conditions be ‘transmitted’ among teen classmates?
Having just one person in a school class with a mental health condition has been linked to a higher risk of such a diagnosis among their peers, but the potential reasons for this are hard to pin down
News
Life
Why we can’t afford to ignore the world’s smallest freshwater bodies
News
Physics
How the weird and powerful pull of black holes made me a physicist
News
Features
Physics
Quantum time travel: The experiment to ‘send a particle into the past’
Time loops have long been the stuff of science fiction. Now, using the rules of quantum mechanics, we have a way to effectively transport a particle back in time 鈥� here鈥檚 how
Features
Environment
The behavioural science that can help us choose more sustainable foods
Features
Humans
These scientific rules of connection can supercharge your social life
Features
Culture
Comment
Ray Kurzweil and other experts clash over AI鈥檚 future in new books
To understand the power 鈥� and limitations 鈥� of artificial intelligence, we need information, not hype. Alex Wilkins explores what four new books, from Ray Kurzweil, Nick Bostrom, Neil Lawrence and Shannon Vallor, offer
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends Ice Cold: An exhibition of hip-hop jewelry
Culture
Comment
Relax with Aqua, a colourful board game about building coral reefs
Culture
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Regulars
Life
The dangers of amorous ostriches when starting an ostrich farm
Feedback wonders if previous research into 'courtship behaviours of ostriches' in the UK will be taken into account by the owner of a new ostrich farm in New Hampshire
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Would you see further from a mountain on a large or a small planet?
Last Word
At what age would a child be capable of surviving in the wild? Part 2
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
