Life
The theory of evolution can evolve without rejecting Darwinism
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This week's magazine
7 December 2024
Issue 3520
On the cover
Editor's picks
Life
The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate
Features
Space
Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life
Features
Health
Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?
Features
Health
How monitoring your sweat could reveal the state of your health
Features
Table of contents
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Life
One of the largest eggs ever laid
A giant, intact elephant bird egg is up for sale by auction - and it would be equivalent to about 150 chickens eggs
News
Environment
Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to understand its future
News
Space
Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground
News
Technology
Changing a single number among billions can destroy an AI model
News
Health
Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans
News
Health
Older people may have better immunity against bird flu virus
News
Humans
Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side
News
Health
A little bit of fear can bring down levels of inflammation in the body
News
Technology
Social media algorithms can change your views in just a single day
News
Earth
Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters
News
Health
Why gene editors want to treat fetuses when they are still in the womb
News
Life
Fossilised droppings tell the story of dinosaurs’ rise to power
News
Technology
Record-breaking diamond storage can save data for millions of years
News
Features
Life
The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate
Natural selection isn't just something that happens to organisms, their activities also play a role, giving some species 鈥� including humans 鈥� a supercharged ability to evolve
Features
Health
How monitoring your sweat could reveal the state of your health
Features
Health
Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?
Features
Space
Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life
Features
Culture
More
Health
Five years after the first covid-19 cases, there are lessons to learn
Hindsight makes it clear that the fight against covid-19 was also a struggle against the quiet epidemic of suppressed science, says Dali L. Yang
Comment
Space
How a space elevator could make trips to the moon affordable for all
Comment
Health
The science of exercise: How a workout benefits your brain
Regulars
Tom Gauld on a quantum Santa
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on (some) amazing new material
Regulars
Regulars
Comment
Unpacking the new Jordan Peterson book 鈥� with much exhaustion
Feedback takes one for the team and dips into the psychologist-turned-Youtuber's new tome, We Who Wrestle With God 鈥� only to quibble with the human biology it contains
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Can worms regenerate if they are cut in half longitudinally?
Last Word
What would happen if a black hole jet hit the sun or Earth?
Last Word
Is music an essential part of human evolution? Part 2
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
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