Environment
Are we entering a dangerous new phase of climate change?
Comment
This week's magazine
18 January 2025
Issue 3526
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Space
See comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) as viewed from Earth’s orbit
Astronaut Don Pettit took this stunning photo of a nearby comet from the International Space Station
News
Environment
2024 confirmed as first year to breach 1.5掳C warming limit
News
Earth
California wildfires fuelled by months of unusual extreme weather
News
Health
What is hMPV, the virus spreading through China?
News
Technology
World鈥檚 first fully 3D-printed microscope made in under 3 hours
News
Technology
Quantum computers get automatic error correction for the first time
News
Life
Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked
News
Space
Keeping space tidy should become a global UN goal, say researchers
News
Health
Your ears and nose are made from tissue that looks like bubble wrap
News
Environment
Tomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby traps
News
Physics
Physicists discover that ‘impossible’ particles could actually be real
News
Health
Gene-edited cells that evade rejection show promise in type 1 diabetes
News
Health
Parents stop finding diapers disgusting once babies are eating solids
News
Environment
Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have caused IQ deficits
News
Life
Secrets of velvet ant’s venom explain what makes its sting so painful
News
Health
Sleeping pills disrupt how the brain clears waste
News
Physics
Physicists discover the secret to perfect cacio e pepe pasta
News
Chemistry
Batteries made from industrial waste could store renewable energy
News
Life
Why sabre-toothed animals evolved again and again
News
Analysis
Health
Will genome editing transform our children’s health? Some have doubts
A team of scientists claims that the risk of common conditions like heart disease could be slashed by editing people's genomes at the embryo stage - but other biologists strongly disagree
News
Technology
Are tech firms giving up on policing their platforms?
News
Features
Environment
Is a broken jet stream causing extreme weather that lasts longer?
快猫短视频s are scrambling to understand how climate change may be interfering with the winds that carry our weather, with potentially catastrophic consequences
Features
Health
Can a new class of wearable tech actively boost your mental health?
Features
Space
The physicist on a mission to understand Mercury’s epic solar storms
Features
Culture
Health
What can we learn from a debunked theory of depression?
Rebutting the serotonin theory of depression exposed an important gap in our knowledge. But Joanna Moncrieff's new book Chemically Imbalanced takes too narrow a view of how we should react
Culture
Mind
A rich guide to the science of imagination also digs into art
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends artist Philippe Parreno鈥檚 new work, Voices
Culture
Space
Rereading the best science fiction writers of all time: Iain M. Banks
Culture
More
Health
What’s next in the fight against malaria?
This month marks a year since the malaria vaccine rollout began. Here's what we still need in order to beat a disease as old as ancient Egypt, says Azra Ghani
Comment
Technology
Could spider silk be the answer to sustainable fashion?
Comment
Health
The science of exercise: Sticking to your New Year鈥檚 workout plan
Regulars
Tom Gauld on the latest in cow science and technology
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on news from space’s biggest celebrities
Regulars
Regulars
Fancy publishing ‘nonsense’ and sabotaging your fellow scientists?
Feedback explores the upsides (and downsides) of Publish or Perish, a game that simulates the experience of building a career in scientific research
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
How and why did grammatically complex languages such as Latin develop?
Last Word
Why did some species survive the Cretaceous-Palaeogene extinction?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
