Mind
It is time to close the autism diagnosis gender gap
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This week's magazine
5 April 2025
Issue 3537
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Life
快猫短视频s perform necropsy on baby woolly mammoth
The mammoth, nicknamed Yana, is 50,000 years old and was found in thawing permafrost in Yakutia, Russia
News
Environment
Dramatic cuts in China鈥檚 air pollution drove surge in global warming
News
Humans
Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin
News
Space
Little red dots seen by JWST might be a kind of black hole ‘star’
News
Life
Monkeys use crafty techniques to get junk food from tourists
News
Life
The anus may have evolved from a hole originally used to release sperm
News
Space
We’ve spotted auroras on Neptune for the first time
News
Physics
We may have found the edge of quantum theory 鈥� what鈥檚 beyond it?
News
Technology
Quantum computers are on track to solve knotty mathematical problems
News
Life
Why do giraffes have spots? Not for the reason you might think
News
Environment
Flourishing microalgae could offset emissions as the planet heats up
News
Chemistry
Wood made transparent using rice and egg whites could replace windows
News
Life
Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap flies
News
Space
An early hint of cosmic dawn has been seen in a distant galaxy
News
Health
Pregnancy鈥檚 lasting effects on different parts of the body revealed
News
Health
Fake pills ease PMS symptoms even when you know they’re placebos
News
Environment
Even moderate CO2 emissions could lead to 7掳C of warming by 2200
News
Life
Sharks aren鈥檛 silent after all
News
Technology
Smartphones may be beneficial to children 鈥� if they avoid social media
News
Features
Mind
A revolutionary new understanding of autism in girls
By studying the brains of autistic girls, we now know the condition presents differently in them than in boys, suggesting that huge numbers of women have gone undiagnosed
Features
Life
The animals revealing why human culture isn’t as special as we thought
Features
Technology
The epic quest to redefine the second using the world’s best clocks
Features
Culture
Humans
Our drive for adventure and challenge has ancient origins
Why are some people drawn towards exploration and challenge 鈥� even to the point of extreme danger? Alex Hutchinson's bracing new book unpicks the complex reasons
Culture
Health
A moving story reveals hidden human cost of drug trials
Culture
Environment
快猫短视频 recommends Weather Girl, an electrifying one-woman show
Culture
Comment
Robert Pattinson shines in clunky sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17
Culture
More
Technology
Why pilots are worried about plans to replace co-pilots with AI
A cost-cutting initiative in the world of passenger aviation could see flight-deck staff reduced to just a captain, with their co-pilot replaced by AI. It may save money, but it's a risk too far, argues Paul Marks
Comment
Mind
Why you should slow down your brain鈥檚 ageing 鈥� and how to do it
Comment
Mind
Can’t stop doomscrolling? Here’s some research to help you cut back
Regulars
Tom Gauld on a tardigrade’s favourite evening
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on an astronaut’s return from space
Regulars
Regulars
Comment
A bestseller is born: How Zuckerberg discovered the Streisand Effect
Feedback is baffled 鈥� baffled! 鈥� as to why Facebook owner Meta's attempts to suppress a previous employee's memoir sent the book rocketing to the top of the book charts
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Why is tea more likely than coffee to leave a stain in a mug?
Last Word
What happens to our electronic cloud records when we die? Part 2
Last Word
Plants wither away when neglected. Can they also feel pain?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
