Environment
Why the climate crown is ready for China to take 鈥� if it wants to
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This week's magazine
24 May 2025
Issue 3544
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Technology
See the robot that may one day search for life on Jupiter’s icy moon
This prototype lander is collecting ice samples here on Earth, in the hope that it might help scientists peek at the ocean underneath Europa's frozen surface
News
Environment
Earth is heading for a second year above 1.5掳C climate goal
News
Environment
China’s CO2 emissions have started falling 鈥� is this finally the peak?
News
Health
Cervix-on-a-chip inspires potential new treatment for preterm birth
News
Technology
Are entangled qubits following a quantum Moore’s law?
News
Physics
Physicists reveal the secret to chopping onions without crying
News
Space
Strange ‘sticky’ dark matter could be lurking in a distant galaxy
News
Environment
US East Coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows
News
Humans
Babies start showing empathy even before they can speak
News
Health
Norovirus vaccine pill protects against winter vomiting bug
News
Life
Capuchin monkeys are stealing howler monkey babies in weird fad
News
Space
Risk of a star destroying the solar system is higher than expected
News
Mind
The most 鈥� and least 鈥� satisfying jobs out there, according to science
News
Physics
Radical photon idea could rewrite standard model of particle physics
News
Health
Smart device can measure how much milk breastfed babies really drink
News
Environment
Massive wildfires in Canada helped keep the world cooler in 2023
News
Environment
Toxic waste is spilling onto beaches as rising seas erode landfills
News
Space
One half of the moon is hotter than the other
News
Health
Baby with rare disease given world-first personal CRISPR gene therapy
News
Chemistry
Chemists discover ‘anti-spice’ that could make chilli peppers less hot
News
Features
Health
Why honing your sense of smell could keep you sharp as you age
A declining ability to detect scents is linked to conditions including Parkinson鈥檚 and Alzheimer鈥檚. But restoring our most neglected sense might not only reduce cognitive decline 鈥� studies also show it could even reverse it
Features
Earth
How buried cables are revealing Earth鈥檚 interior in incredible detail
Features
Chemistry
How an ancient alchemy technique is transforming modern chemistry
Features
Culture
Humans
Weary parents shouldn’t miss this science-backed guide to raising kids
Most parenting manuals end up gathering dust on my bedside table, but Melinda Wenner Moyer's Hello, Cruel World! isn鈥檛 one of them
Culture
Earth
快猫短视频 recommends Colum McCann’s new novel Twist
Culture
Technology
This new book is a one-sided attempt to puncture the AI bubble
Culture
Technology
This sci-fi debut is a quietly brilliant look at a disturbing future
Culture
More
Society
This is how to avoid annihilating ourselves in a nuclear war
We have been lucky to dodge nuclear Armageddon so far, but we can't keep trusting to fortune. If we don't want to wipe ourselves out, here's what we need do next, says Mark Lynas
Comment
Environment
Hiking parking costs is a great way to reduce car usage
Comment
Mathematics
The handy piece of maths that can help with organising chores
Regulars
Tom Gauld on a new and unusual perspective on the world
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on a case of mistaken location
Regulars
Regulars
Comment
The egg-drop experiment… but make it peer review
Feedback is delighted to discover that a team of scientists has tackled the popular school experiment in which children design a device to protect a dropped egg from cracking. But what was the answer?
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
How would our tech development have gone if glass wasn鈥檛 transparent?
Last Word
When did hominids start decorating food and do other species do it?
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