Health
How might society react to babies with two genetic fathers?
Comment
This week's magazine
28 June 2025
Issue 3549
On the cover
Editor's picks
Physics
The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality
Features
Physics
How quantum superposition forces us to confront what is truly real
Features
Life
How symbiosis made Earth what it is 鈥� and why it鈥檚 key to our future
Features
Mind
How the science of friendships can help make yours better
Features
Life
Why you should assume that even the simplest animals are conscious
Features
Mind
What is a mindset and can you cultivate a better one?
Features
Physics
At last, we are discovering what quantum computers will be useful for
Features
Space
Why are the physical constants of the universe so perfect for life?
Features
Physics
How metaphysics probes hidden assumptions to make sense of reality
Features
Earth
Why geoengineering is no longer a complete taboo for scientists
Features
Mathematics
Why physicists think geometry is the path to a theory of everything
Features
Humans
Ancient humans only evolved language once, but why?
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Space
Stunning first images show the power of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
A powerful new telescope in Chile is set to transform astronomy, and its first pictures of stellar nurseries and galaxies have just been unveiled
News
Health
Mice with two fathers have their own offspring for the first time
News
Space
Stellar flares may hamper search for life in promising star system
News
Humans
We finally know what the face of a Denisovan looked like
News
Health
Your brain tracks your sleep debt 鈥� and now we may know how
News
Health
CAR T-cell therapy could be made in the body of someone with cancer
News
Humans
Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones
News
Space
Dead NASA satellite unexpectedly emits powerful radio pulse
News
Physics
Morse code messages can be trapped in bubbles within blocks of ice
News
Health
Rapamycin seems to boost longevity as effectively as eating less
News
Life
Australian moths use the stars as a compass on 1000-km migrations
News
Life
Sea spiders ‘farm’ methane-eating bacteria on their bodies
News
Environment
World’s farmers won’t be able to keep up with climate change
News
Physics
Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island
News
Space
Asteroid on collision course with moon could fire shrapnel at Earth
News
Health
Cold sore virus immediately reshapes our genome to boost its growth
News
Environment
Could reusable rockets make solar geoengineering less risky?
News
Life
Ancient monstersaur had ‘goblin-like’ teeth and sheddable tail
News
Mind
Your forgotten memories continue to influence the choices you make
News
Features
Humans
Ancient humans only evolved language once, but why?
There鈥檚 an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the possible explanations has nothing to do with communication
Features
Space
Why are the physical constants of the universe so perfect for life?
Features
Mind
What is a mindset and can you cultivate a better one?
Features
Physics
The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality
Features
Life
How symbiosis made Earth what it is 鈥� and why it鈥檚 key to our future
Features
Earth
Why geoengineering is no longer a complete taboo for scientists
Features
Mind
How the science of friendships can help make yours better
Features
Mathematics
Why physicists think geometry is the path to a theory of everything
Features
Life
Why you should assume that even the simplest animals are conscious
Features
Physics
How quantum superposition forces us to confront what is truly real
Features
Physics
How metaphysics probes hidden assumptions to make sense of reality
Features
Physics
At last, we are discovering what quantum computers will be useful for
Features
Culture
Mind
Spellbinding debut book explores the marvels of our brains
Neurologist Pria Anand recounts curious tales of the workings of the human mind in an elegant debut that is being compared to the late, great Oliver Sacks
Culture
Life
A new book reveals the deep flaws in our natural history museums
Culture
Life
快猫短视频 recommends Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s documentary Octopus!
Culture
Mind
This daringly experimental thriller is a puzzle-lover’s delight
Culture
More
Environment
Why climate change fades into the background 鈥� and how to change that
The public is tuning out the seemingly slow warming of the world, but it doesn't have to be that way, argue Grace Liu and Rachit Dubey
Comment
Technology
Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun
Comment
Mathematics
The maths hack that can help you count things
Regulars
Tom Gauld on an alternative use for unsolved mathematical problems
Regulars
Twisteddoodles dangles some enticing bait
Regulars
Regulars
Comment
Spiders that get eaten after sex are picky about mates. You don’t say
A study into a spider species in which the females are prone to eat the males after sex is welcomed into Feedback's new collection of self-evident scientific studies
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Why do low-alcohol beers taste better than low-alcohol wines?
Last Word
Does car tyre pressure affect speedometer readings? Part 2
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
