Health
We should consider testing Ozempic on healthy people
Comment
This week's magazine
9 August 2025
Issue 3555
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Earth
Russian volcano erupts for the first time in 600 years
An eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano in Russia expelled a huge ash plume and may be linked to the earthquake that triggered tsunami warnings on 29 July
News
Physics
Could we get quantum spookiness even without entanglement?
News
Physics
We may be able to share quantum entanglement nearly infinitely
News
Health
Ageing in the brain may be caused by a breakdown in protein production
News
Space
Cameras that work like our eyes could give boost to astronomers
News
Health
Ozempic really could turn back the clock on your biological age
News
Life
Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign
News
Health
Common artificial sweetener may interfere with cancer treatments
News
Environment
Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon
News
Humans
DNA analysis reveals what really killed Napoleon’s army in 1812
News
Humans
Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey
News
Health
Human milk could help fight infections that endanger pregnancies
News
Chemistry
Extra-hard hexagonal diamonds can now be grown in a lab
News
Life
E. coli genome has been remade with 101,000 changes to its DNA
News
Earth
Longest lightning 鈥榤ega-flash鈥� sets a shocking new record
News
Life
How life thrives in one of the most hostile environments on Earth
News
Health
Covid-19 and flu may reawaken dormant cancer cells in the lungs
News
Life
Mystery of the potato’s origins solved by genetics
News
Life
New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia
News
Earth
Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption
News
Health
Steadfast lifestyle changes seem best to improve cognitive decline
News
Humans
Ancient Siberian ice mummy is covered in ‘really special’ tattoos
News
Technology
Solar-powered ambush drones can wait for targets like land mines
News
Features
Mathematics
Why mathematicians want to destroy infinity 鈥� and may succeed
Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to cosmology, and they have a radical plan to do something about it
Features
Humans
Your pet dog鈥檚 ancestor was a fierce, wild animal. How was it tamed?
Features
Health
Why constipation isn鈥檛 just painful, but can lead to serious disease
Features
Culture
Society
Fascinating and enraging book exposes the biases that shape our lives
Melissa Hogenboom's Breadwinners reveals the unseen gender-based power dynamics and cognitive biases that shape our everyday lives. It will make you angry 鈥� and rightly so
Culture
Mind
Biodiversity needs neurodiversity, says insightful new book
Culture
Life
快猫短视频 recommends Kew Gardens’ new Of the Oak exhibition
Culture
Comment
David Cronenberg’s new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious
Culture
More
Health
Could this be the way to get the world exercising?
Fear of disease hasn't motivated us to exercise. Perhaps instead it is time to highlight the enjoyable aspects of movement, says Dawn Teh
Comment
Physics
What happens to light’s energy when it redshifts? It’s complicated
Comment
Life
Do the bumps on a bell pepper reveal how sweet it will be? Er, no
Regulars
Tom Gauld on mice and men
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on a scientific romance
Regulars
Regulars
Comment
We strongly encourage you to watch the dirtiest videos on YouTube
Feedback falls down a YouTube rabbit hole to discover the world of rug-cleaning videos. Some of these rugs even have maggots. Has carpet cleaning gone too far?
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Why are there 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour? Part 2
Last Word
When we eat ice cream, does it cool us down or warm us up?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
