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This week's magazine
6 September 2025
Issue 3559
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
See the Rh么ne glacier’s melting water turned pink
The Swiss glacier, which has lost 60 per cent of its volume since 1850, had its meltwater dyed pink by researchers so that they could better monitor its rate of flow
News
Health
Bespoke brain implant gives long-term relief from chronic pain
News
Physics
Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics
News
Technology
Light-based AI image generator uses almost no power
News
Technology
Will Australia’s social media ban really keep teenagers safe online?
News
Health
The foundations of eczema may start to be laid down in the womb
News
Health
Go-to therapy for chronic sinus condition doesn’t work that well
News
Life
Glow-in-the-dark plants to replace streetlights? Forget it
News
Space
Spacecraft used to forecast solar storm 15 hours before it hit Earth
News
Environment
Volcanic eruptions may have helped spark the French Revolution
News
Mind
Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to rewire the brain
News
Space
SpaceX’s Starship rocket finally completes successful test flight
News
Health
Urine tests detect high-risk HPV as effectively as DIY vaginal swabs
News
Life
Ancient crocodile relative could have ripped dinosaurs apart
News
Life
Long-lost sailback shark rediscovered after more than 50 years
News
Life
We are unlocking how frozen microbes stay alive for 100,000 years
News
Life
Thylacine’s genome provides clues about why it went extinct
News
Health
Experiencing heatwaves may make you age faster
News
Space
CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines
News
Environment
Fewer than half the calories grown on farms now reach our plates
News
Life
Armoured dinosaur’s ‘crazy’ spikes weren’t just for defence
News
Technology
3D-printed electronics can dissolve in water for quick recycling
News
Features
Health
The crucial role of chaos in our brain鈥檚 most extraordinary functions
That the human mind treads a delicate line between order and disorder is a radical idea that鈥檚 gaining traction - and is changing our understanding of intelligence, consciousness and creativity
Features
Environment
The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons
Features
Health
The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds
Features
Culture
Mind
What can psychoanalysis teach us about love and heartbreak?
In Love's Labour, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws on 40 years of conversations with his patients about relationships. This compelling memoir is reminiscent of the writing of Oliver Sacks, says David Robson
Culture
Technology
Nick Clegg says nothing at all in new book How to Save the Internet
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends one-person play Every Brilliant Thing
Culture
Technology
Is Neuromancer’s cyberpunk dystopia still thrilling in 2025?
Culture
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Society
We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change
Societies can be united and inspired by ideas of the future. We urgently need more of them, argues futurist Sarah Housley
Comment
Physics
Should it be space-time or spacetime 鈥� and why does it matter anyway?
Comment
Mathematics
The surprisingly useful mathematical patterns in some real-world data
Regulars
Tom Gauld on the creation of an infinity pool
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on why mosquitoes bite some people, but not others
Regulars
Regulars
Not to worry, no giant radioactive wasps here
Feedback remembers Godzilla, and feels a little nervous about the wasp nest found at an old nuclear weapons site in South Carolina
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Is it better to keep a fart or burp in, or let it out?
Last Word
Is short-sightedness found in other animals?
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
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