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Mind

What we鈥檙e learning about consciousness from master meditators鈥� brains

An illustration of an hourglass with a tortoise on top and a hare below

Health

Our bodies are ageing faster than ever. Can we hit the brakes?

Technology

How preppers plan to save us if the whole internet collapses

Humans

Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

Leaders

Comment

The Trump administration is playing peekaboo with reality

By cutting surveys of public health, the US government won't be able to properly tackle problems ranging from drug addiction to food insecurity

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3D1KFDX Luca, an Amur Tiger, being prepared for a CT scan to investigate locomotion abnormalities at the Big Cat Sanctuary near Ashford in Kent. Luca is one of three big cats being scanned at the sanctuary with a mobile unit brought to the site which is the first time it has been tried. Picture date: Monday October 27, 2025.

A tiger gets taken for a CT scan

The four-year-old, called Luca, was one of three big cats to be examined in a mobile CT unit at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent for unexplained mobility issues

Humans

Denisovans may have interbred with mysterious group of ancient humans

Space

We may have found a surprisingly nearby cluster of primordial stars

Health

Magnetic gel could remove kidney stones more effectively

Environment

COP30: Can Brazil summit get climate negotiations back on track?

Environment

COP30: What鈥檚 on the agenda at the Bel茅m climate summit

Life

Orcas are ganging up on great white sharks to eat their livers

Health

Stem cell therapy lowers risk of heart failure after a heart attack

Space

SpaceX’s Starlink and other satellites face growing threat from sun

Chemistry

Bulletproof fabric laced with carbon nanotubes is stronger than Kevlar

Humans

Prehistoric crayons provide clues to how Neanderthals created art

Humans

Boy’s body was mummified and turned green by a copper coffin

Health

Can’t focus after a bad night’s sleep? Your dirty brain is to blame

Life

Dinosaur skeleton settles long debate over ‘tiny T. rex’ fossils

Health

The gut microbiome may play a role in shaping our personality

Space

A tiny nearby galaxy is home to a shockingly enormous black hole

Space

A distant comet is forming new rings while we watch in real time

Technology

Analogue computers could train AI 1000 times faster and cut energy use

Health

Men may have to exercise more than women to get same heart benefits

Analysis

Health

US public health system is flying blind after major cuts

The Trump administration has laid off government workers integral to major public health surveys, meaning the country will lack crucial information on births, deaths and illnesses nationwide

Aperture

Aerial view of the round structures of the AmazonFACE experiment built in a National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) research area, located 80 km north of Manaus. AmazonFACE is one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted in the Amazon. It simulates, in a tropical forest area, the impact of the increase in atmospheric CO2 predicted for the coming decades. Using FACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) technology, the project seeks to understand how climate change will affect the forest, its biodiversity, and the beneficial functions it currently carries out.

Environment

Testing the Amazon’s ability to soak up increasing carbon emissions

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, an unusual experiment is deliberately pumping out greenhouse gas to measure how flora and fauna react to the levels we expect to reach in the future. Photographer Lalo de Almeida captures the vast machinery of the AmazonFACE project

Regulars

Features

Health

Our bodies are ageing faster than ever. Can we hit the brakes?

All over the world people are ageing more rapidly and succumbing to diseases that typically affected the elderly. But there are ways to turn back the clock on your biological age

Technology

How preppers plan to save us if the whole internet collapses

Humans

Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

Mind

What we鈥檙e learning about consciousness from master meditators鈥� brains

Culture

Life

This book is a great insight into the new science of microchimerism

Lise Barn茅oud's Hidden Guests shows how this fascinating new field brings with it profound implications for medicine, and even what it means to be human, finds Helen Thomson

Environment

New book tells compelling tale of the fight to save the Siberian tiger

Comment

快猫短视频 recommends the cult film Hackers 鈥� 30 years late

Space

Deep-space sci-fi novel is delightful, profound and not to be missed

Society

Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy

Neurologically, the flexibility of the future promised by liberal democracy can be a challenge because it brings with it uncertainty. But there are solutions, say Florence Gaub and Liya Yu

Physics

The fascinating story of the ultimate cosmic law