Technology
Quantum computers could usher in a crisis worse than Y2K
News
This week's magazine
25 April 2026
Issue 3592
On the cover
Editor's picks
Environment
Why your opinion of used electric vehicles is probably wrong
News
Physics
We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?
Features
Health
Why the right kind of stress is crucial for your health and happiness
Features
Mathematics
The monstrous number sequences that break the rules of mathematics
Features
Health
Can we 鈥榲accinate鈥� ourselves against stress?
Features
Health
Can you determine your personalised stress score?
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
From autism to migraines, birth order may have wide-reaching effects
A study of more than 10 million siblings suggests that firstborns are more likely to be autistic and have allergies, while conditions like migraine and shingles tend to affect their younger sibling
News
Space
Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars
News
Life
Parrot uses his broken beak to become a dominant male
News
Environment
Is a super El Ni帽o imminent, and what could the impacts be?
News
Technology
Monkeys walk around a virtual world using only their thoughts
News
Health
Brushing your teeth in hospital could prevent catching a bad infection
News
Health
People are refusing transfusions from donors vaccinated against covid
News
Environment
Electric vehicle owners could earn thousands by supporting power grid
News
Technology
We might finally know how to use quantum computers to boost AI
News
Humans
Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans
News
Health
Antioxidant in mushrooms may target uterus cells to ease period pain
News
Health
Our dreams become more emotive and symbolic as we approach death
News
Environment
Collapse of key ocean current may release billions of tonnes of carbon
News
Health
Urban living may be causing big changes to our oestrogen levels
News
Space
We鈥檝e caught a comet switching its spin direction for the first time
News
Analysis
Features
Health
Why the right kind of stress is crucial for your health and happiness
Stress is linked to many of our biggest killers, but a growing body of research suggests that certain types聽can sharpen the mind and strengthen the body. Here鈥檚 how to find your perfect dose
Features
Health
Can you determine your personalised stress score?
Features
Health
Can we 鈥榲accinate鈥� ourselves against stress?
Features
Physics
We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?
Features
Mathematics
The monstrous number sequences that break the rules of mathematics
Features
Culture
Health
Can you slow ageing with your diet? A new book gives it a go
Discovering he is getting old before his time, David Cox tries to lower his biological age by changing his diet in a helpful new book, The Age Code, says Graham Lawton
Culture
Comment
快猫短视频 recommends Jeff Beal鈥檚 New York 脡tudes, Vol. II
Culture
Physics
This mesmerising Cornish time-travel film is not to be missed
Culture
More
Mind
Why is it so hard to change your mind?
Changing your opinion can be difficult, and it鈥檚 sometimes even seen as a flaw. But research shows being open-minded has a host of benefits. Columnist David Robson finds there are a few simple ways to encourage yourself to withstand the discomfort that gets in the way of mental flexibility
Comment
Humans
Are Neanderthals descendants of modern humans?
Comment
Physics
The stunning physics of Project Hail Mary go back to ancient China
Comment
Tom Gauld on the Artemis II mission
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on the far side of the moon
Regulars
Regulars
Comment
How many dachshunds would it take to get to the moon?
Feedback, always on the hunt for absurd units of measurement, is delighted by recent attempts to convey the 406,771 kilometres that the Artemis II crew travelled from Earth
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Is there an equivalent of being ambidextrous for feet?
Last Word
Why do people scrunch up their eyes to see more clearly? Part 2
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
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