Life
Capitalism has warped our understanding of ecology and life鈥檚 origins
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This week's magazine
30 May 2026
Issue 3597
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
Women鈥檚 better memories may delay Alzheimer鈥檚 diagnosis by years
Women appear cognitively normal for almost three years longer than men after their brains start to develop Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, making it harder to diagnose and preventing early treatment
News
Health
Experimental mRNA vaccine may protect against multiple Ebola viruses
News
Space
Mars astronauts may do laundry by blasting clothes with a plasma beam
News
Mathematics
Mathematicians stunned by AI’s biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet
News
Mind
Epic dreaming is leaving people exhausted and distressed
News
Life
Colossal claims an artificial eggshell will help it bring back the moa
News
Environment
Wind-assisted cargo ships could more than halve shipping emissions
News
Mind
Flotation tanks deployed to combat PTSD after devastating wildfires
News
Life
Weird and wonderful sea pen found on Mystery Ridge
News
Physics
Odd 鈥渂utterfly鈥� molecule could lead to new parts of the quantum realm
News
Health
Women鈥檚 body temperature rises from age 18 to 42 but we don鈥檛 know why
News
Space
Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day
News
Mind
Political anger affects the body differently to other forms of anger
News
Environment
Putting CO2 into rocks and getting hydrogen out is climate double win
News
Humans
Mystery of the ancient giant stone jars of Laos may have been solved
News
Environment
Solar farm on the ocean outperforms land-based solar in Taiwan
News
Life
We may finally know why dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms
News
Features
Physics
Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything
A rewrite of quantum mechanics that includes the force of gravity could finally achieve one of physicists鈥� biggest goals and reveal the ultimate fuzziness of time
Features
Health
Embryos made without sperm or eggs reveal why many pregnancies fail
Features
Life
How a radical new view of life could reveal its origin 鈥� and aliens
Features
Culture
Life
快猫短视频 recommends Turi King’s expert book about DNA’s secrets
From clearing people convicted of murder to identifying a monarch's remains, Michael Le Page is fascinated by The Secrets of Our DNA, an insider's must-read book
Culture
Comment
Unsettling dance piece explores how AI is warping human relationships
Culture
Comment
The late Ian Watson’s sci-fi The Embedding is intriguing 鈥� but dated
Culture
Comment
Our verdict on Luminous by Silvia Park: a fascinating take on robots
Culture
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How play shapes future thinkers
By giving children the agency to explore and the freedom to fail, toy designers and neuroscientists are tapping into the fundamental mechanisms of how the human brain learns
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Health
How ageing on Earth mimics the effects of space travel
Comment
Technology
The future of robot armies is here 鈥� and it鈥檚 not what you think
Comment
Space
The hidden pockets of the universe where the future can cause the past
Comment
Tom Gauld on scientific hubris
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on how to lure unsuspecting academics
Regulars
Regulars
Comment
Is there a word for the Wiki page for the Ship of Theseus paradox?
Feedback has been flooded with answers (both correct and inspired) after wondering if there is a word for something that is an exemplar of the thing it describes.
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Is it really true that all fingerprints are unique?
Last Word
Is there a difference between grass cut at different times of year?
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Why do people view colours as clashing? part 2
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What are the evolutionary advantages of growing a beard? part 2
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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