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New Scientist

Aug 28 2021
Magazine

New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

A frontier of knowledge • Quantum theory continues to challenge our conception of reality – and ourselves

New Scientist

Fortnight of protest starts • Extinction Rebellion protesters have begun two weeks of climate change demonstrations in London, reports Adam Vaughan

Soil physics helps ants dig tunnels

Possible flaw in protection algorithm • Apple’s child abuse detection software may be vulnerable to attack

Pinning down the origin of possible Nazi-made uranium

The Taliban seizes US biometrics equipment in Afghanistan

Fitness is hard to recover after birth • Even the fittest women struggle to regain their physical health after being pregnant

Half a million new asteroids found in the asteroid belt

Bat pups babble in a similar way to human babies

Sneaky feedback device could silence political speeches

Do covid passports work? • Vaccine passes are becoming part of life, but questions remain over their effectiveness and ethics

Thieving honeybees offer a glimpse of the evolutionary origins of flowers

US lab reaches the cusp of ignition for nuclear fusion

Widest coral on the reef • Record-setting domed coral found in the Great Barrier Reef

How vaccines are holding up against delta

Human proteins delivering mRNA could treat diseases

Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039

Wildfires produce record CO₂ • Extraordinary fires are causing the highest carbon dioxide emissions in decades

Male woodpeckers live longer if they share mates…

…while male chimps benefit from friends

Diabetes implant restocked by pills

Really brief

Rattlesnakes fool us with auditory illusion

Brain tissue grows eye-like structures that ‘see’ light

Jays don’t enjoy magic tricks

Data privacy in a war zone • The Taliban’s rise to power has left many people in Afghanistan looking to delete their digital footprint, says Nighat Dad

The dawn of the pyrocene • Directly linking wildfires to climate change is still a difficult task – but make no mistake, they are a sign of things to come, writes Graham Lawton

Your letters

The heat is on

Building done differently • Engineering has a diversity problem. A new podcast hopes to make the field appealing to all by celebrating a wide range of engineers, finds Gege Li

Under the bridge • The lowly workers of Star Trek: Lower Decks return for a second season and really hit their stride, finds Swapna Krishna

Don’t miss

Stuck in time with the ancient Romans • Time loops in video games can easily become a bit boring, but mystery adventure game The Forgotten City has found a nice way to bypass the problem, says Jacob Aron

Quantum frontiers

At one with nature? • Richard Webb finds out whether technology can connect us more deeply to the natural world

Recommended apps

How to make juicy jam • We all love home-made jam, but getting it right means grappling with the chemistry of pectin, says Sam Wong

Puzzles

Almost the last word

Tom Gauld for New Scientist

Feedback

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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 60 Publisher: New Scientist Ltd Edition: Aug 28 2021

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  • Release date: August 27, 2021

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English

New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

A frontier of knowledge • Quantum theory continues to challenge our conception of reality – and ourselves

New Scientist

Fortnight of protest starts • Extinction Rebellion protesters have begun two weeks of climate change demonstrations in London, reports Adam Vaughan

Soil physics helps ants dig tunnels

Possible flaw in protection algorithm • Apple’s child abuse detection software may be vulnerable to attack

Pinning down the origin of possible Nazi-made uranium

The Taliban seizes US biometrics equipment in Afghanistan

Fitness is hard to recover after birth • Even the fittest women struggle to regain their physical health after being pregnant

Half a million new asteroids found in the asteroid belt

Bat pups babble in a similar way to human babies

Sneaky feedback device could silence political speeches

Do covid passports work? • Vaccine passes are becoming part of life, but questions remain over their effectiveness and ethics

Thieving honeybees offer a glimpse of the evolutionary origins of flowers

US lab reaches the cusp of ignition for nuclear fusion

Widest coral on the reef • Record-setting domed coral found in the Great Barrier Reef

How vaccines are holding up against delta

Human proteins delivering mRNA could treat diseases

Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039

Wildfires produce record CO₂ • Extraordinary fires are causing the highest carbon dioxide emissions in decades

Male woodpeckers live longer if they share mates…

…while male chimps benefit from friends

Diabetes implant restocked by pills

Really brief

Rattlesnakes fool us with auditory illusion

Brain tissue grows eye-like structures that ‘see’ light

Jays don’t enjoy magic tricks

Data privacy in a war zone • The Taliban’s rise to power has left many people in Afghanistan looking to delete their digital footprint, says Nighat Dad

The dawn of the pyrocene • Directly linking wildfires to climate change is still a difficult task – but make no mistake, they are a sign of things to come, writes Graham Lawton

Your letters

The heat is on

Building done differently • Engineering has a diversity problem. A new podcast hopes to make the field appealing to all by celebrating a wide range of engineers, finds Gege Li

Under the bridge • The lowly workers of Star Trek: Lower Decks return for a second season and really hit their stride, finds Swapna Krishna

Don’t miss

Stuck in time with the ancient Romans • Time loops in video games can easily become a bit boring, but mystery adventure game The Forgotten City has found a nice way to bypass the problem, says Jacob Aron

Quantum frontiers

At one with nature? • Richard Webb finds out whether technology can connect us more deeply to the natural world

Recommended apps

How to make juicy jam • We all love home-made jam, but getting it right means grappling with the chemistry of pectin, says Sam Wong

Puzzles

Almost the last word

Tom Gauld for New Scientist

Feedback

Twisteddoodles for New Scientist


Expand title description text