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New Scientist

Sep 18 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

Beyond the pandemic • Building back from covid-19 is an opportunity to address social inequities

New Scientist

Amateurs in orbit • The first mission without any professional astronauts marks the start of a new period for space tourism, reports Leah Crane

Rare genetic variants at work in centenarians

Emissions from Australian wildfires mostly captured by algal blooms

Army ants store temporary caches when raiding nests

Warming could shift jet stream with danger for Europe

Coronavirus • Is delta a bigger threat to children? Reports that the variant is more likely to see young people admitted to hospital don’t mean the virus has become deadlier, says Clare Wilson

Jagged pupils give away computer-generated faces

Improving even tiny green spaces boosts urban wildlife

Northern sea meadows • Newly discovered ecosystem is threatened by deep-sea fishing

US robot ship fires large missile for first time

The changing coronavirus • UK efforts to track the virus’s evolution and the emergence of new variants have been vital, Sharon Peacock tells Michael Le Page

Chemistry reveals if a star has eaten its own planets

Mounds of animal faeces reveal lost Arabian oasis

Bitcoin versus central banks • As some countries move to accept bitcoin as official currency, other nations are likely to develop alternatives, says Matthew Sparkes

Scorpions have a stinging tail before they can use it

Field notes Strait of Gibraltar • Why have orcas started ramming boats? Researchers, sailors and local authorities are scrambling to understand some concerning orca behaviour, reports Aimee Gabay

Black holes just got weirder thanks to quantum pressure

Sea fireflies adapted threatening glow to attract mates

Giant terrorised ancient seas • At a time when almost all life was tiny, Titanokorys would have loomed large

Almost no one encrypts emails because it is a hassle

New sign that polar bears suffer in a warming world

Kakapo parrots see off bad genes

Plastic muscles power wooden arm

Really brief

Ancient primate had tooth decay like us

Injection of genetic material could be a way to beat cancer

Frog froth could be used to treat burns

Contagion culture • The new social norm of isolating when ill with covid-19 should apply to other infectious diseases such as flu, says Jonathan Goodman

Field notes from space-time • Into the unknown We like to think that science can give us definitive answers to our questions, but uncertainty is a crucial part of the scientific process, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Coiled spines

Editor’s pick

Eyes wide open • A very personal portrayal of the visual world may just make you reconsider how you see things, finds Elle Hunt

Search for meaning • A book charting the history of indexing will take you from 13th-century cloisters to Silicon Valley, finds Simon Ings

Don’t miss

The answers within • In Karmalink, a young boy uses nanotechnology to decipher the clues in his dreams. It’s an original but uneven sci-fi drama, says Davide Abbatescianni

Generation Covid • This pandemic is a generation-defining moment. What will it mean for those coming of age in its grasp, asks Bobby Duffy

The climate...


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 60 Publisher: New Scientist Ltd Edition: Sep 18 2021

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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

Beyond the pandemic • Building back from covid-19 is an opportunity to address social inequities

New Scientist

Amateurs in orbit • The first mission without any professional astronauts marks the start of a new period for space tourism, reports Leah Crane

Rare genetic variants at work in centenarians

Emissions from Australian wildfires mostly captured by algal blooms

Army ants store temporary caches when raiding nests

Warming could shift jet stream with danger for Europe

Coronavirus • Is delta a bigger threat to children? Reports that the variant is more likely to see young people admitted to hospital don’t mean the virus has become deadlier, says Clare Wilson

Jagged pupils give away computer-generated faces

Improving even tiny green spaces boosts urban wildlife

Northern sea meadows • Newly discovered ecosystem is threatened by deep-sea fishing

US robot ship fires large missile for first time

The changing coronavirus • UK efforts to track the virus’s evolution and the emergence of new variants have been vital, Sharon Peacock tells Michael Le Page

Chemistry reveals if a star has eaten its own planets

Mounds of animal faeces reveal lost Arabian oasis

Bitcoin versus central banks • As some countries move to accept bitcoin as official currency, other nations are likely to develop alternatives, says Matthew Sparkes

Scorpions have a stinging tail before they can use it

Field notes Strait of Gibraltar • Why have orcas started ramming boats? Researchers, sailors and local authorities are scrambling to understand some concerning orca behaviour, reports Aimee Gabay

Black holes just got weirder thanks to quantum pressure

Sea fireflies adapted threatening glow to attract mates

Giant terrorised ancient seas • At a time when almost all life was tiny, Titanokorys would have loomed large

Almost no one encrypts emails because it is a hassle

New sign that polar bears suffer in a warming world

Kakapo parrots see off bad genes

Plastic muscles power wooden arm

Really brief

Ancient primate had tooth decay like us

Injection of genetic material could be a way to beat cancer

Frog froth could be used to treat burns

Contagion culture • The new social norm of isolating when ill with covid-19 should apply to other infectious diseases such as flu, says Jonathan Goodman

Field notes from space-time • Into the unknown We like to think that science can give us definitive answers to our questions, but uncertainty is a crucial part of the scientific process, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Coiled spines

Editor’s pick

Eyes wide open • A very personal portrayal of the visual world may just make you reconsider how you see things, finds Elle Hunt

Search for meaning • A book charting the history of indexing will take you from 13th-century cloisters to Silicon Valley, finds Simon Ings

Don’t miss

The answers within • In Karmalink, a young boy uses nanotechnology to decipher the clues in his dreams. It’s an original but uneven sci-fi drama, says Davide Abbatescianni

Generation Covid • This pandemic is a generation-defining moment. What will it mean for those coming of age in its grasp, asks Bobby Duffy

The climate...


Expand title description text