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In 2018, science needs its own version of the #MeToo campaign

Humans

In 2018, science needs its own version of the #MeToo campaign

For science to attract the women it still badly needs and contribute to thinking through today’s tough issues, it must first call out the sexism at its heart

Culture

Black hole

Space

Parallel universes could solve a big problem with black holes

News

quantum computing

Technology

2018 preview: Quantum computers to overtake ordinary machines

News

Michel Chasles

Physics

Missives impossible: How gravity fell victim to fake news

Features

calendar artwork

Humans

Calendar synaesthesia: The people who can see time

Features

ski tips

Earth

’Sno substitute: The ecological cost of fake flakes on the piste

Features

bird in nest

Life

Cheep taste: The birds that adorn their nests with tat

Features

whale artwork

Humans

The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

Features

chocolate Santas

Life

Inside the secret chocolate garden built to avert a cocoa crisis

Features

Nocturnal sun artwork

Earth

Bright skies at night: The riddle of the nocturnal sun

Before artificial lights blinded our sight, reports of nights as bright as day were common. What lay behind the phenomenon was a mystery – until now

Features

Life

Grapes of wrath: How a New World import destroyed French wine

Features

Humans

We are not amused: Victorian experiments not to try at home

Features

Life

The holly hunters banking berries to save a species

Features

Humans

How bumbling British boffins became a standing Russian joke

Features