Issue 3120 | Magazine cover date: 8 April 2017

8 April 2017

Issue 3120

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On the cover

Features

Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness

A year on thin ice: Four seasons in a radically changed Arctic

Internal conflict: How we can make friends with harmful bacteria

Analysis

How to snatch carbon emissions victory from US climate U-turn

News

Earth-sized telescope set to snap first picture of a black hole

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Earth

How to snatch carbon emissions victory from US climate U-turn

News

Earth

Public fatigue is the friend of those who would thwart science

News

Earth

A year on thin ice: Four seasons in a radically changed Arctic

Features

Humans

Rorschach and his inkblots: The man, the test, the controversy

Features

Physics

Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness

Features

Health

Internal conflict: How we can make friends with harmful bacteria

Features

Leaders

Earth

Public fatigue is the friend of those who would thwart science

Climate change deniers exploit disillusion brought on by often gloomy scientific findings, but evolving views on antibiotic use show it needn't be that way

News

Health

ALS linked to occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields

High exposure to low frequencies Workplace exposure to electromagnetic fields is linked to a higher risk of developing the most common form of motor neurone disease . Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that ravages the body’s nerve cells, leaving people unable to control their bodies. People can die as soon as two years …

News

Life

Sawfish's fearsome snout evolved to be undetectable to prey

News

Space

Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing

News

Life

Giant octopus wears jellyfish cape after it devours its owner

News

Life

Tadpoles learn to see with new eyes transplanted on their tails

News

Life

Tiny fish’s venom makes predators zone out and release them

News

Health

Destroying a type of brain cell makes mice really chilled out

News

Technology

Video projector creates augmented reality with no bulky headset

News

Space

Watching SpaceX’s historic relaunch and landing of a used rocket

News

Technology

Trackers could unmask dark web users who think they’re anonymous

News

Space

Gravitational waves slow the spin of shape-shifting neutron star

News

Technology

Android apps share data between them without your permission

News

Earth

Warming drives Alaskan glacier to its lowest point in 900 years

News

Technology

Debate rages over controversial copyright standard for the web

News

Life

First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

News

Life

Prehistoric humans made jewellery out of exotic island animals

News

Technology

Synthetic humans help computers understand how real people act

News

Space

Oldest dust ever spotted in the universe seen in distant galaxy

News

Life

Eggs get less fertile with age because of chaotic cell division

News

Technology

Google uses neural networks to translate without transcribing

News

Earth

CO₂ set to hit levels not seen in 50 million years by 2050

News

Earth

US bill restricts use of science in environmental policymaking

News

Health

It has got harder to access sexual health services in the UK

News

Life

Japan and Norway set off on annual whale hunt despite opposition

News

Earth

60 Seconds

News

Space

Earth-sized telescope set to snap first picture of a black hole

News

Great apes read peoples' minds and help those with false beliefs

News

Earth

Neglect and drug trade led to Colombian landslide disaster

News

Analysis

Health

Is most cancer just random bad luck? No, lifestyle matters a lot

Many cancers are still preventable despite more research highlighting the role of unavoidable random DNA damage, says biologist Darren Saunders

News

Earth

Geoengineering the sky is scary but we need to test it now

News

Technology

Why you should worry that your browsing history is now for sale

News

Earth

How to snatch carbon emissions victory from US climate U-turn

News

Aperture

Life

Feel the pinch: A pioneer of science photography does crab claws

THESE fearsome pincers are no B-movie prop. Long before David Attenborough brought the natural world to UK television screens, Jean Painlevé was sharing his own passion for marine life with French audiences through films and photographs. After studying biology at the Sorbonne, Painlevé set up a studio on the coast of Brittany in 1925, where …

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Features

Physics

Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness

Quantum theory says that stuff doesn't exist when we're not looking at it. But weirder-than-weird experiments are resurrecting a long-derided alternative

Features

Earth

A year on thin ice: Four seasons in a radically changed Arctic

Features

Health

Internal conflict: How we can make friends with harmful bacteria

Features

Humans

Rorschach and his inkblots: The man, the test, the controversy

Features

Culture

Health

China's workers need help to fight factories' toxic practices

Cancer-sticken Chinese workers show the shocking price of making smartphones and modern electronics in a new documentary film

Culture

Humans

How the brain's ability to time travel may have led to speech

Culture

Humans

How we represent ourselves can distort our identity

Culture

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This week's magazine

8 April 2017

On the cover

Earth

How to snatch carbon emissions victory from US climate U-turn

Earth

Public fatigue is the friend of those who would thwart science

Earth

A year on thin ice: Four seasons in a radically changed Arctic

Humans

Rorschach and his inkblots: The man, the test, the controversy

Physics

Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness

Health

Internal conflict: How we can make friends with harmful bacteria

Table of contents

Leaders

Earth

Public fatigue is the friend of those who would thwart science

News

Health

ALS linked to occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields

Life

Sawfish's fearsome snout evolved to be undetectable to prey

Space

Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing

Life

Giant octopus wears jellyfish cape after it devours its owner

Life

Tadpoles learn to see with new eyes transplanted on their tails

Life

Tiny fish’s venom makes predators zone out and release them

Health

Destroying a type of brain cell makes mice really chilled out

Technology

Video projector creates augmented reality with no bulky headset

Space

Watching SpaceX’s historic relaunch and landing of a used rocket

Technology

Trackers could unmask dark web users who think they’re anonymous

Space

Gravitational waves slow the spin of shape-shifting neutron star

Technology

Android apps share data between them without your permission

Earth

Warming drives Alaskan glacier to its lowest point in 900 years

Technology

Debate rages over controversial copyright standard for the web

Life

First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

Life

Prehistoric humans made jewellery out of exotic island animals

Technology

Synthetic humans help computers understand how real people act

Space

Oldest dust ever spotted in the universe seen in distant galaxy

Life

Eggs get less fertile with age because of chaotic cell division

Technology

Google uses neural networks to translate without transcribing

Earth

CO2 set to hit levels not seen in 50 million years by 2050

Earth

US bill restricts use of science in environmental policymaking

Health

It has got harder to access sexual health services in the UK

Life

Japan and Norway set off on annual whale hunt despite opposition

Earth

60 Seconds

Space

Earth-sized telescope set to snap first picture of a black hole

Great apes read peoples' minds and help those with false beliefs

Earth

Neglect and drug trade led to Colombian landslide disaster

Analysis

Health

Is most cancer just random bad luck? No, lifestyle matters a lot

Earth

Geoengineering the sky is scary but we need to test it now

CO₂ set to hit levels not seen in 50 million years by 2050