Issue 3135 | Magazine cover date: 22 July 2017

22 July 2017

Issue 3135

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Features

The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land

Feeling lonely? You're not on your own

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

News

Hot ice could have seeded life on Earth

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Health

The death of smoking: how tobacco will be eradicated for good

News

Health

Everyone gets lonely. We must admit it or bear the consequences

News

Health

Feeling lonely? You're not on your own

Features

Earth

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

Features

Technology

What will happen when machines can tell how you feel?

Features

Life

The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land

Features

Leaders

Health

Everyone gets lonely. We must admit it or bear the consequences

Loneliness is one of the neglected public health issues of our time. We need to get behind campaigns that highlight its toll on mental and physical health

News

Health

Breast implants can lessen gunshot injuries by slowing bullets

Unconventional armour Who needs a bulletproof vest when you’ve got a bulletproof chest? Breast implants seem to provide some protection against gunshots, altering the speed and shape of bullets as they hit the body. It has previously been claimed that breast implants have saved women from gunshots, stabbings, and even kangaroo attacks . To see …

News

Space

First close-ups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot from Juno flyby

News

Technology

Glove turns sign language into text for real-time translation

News

Health

Hairs use chemical signals to tell each other when to grow

News

Health

Women with worse endometriosis pain have more fertility problems

News

Life

Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

News

Space

Robotic landers could start mining the moon as early as 2020

News

Health

A type of bacteria might speed up the growth of colon cancer

News

Life

Polar bear attacks on people set to rise as climate changes

News

Technology

Swiss bank becomes first to offer bitcoin to its richest clients

News

Health

Hundreds charged in huge opioid and healthcare fraud crackdown

News

Life

150-year-old zombie plants revived after excavating ghost ponds

News

Life

Rats can tell when they've forgotten something, just like us

News

Technology

AI coach will train hopeless chatbots to pass the Turing test

News

Space

Asteroids may have been giant mudballs in the early solar system

News

Life

The best way to detect aliens may be by finding their footprints

News

Life

Never-before-seen photos of leopard cub being raised by a lion

News

Space

Galaxy supercluster is one of the biggest things in the universe

News

Technology

Find your next must-play game by flying through a virtual galaxy

News

Health

Rising life expectancy in England has slowed since recession

News

Life

At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all

News

Technology

Buzz of drones is more annoying than any other kind of vehicle

News

Health

Prenatal test spots genetic anomalies linked to miscarriage

News

Health

UK government wants only 12 per cent of adults to smoke by 2022

News

Technology

Quantum simulator with 51 qubits is largest ever

News

Earth

Tanzanian volcano blast could destroy ancient hominin footprints

News

60 Seconds

News

Humans

First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought

News

Hot ice could have seeded life on Earth

News

Analysis

Health

Backstreet fried chicken shops must stop using killer trans fat

Cheap fast food in deprived pockets of the UK has slipped through the net in the war on harmful trans fats. Time to dish up a solution, says Anthony Warner

News

Technology

Why your favourite websites are protesting over the net's future

News

Humans

Experiences or stuff, what's the best buy for a happiness boost?

News

Health

The death of smoking: how tobacco will be eradicated for good

News

Aperture

Life

See the 'tuskers' hunting woolly mammoths in Siberian permafrost

IN THE far north-eastern reaches of the Siberian wilderness, a new industry is booming. The frozen soil hides treasures from an earlier era of our planet's history: perfectly preserved woolly mammoth bones and tusks . The discovery of this ivory has turned many local men to "tusking" in the hopes of striking it rich by …

Regulars

Features

Life

The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land

New fossils and a fresh perspective are transforming our picture of a great evolutionary transition – how fish-like creatures swapped fins for limbs

Features

Technology

What will happen when machines can tell how you feel?

Features

Health

Feeling lonely? You're not on your own

Features

Earth

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

Features

Culture

Man on floor reading between the stacks of a library shelf

Space

Arthur C. Clarke award makes science fiction a family affair

The judges’ favourites reveal a growing appetite for science fiction which is also economic and political, says Lydia Nicholas

Culture

Life

Chinese dinosaurs make a historic trip to the UK

Culture

Life

How music can shine a light on past worlds without words

Culture

Towards the sound of silence

Unwanted noise is a scourge of modern life. But an extraordinary material from BASF's research labs is restoring a bit of peace

basf

Technology

Digital drinking buddy replaces ill-advised tweets with cat pics

Regulars

Feedback: Florida turns to crowdsourcing science classes

Class war MANY British readers may be feeling uneasy that their government has formed a coalition with Northern Ireland's DUP, whose anti-science positions include one assembly member's call for creationism to be taught in all schools to counter the "peddled lie" of evolution . The US has long been pioneering efforts to rejoin church and …

Regulars

This week's magazine

22 July 2017

On the cover

Health

The death of smoking: how tobacco will be eradicated for good

Health

Everyone gets lonely. We must admit it or bear the consequences

Health

Feeling lonely? You're not on your own

Earth

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

Technology

What will happen when machines can tell how you feel?

Life

The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land

Table of contents

Leaders

Health

Everyone gets lonely. We must admit it or bear the consequences

News

Health

Breast implants can lessen gunshot injuries by slowing bullets

Space

First close-ups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot from Juno flyby

Technology

Glove turns sign language into text for real-time translation

Health

Hairs use chemical signals to tell each other when to grow

Health

Women with worse endometriosis pain have more fertility problems

Life

Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

Space

Robotic landers could start mining the moon as early as 2020

Health

A type of bacteria might speed up the growth of colon cancer

Life

Polar bear attacks on people set to rise as climate changes

Technology

Swiss bank becomes first to offer bitcoin to its richest clients

Health

Hundreds charged in huge opioid and healthcare fraud crackdown

Life

150-year-old zombie plants revived after excavating ghost ponds

Life

Rats can tell when they've forgotten something, just like us

Technology

AI coach will train hopeless chatbots to pass the Turing test

Space

Asteroids may have been giant mudballs in the early solar system

Life

The best way to detect aliens may be by finding their footprints

Life

Never-before-seen photos of leopard cub being raised by a lion

Space

Galaxy supercluster is one of the biggest things in the universe

Technology

Find your next must-play game by flying through a virtual galaxy

Health

Rising life expectancy in England has slowed since recession

Life

At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all

Technology

Buzz of drones is more annoying than any other kind of vehicle

Health

Prenatal test spots genetic anomalies linked to miscarriage

Health

UK government wants only 12 per cent of adults to smoke by 2022

Technology

Quantum simulator with 51 qubits is largest ever

Earth

Tanzanian volcano blast could destroy ancient hominin footprints

60 Seconds

Humans

First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought

Hot ice could have seeded life on Earth

Analysis

Health

Backstreet fried chicken shops must stop using killer trans fat

Technology