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25 April 2020

Issue 3279

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Culture
We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?
Features
Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer
Dingoes are both pest and icon. Now there's a new reason to love them
How to protect your mental health in the time of coronavirus
News
Vibrating clothes could make you feel like you’re wearing clouds
End-of-life medical decisions being rushed through due to coronavirus
Neutrinos may explain why we don’t live in an antimatter universe
The US Army has a 3D printer for ultra-strong steel gear and weapons
An AI can tell whether ancient faeces came from a person or a dog
Why are men more likely to get worse symptoms and die from covid-19?
Can breathing exercises really help protect you from covid-19?
Analysis
There are many reasons why covid-19 contact-tracing apps may not work
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The past can help us deal with the pandemic’s mental health fallout

Health

The past can help us deal with the pandemic’s mental health fallout

News
Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer

Physics

Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer

Features
Dingoes are both pest and icon. Now there's a new reason to love them

Life

Dingoes are both pest and icon. Now there's a new reason to love them

Features
7 mental health expert tips on how to cope with the covid-19 pandemic

Health

7 mental health expert tips on how to cope with the covid-19 pandemic

Features
How to protect your mental health in the time of coronavirus

Health

How to protect your mental health in the time of coronavirus

Features

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The past can help us deal with the pandemic’s mental health fallout

Health

The past can help us deal with the pandemic’s mental health fallout

Lessons learned from natural disasters and the military can help guide our responses to help people's mental health during the covid-19 pandemic

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woman in high-tech clothing

Technology

Vibrating clothes could make you feel like you’re wearing clouds

Sensational clothing The next big thing in fashion may be vibrating clothes that create different sensations on your skin – like clouds, water or rocks – to make you feel calmer, stronger or more confident. Clothing has traditionally served to project images to the outside world, like attractiveness, wealth or professionalism. But Ana Tajadura-Jiménez at …

News

Health

End-of-life medical decisions being rushed through due to coronavirus

News

Space

Long space flights can increase the volume of astronauts’ brains

News

Life

Bats can learn to copy sounds and it may teach us about human speech

News

Technology

Quantum computer chips demonstrated at the highest temperatures ever

News

Physics

Neutrinos may explain why we don’t live in an antimatter universe

News

Health

Breastfed babies have fewer viruses in their guts that affect humans

News

Life

Earth's first life may have fuelled itself with a metal metabolism

News

Technology

The US Army has a 3D printer for ultra-strong steel gear and weapons

News

Space

Asteroid Arrokoth may have broken its neck in 6400 km per hour impact

News

Humans

An AI can tell whether ancient faeces came from a person or a dog

News

Health

Why are men more likely to get worse symptoms and die from covid-19?

News

Technology

AI taught to instantly transform objects in image-editing software

News

Space

Interstellar comet Borisov came from a cold and distant home star

News

Health

UK’s coronavirus science advice won’t be published until pandemic ends

News

Health

Can breathing exercises really help protect you from covid-19?

News

Environment

Huge volcanic eruption in 2018 was triggered by torrential rains

News

Health

Not getting enough sleep may make you misread emotions on Zoom calls

News

Analysis

How useful are apps for containing coronavirus outbreaks?

Technology

There are many reasons why covid-19 contact-tracing apps may not work

How useful are apps for containing coronavirus outbreaks? As countries search for ways to exit lockdown and avoid or manage a second wave of covid-19 cases, many have turned to the promise held by contact-tracing apps. In a rare display of collaboration, Apple and Google recently joined forces to help the technology work effectively. Such …

News

Health

An unequal society means covid-19 is hitting ethnic minorities harder

News

Humans

We're still untangling Ramanujan's mathematics 100 years after he died

News

Space

Astronomical time can help us put lockdown into perspective

News

Aperture

Weird magnetic threads in sun's corona seen for the first time

Space

Weird magnetic threads in sun's corona seen for the first time

New images reveal threads of ultra-hot gas woven throughout the sun's corona, in the most detailed look at previously unseen parts of the atmosphere of our closest star

Regulars

Features

Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer

Physics

Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer

Are shark attacks and ice cream sales linked? Do drugs work? Being able to distinguish cause and effect is crucial. Now we have the maths to do it reliably

Features

Life

Dingoes are both pest and icon. Now there's a new reason to love them

Features

Health

How to protect your mental health in the time of coronavirus

Features

Health

7 mental health expert tips on how to cope with the covid-19 pandemic

Features

Culture

Characters from Resident Evil 3

Technology

Resident Evil 3 review: A glimpse into post-pandemic fiction

The latest  Resident Evil  game is a remake of a 1999 classic "This pandemic has spread faster than any disease in modern history." The first words spoken in Resident Evil 3 make an instant impression in the era of the coronavirus outbreak. They form part of that horror-movie cliché, the opening newsreel, alongside briefings from …

Culture

Space

We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

Culture

Humans

Science Diction review: The origins of jargon in bite-sized chunks

Culture

Humans

Don't Miss: Biohackers on Netflix and a book on social isolation

Culture

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Dulce de leche: How to turn condensed milk into a tasty caramel sauce

Humans

Dulce de leche: How to turn condensed milk into a tasty caramel sauce

How to use the Maillard reaction to make delicious dulce de leche – the ultimate comfort food when you are stuck indoors, says Sam Wong

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New Scientist puzzle #56: Diffy squares

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Humans

Seagulls aren't menaces – they are fascinating and complex creatures

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Twisteddoodles on when the immune system overreacts

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Tom Gauld on when you have some parts leftover after a build

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