Issue 3392 | Magazine cover date: 25 June 2022

25 June 2022

Issue 3392

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On the cover

Culture

Earth's musical heritage finds an icy home next to global seed vault

Features

Personalised cancer vaccines are finally beating hard to treat tumours

News

Enormous impact flash seen lighting up Jupiter’s atmosphere

Solar storms may cause up to 5500 heart-related deaths in a given year

Tiny pumpkin toadlet frogs are very clumsy jumpers and now we know why

Incredible photos reveal underwater volcanic activity near Sicily

Ancient meteorite upends our ideas of how Mars formed

The universe is surprisingly lopsided and we don't know why

Quantum microphone works even better than a regular one

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Cancer cells. Computer illustration of cancer cells, showing the blood vessel formation providing the cells with oxygens and nutrients. The cells with their nuclei are shown in blue.

Health

Vaccines could usher in a precise and kinder era of cancer treatment

News

Health

Personalised cancer vaccines are finally beating hard to treat tumours

Features

Life

How climate change is knocking natural events wildly out of sync

Features

Space

Feryal Özel on what the first two pictures of black holes tell us

Features

Leaders

Health

Vaccines could usher in a precise and kinder era of cancer treatment

For too long the leading treatments for cancer have been pretty brutal for patients, but personalised vaccines are showing promise for destroying tumours with few side effects

News

Gavin Menichini, using the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, gives a demonstration of the Immersed Virtual Reality program which can be used for many applications including virtual meetings at the Immersed offices on January 28, 2022 in Austin, Texas. - While still the stuff of science fiction for most people, forerunners of the metaverse vision for the internet's future are already de rigueur for handfuls of people beyond the gamer and techno-hipster crowds. (Photo by Sergio FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

Working in virtual reality for a week made people less productive

Volunteers who spent a working week in a virtual-reality environment have reported more anxiety, lower productivity and migraines – which could have big implications for the future of work

News

Environment

Deepwater Horizon oil spill did no harm to BP's long-term share value

News

Space

Moon rocks collected by the Chang’e 5 mission have water in them

News

Health

Severe covid-19 symptoms linked to more than 1300 genetic variants

News

Earth

Emissions from rocket launches could affect Earth's weather systems

News

Space

Enormous impact flash seen lighting up Jupiter’s atmosphere

News

Health

Solar storms may cause up to 5500 heart-related deaths in a given year

News

Health

Children to get CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease in trial

News

Technology

Global satellite map will help hunt down illegal fishing vessels

News

Health

Appetite-suppressing molecule helps obese mice lose weight

News

Life

Tiny pumpkin toadlet frogs are very clumsy jumpers and now we know why

News

Technology

Watch a robot cat chase a robot mouse

News

Environment

Incredible photos reveal underwater volcanic activity near Sicily

News

Space

Ancient meteorite upends our ideas of how Mars formed

News

Health

Long covid risk with omicron variant may be half what it is with delta

News

Space

The universe is surprisingly lopsided and we don't know why

News

Environment

Future of UK farming up for grabs ahead of government land use plan

News

Technology

Quantum microphone works even better than a regular one

News

Environment

Melting ice could open up an Arctic Sea route not controlled by Russia

News

Environment

Europe swelters as extreme heatwaves arrive unusually early this year

News

Technology

Reddit moderators do $3.4 million worth of unpaid work each year

News

Analysis

Technology

How can we prevent AI from being racist, sexist and offensive?

Artificial intelligences continue to exhibit the same biases and prejudices as humans because they are trained on what we create, but there are ways we can improve the situation

News

Technology

What will the crypto crash mean for 'bitcoin nation' El Salvador?

News

Environment

How much do food miles matter and should you buy local produce?

News

Society

Why elite universities like Cambridge must ditch big oil funding

News

Society

Digging into the return of an 80-year-old meme, the turbo-encabulator

Comment

Aperture

Life

Striking photos of jellyfish shed light on the enigmatic invertebrates

Photographer Jan Schlegel’s new project, Of Aliens, Mermaids and Medusas, is a celebration of these prehistoric sea creatures, shot at the jellyfish lab in the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa

Regulars

Features

Health

Personalised cancer vaccines are finally beating hard to treat tumours

Some cancers are being treated with vaccines tailored to the genetic make-up of an individual’s tumours, a strategy that is looking increasingly hopeful

Features

Life

How climate change is knocking natural events wildly out of sync

Features

Space

Feryal Özel on what the first two pictures of black holes tell us

Features

Culture

Young bold man with the dark beard stands under the pink blooming tree. He id dressed in the green sweater. Man holds the blooming branch and smells the flowers on it.

Humans

On the Scent review: A timely exploration of the least studied sense

When journalist Paola Totaro lost her sense of smell, she set out to investigate olfactory impairment. The result, written with her husband Robert Wainwright, is engaging and hopeful

Culture

Humans

The Facemaker review: A powerful portrait of plastic surgery's pioneer

Culture

Humans

Earth's musical heritage finds an icy home next to global seed vault

Culture

Humans

Don't Miss: Lars Chittka reveals the surprisingly clever mind of a bee

Culture

Humans

Silt and Spacelines from the Far Out review: The solace of small games

Culture

Puzzle #173: Can you find a three-digit "knight" number?

#173 Knight moves My son is obsessed with chess, and has been acting out the game's moves everywhere we go, running like a bishop and jumping like a knight on tiled floors. He was tickled to see that on the number pad of my keyboard he could type 27 using a knight's move, because the …

Regulars

Twisteddoodles: Hey honey, how was work in the nervous system?

Regulars

Tom Gauld on the enigma of time

Regulars

Humans

How to reap the benefits of crop rotation in your own garden

Regulars

Society

China finds - then loses - traces of extraterrestial civilisations

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

Regulars

This week's magazine

25 June 2022

On the cover

Health

Vaccines could usher in a precise and kinder era of cancer treatment

Health

Personalised cancer vaccines are finally beating hard to treat tumours

Life

How climate change is knocking natural events wildly out of sync

Space

Feryal Özel on what the first two pictures of black holes tell us

Table of contents

Leaders

Health

Vaccines could usher in a precise and kinder era of cancer treatment

News

Technology

Working in virtual reality for a week made people less productive

Environment

Deepwater Horizon oil spill did no harm to BP's long-term share value

Space

Moon rocks collected by the Chang’e 5 mission have water in them

Health

Severe covid-19 symptoms linked to more than 1300 genetic variants

Earth

Emissions from rocket launches could affect Earth's weather systems

Space

Enormous impact flash seen lighting up Jupiter’s atmosphere

Health

Solar storms may cause up to 5500 heart-related deaths in a given year

Health

Children to get CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease in trial

Technology

Global satellite map will help hunt down illegal fishing vessels

Health

Appetite-suppressing molecule helps obese mice lose weight

Life

Tiny pumpkin toadlet frogs are very clumsy jumpers and now we know why

Technology

Watch a robot cat chase a robot mouse

Environment

Incredible photos reveal underwater volcanic activity near Sicily

Space

Ancient meteorite upends our ideas of how Mars formed

Health

Long covid risk with omicron variant may be half what it is with delta

Space

The universe is surprisingly lopsided and we don't know why

Environment

Future of UK farming up for grabs ahead of government land use plan

Technology

Quantum microphone works even better than a regular one

Environment

Melting ice could open up an Arctic Sea route not controlled by Russia

Environment

Europe swelters as extreme heatwaves arrive unusually early this year

Technology

Reddit moderators do $3.4 million worth of unpaid work each year

Analysis

Technology

How can we prevent AI from being racist, sexist and offensive?

Technology

What will the crypto crash mean for 'bitcoin nation' El Salvador?

Environment

How much do food miles matter and should you buy local produce?

Society

Why elite universities like Cambridge must ditch big oil funding

Society

Digging into the return of an 80-year-old meme, the turbo-encabulator

Aperture

Life

Striking photos of jellyfish shed light on the enigmatic invertebrates

Features

Health

Personalised cancer vaccines are finally beating hard to treat tumours

Life

How climate change is knocking natural events wildly out of sync

Space

Feryal Özel on what the first two pictures of black holes tell us

Culture