Issue 3394 | Magazine cover date: 9 July 2022

9 July 2022

Issue 3394

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On the cover

Features

7 big questions the James Webb Space Telescope is about to answer

How to understand your inner voice and control your inner critic

News

Covid-19: What are the risks of catching the virus multiple times?

AI predicts crime a week in advance with 90 per cent accuracy

Brain electrodes may be a long-lasting aid for severe depression

Newly identified species is the world’s largest known giant water lily

Alien earthworms have spread to almost all parts of North America

Time loops may not be forbidden by physics after all

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Space

The James Webb Space Telescope heralds a new era for astronomy

News

Space

7 big questions the James Webb Space Telescope is about to answer

Features

Society

Sophie Howe on how to fight for future generations in politics

Features

Mind

How to understand your inner voice and control your inner critic

Features

Leaders

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope heralds a new era for astronomy

We are about to get our hands on the first observations from the world’s most powerful space telescope - and it’s a moment to savour

News

Computer artwork showing how irritable bowel syndrome affects the digestive tract

Health

Faecal transplants ease irritable bowel syndrome for three years

Two-thirds of people with IBS who received a stool transplant from a donor with a healthier mix of gut microbes had fewer symptoms and better quality of life three years later

News

Health

Covid-19: What are the risks of catching the virus multiple times?

News

Technology

AI predicts crime a week in advance with 90 per cent accuracy

News

Technology

Acoustic levitation used to build complex structures in mid-air

News

Environment

'Shocking' failure to insulate homes means UK will miss carbon goals

News

Health

Intermittent fasting linked to better gut and liver function in mice

News

Health

Implantable device blocks pain by chilling nerves inside the body

News

Life

Dogs are descended from two populations of ancient wolves

News

Technology

Self-charging buoy could harness wave power to monitor the oceans

News

Technology

Molecular computer uses 10,000 times less energy than a normal one

News

Health

Why two-thirds of IVF embryos suddenly stop developing

News

Environment

40 per cent of people could live outside 'human climate niche' by 2100

News

Environment

What does the new US Supreme Court ruling mean for carbon emissions?

News

Technology

Quantum computer cools itself down by performing calculations

News

Environment

Firms pledge to clean up construction with green net-zero concrete

News

Health

Brain electrodes may be a long-lasting aid for severe depression

News

Life

Dinosaurs’ ability to survive icy cold helped them dominate the planet

News

Life

Newly identified species is the world’s largest known giant water lily

News

Health

‘Softer’ form of CRISPR may edit genes more accurately

News

Technology

'Fair' AI could help redress bias against Black US homebuyers

News

Environment

Alien earthworms have spread to almost all parts of North America

News

Technology

Design work starts on European commercial fusion power station

News

Physics

Time loops may not be forbidden by physics after all

News

Analysis

Life

Why restoring seagrass meadows would be a huge conservation win

Seagrass meadows are vanishing at a rate of 7 per cent a year, but this is a habitat that buries carbon up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforest. We must safeguard and restore it, says Sophie Pavelle

News

Physics

What does it mean when we say that space-time is expanding?

Comment

Aperture

FEATURE - Clouds of Hydrogen Gas ? Simon Tang Clouds of hydrogen gas give way as the magnetic field lines of the sun snap and clash together. This display of nature creates astonishing features, known as prominences, on the limb of the Sun. Taken with QHYCCD QHY5III-174M camera, 5040mm f/33.6, 1000 x 12-millisecond frame exposures Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Space

Stunning solar prominences shine in photography competition

This photograph of solar features called prominences is one of the dazzling cosmic images shortlisted for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in the UK

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Features

Space

7 big questions the James Webb Space Telescope is about to answer

NASA has just released the first full-colour image from the James Webb Space Telescope. Here’s what it is looking at first – and how it will address the biggest mysteries of the universe

Features

Society

Sophie Howe on how to fight for future generations in politics

Features

Mind

How to understand your inner voice and control your inner critic

Features

Culture

Humans

Stalking the Atomic City review: An extraordinary window on Chernobyl

This vivid guide takes us into the exclusion zone around the nuclear power plant that exploded in 1986, revealing a "land of tranquillity and frozen time"

Culture

Life

An Immense World review: A powerful look at animals' inner lives

Culture

Humans

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Culture

Humans

Brian and Charles review: Can robots transform us, asks fantasy film

Culture

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Humans

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This week's magazine

9 July 2022

On the cover

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope heralds a new era for astronomy

Space

7 big questions the James Webb Space Telescope is about to answer

Society

Sophie Howe on how to fight for future generations in politics

Mind

How to understand your inner voice and control your inner critic

Table of contents

Leaders

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope heralds a new era for astronomy

News

Health

Faecal transplants ease irritable bowel syndrome for three years

Health

Covid-19: What are the risks of catching the virus multiple times?

Technology

AI predicts crime a week in advance with 90 per cent accuracy

Technology

Acoustic levitation used to build complex structures in mid-air

Environment

'Shocking' failure to insulate homes means UK will miss carbon goals

Health

Intermittent fasting linked to better gut and liver function in mice

Health

Implantable device blocks pain by chilling nerves inside the body

Life

Dogs are descended from two populations of ancient wolves

Technology

Self-charging buoy could harness wave power to monitor the oceans

Technology

Molecular computer uses 10,000 times less energy than a normal one

Health

Why two-thirds of IVF embryos suddenly stop developing

Environment

40 per cent of people could live outside 'human climate niche' by 2100

Environment

What does the new US Supreme Court ruling mean for carbon emissions?

Technology

Quantum computer cools itself down by performing calculations

Environment

Firms pledge to clean up construction with green net-zero concrete

Health

Brain electrodes may be a long-lasting aid for severe depression

Life

Dinosaurs’ ability to survive icy cold helped them dominate the planet

Life

Newly identified species is the world’s largest known giant water lily

Health

‘Softer’ form of CRISPR may edit genes more accurately

Technology

'Fair' AI could help redress bias against Black US homebuyers

Environment

Alien earthworms have spread to almost all parts of North America

Technology

Design work starts on European commercial fusion power station

Physics

Time loops may not be forbidden by physics after all

Analysis

Life

Why restoring seagrass meadows would be a huge conservation win

Physics

What does it mean when we say that space-time is expanding?

Aperture

Space

Stunning solar prominences shine in photography competition

Features

Space

7 big questions the James Webb Space Telescope is about to answer

Society

Sophie Howe on how to fight for future generations in politics

Mind

How to understand your inner voice and control your inner critic

Culture

Humans

Stalking the Atomic City review: An extraordinary window on Chernobyl