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28 January 2023

Issue 3423

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Polycystic ovary syndrome, 3D illustration showing healthy ovary (right) and enlarged ovary with cysts (left); Shutterstock ID 2031203066; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Health

Hormonal conditions like PCOS should no longer be neglected

News
Polycystic ovary syndrome

Health

A better understanding of PCOS offers fresh hope for new treatments

Features
Neil Turok mirror universe

Physics

Neil Turok on the case for a parallel universe going backwards in time

Features
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/mineral-laden-water-emerging-hydrothermal-vent Mineral-laden water emerging from a hydrothermal vent on the Niua underwater volcano in the Lau Basin, southwest Pacific Ocean. As the water cools, minerals precipitate to form tower-like ?chimneys.? Image taken during 2016 cruise ?Virtual Vents.?

Earth

The mysterious underwater avalanches reshaping Earth

Features

Table of contents

Leaders

Polycystic ovary syndrome, 3D illustration showing healthy ovary (right) and enlarged ovary with cysts (left); Shutterstock ID 2031203066; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Health

Hormonal conditions like PCOS should no longer be neglected

Conditions like PCOS, endometriosis and PMS are notoriously hard to study, but recent advances in our understanding and in treatments are proving that is no longer the case

News

News

A server on fire

Technology

Hackers can make computers destroy their own chips with electricity

A feature of server motherboards intended to allow remote updates can be abused to trick the machines into damaging themselves beyond repair

News

Life

Ghost knifefish make electric 'chirps' to spot where other fish are

News

Mind

Children aged 5 are better at switching their attention than chimps

News

Life

Marine heatwaves could wipe out all common sea stars by 2100

News

Health

Vagus nerve receptors may be key to controlling inflammation

News

Health

You share a third of your oral bacteria with other people in your home

News

Environment

Human waste could help tackle a global shortage of fertiliser

News

Environment

Serve vegan burgers in schools to trigger shift from meat, says report

News

Space

Up to 74% of planets in the ‘habitable zone’ may not be good for life

News

Environment

California storms didn't solve the state's drought and water crisis

News

Humans

Milk may have fuelled a growth spurt in ancient Europeans

News

Technology

Crocodile-like body armour resists stabbing and cuts

News

Health

Why antidepressants can blunt both negative and positive emotions

News

Space

Amazing JWST images show a nebula shaped by a multi-star system

News

Earth

Earthquakes suggest Earth's core has started spinning more slowly

News

Humans

Egyptian boy mummy was buried with a ‘second heart’ made of gold

News

Space

Rare Antarctic meteorite is one of the largest ever found

News

Society

What happens when sperm and egg donors lose the right to anonymity?

News

Analysis

Observational studies suggest that puzzles may ward off dementia, but this has not been proven

Health

Lifestyle may affect your dementia risk but the extent is exaggerated

There are many things we can do to try to reduce our risk of dementia, but the condition is not usually preventable

News

Technology

Medical AIs are advancing - when will they be in a clinic near you?

Comment

Space

We need a new model of space governance to address today's challenges

News

Health

The first ever vaccine against RSV could be approved in 2023

News

Aperture

Hellroter Ara oder Scharlachara, Ara macao, auseinadergefaltete Fl??gel sowie Hals und Schwanz, wie viele Ppageienarten f??llt er durch die extreme Farbigkeit seines Gefieders auf, sein Gefieder ist vorwie gend leuchtend rot, w??hrend der Ansatz der Oberfl??geldecken gelb und im weiteren Verlauf gr??n ist. Schwungfedern und R??cken sind leuichtend blau, er ist einer der gr????ten Papageien der Welt, Verbreitung: von Mexiko bis Zentralbrasilien, Lebensraum: feuchte Tieflandw??lder, Lichtungen, Savannen und Flu??ufer, L??nge von Fl??gelspitze zu Fl??gelspitze: 110 cm, Kopf-Schwanz 85 cm, Focus stack aus 3 Einzelaufnahmen

Life

Close-up photographs capture feathers' dazzle factor

Heidi and Hans-Jürgen Koch photographed various feathers housed at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin to create these vibrant images

Regulars

Features

Neil Turok mirror universe

Physics

Neil Turok on the case for a parallel universe going backwards in time

To explain the cosmos without invoking cosmic inflation, physicist Neil Turok has proposed the existence of a mirror-image universe going backwards in time from the big bang. He tells us why the idea is so compelling

Features

Earth

The mysterious underwater avalanches reshaping Earth

Features

Health

A better understanding of PCOS offers fresh hope for new treatments

Features

Culture

Replacement of the heart of the CMS experiment - the pixel detector, Part2 Date: 07-03-2017 This week, one of the Large Hadron Collider?s experiments gets a ?heart transplant?. --- Physicists and engineers are replacing the heart of the CMS experiment - the pixel #detector. This will improve CMS?s ability to make precise measurements on aspects of the Standard Model, including the properties of the #HiggsBoson. The #LHC and its experiments are currently preparing to wake up this spring, when the accelerator will begin to collide particles once more at close to the speed of light.

Physics

Collision review: How CERN's stellar secrets became sci-fi gold

Margaret Drabble, Luan Goldie, Steven Moffat and Stephen Baxter are among the top writers in Collision, an anthology that transmutes CERN's elusive research into science fiction

Culture

Humans

Don’t Miss: Star Wars animation The Bad Batch is back with a vengeance

Culture

Humans

M3gan review: A chilling sci-fi film about the dangers of AI care

Culture

Space

Original Sin review: Was space flight tainted from the get-go?

Culture

More

Scrambled Egg in steel pan

Humans

How to use science (and a dash of acid) to improve your scrambled eggs

How do you like your eggs in the morning? If the answer is extra-soft and scrambled, you need to follow these top tips for a perfect result, says Sam Wong

Regulars

Puzzle #206: Can you work out the cricket score using these clues?

Regulars

Tom Gauld on the learning potential of artificial intelligence

Regulars

Twisteddoodles on why grapefruit interferes with medications

Regulars

Regulars

God's illustrious second career as an aeronautics expert

God's illustrious second career as an aeronautics expert

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

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Regulars

Letters

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