Cryptic crossword #40: Even Galen gains support (5)
17 September 2020
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We must not become immune to the pandemic's heavy death toll
16 September 2020
The world is on track to soon exceed a million deaths from covid-19. It is a number we shouldn’t become blasé about
An improbable plan to make the US-Mexico border a particle accelerator
16 September 2020
The Trump International Linear Collider, plus the strange world of ever-changing emojis and an opera about a cockroach, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up
Puzzle #77: Sir Prancelot's archers
16 September 2020
Try our latest puzzle – what are the two ways Sir Prancelot could have arranged his archers around a turret with eight gaps in its battlements – and which archer is napping? Plus, the quick quiz
How to spot a Starlink satellite in the night sky
16 September 2020
There are hundreds of SpaceX satellites in the sky. A successful sighting just requires a bit of luck, writes Abigail Beall
The covid-19 pandemic was predicted – here's how to stop the next one
16 September 2020
Covid-19 isn't the first pandemic humanity has faced and it won't be the last. What has happened offers lessons about how to judge and respond to virus warnings in future
Lighting fires in space is helping us make greener energy on Earth
16 September 2020
Flames reveal their secret workings when freed from the effects of gravity, so burning things in space may help us get more energy from less fuel back on Earth
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars review: Brilliant sci-fi from Eragon author
16 September 2020
Christopher Paolini’s epic new novel, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, is an hallucinatory space opera, perfect reading to help us ride out the current storms
Don't Miss: The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy
16 September 2020
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss
Ratched review: Netflix show fails with stereotypes of mental health
16 September 2020
Netflix's thriller about Nurse Ratched does well to remove much of the misogyny present in the book and film that created her, but it also peddles harmful stereotypes about mental health
