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New Scientist

Jan 29 2022
Magazine

New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

Dying of exposure • We can’t afford any more delays in getting to grips with chemical pollution

New Scientist

Telescope reaches new home • The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at a gravitationally stable point 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, reports Leah Crane

Western Australia delays reopening • The state has kept a tight lid on covid-19, but experts say there is little use holding out longer

UK still won’t say how much CO₂ its strategy will cut

Meta builds huge supercomputer tailored for AI

Pig kidneys transplanted into a brain-dead person

Clashing figures for universe’s growth are starting to look more serious

Cash for low-income families improves babies’ brain activity

Pristine coral reef found • Spectacular coral reef discovered deep beneath the sea off Tahiti

Earth’s hot streak continued in 2021

Hunting the Anthropocene’s dawn • If we are in a new geological epoch, we need to find a site that offers the best view of the moment it began – and the search is almost over, finds Adam Vaughan

AI turns text descriptions into images by getting destructive

Babies see saliva sharing as a sign of close bonds

What covid-19 does to the brain • The latest evidence suggests neurological symptoms of long covid, such as brain fog, are caused by an immune reaction – and should be reversible, reports Jessica Hamzelou

Belgium ramps up use of superbug-killing viruses to defeat infections

Antibiotic resistance killed more than AIDS in 2019

Gene-edited food may be five years away from sale in England

Vibrating armband helps people who are blind to navigate

Car fumes hinder insects in hunt for flowers to feed on

Antibody imaging to speed vaccine work

‘Artificial pancreas’ helps with diabetes

Really brief

Tiny galaxy’s black hole drives star birth

Verdict is in on the moon’s backside – flatter and stickier

New tarantula lives in bamboo stems

Cheap little lies • Understanding the evolution of communication can help us navigate the growing problem of misinformation, says Jonathan R. Goodman

No planet B • The other global crisis The problem of pollution is on a par with climate change and biodiversity loss. We need an international body to help us tackle it, writes Graham Lawton

Lodes of lithium

Your letters

Dangerous pseudoscience • Eugenics isn’t just a horrific mistake from the past, but an ongoing threat. We must stay alert to its dangers, says Layal Liverpool

What day is it? • It seems like a simple matter, but working out the time depends on both history and technology, finds George Bass

Don’t miss

Coming to America • Origin updates the story of the earliest humans in the Americas and confronts the shady archaeological methods of the past, says Michael Marshall

Taming migraine • Migraine and its causes have long been a major mystery. Finally, we are starting to get answers about this debilitating disorder, as Jessica Hamzelou reports

HOW DOES A MIGRAINE START?

Our world against us • The environment is making us sick – but exactly how is devilishly complex to understand, says Graham Lawton

Eight ways the environment affects our bodies

“Virtual reality is as real as physical reality, but...


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 60 Publisher: New Scientist Ltd Edition: Jan 29 2022

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New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

Dying of exposure • We can’t afford any more delays in getting to grips with chemical pollution

New Scientist

Telescope reaches new home • The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at a gravitationally stable point 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, reports Leah Crane

Western Australia delays reopening • The state has kept a tight lid on covid-19, but experts say there is little use holding out longer

UK still won’t say how much CO₂ its strategy will cut

Meta builds huge supercomputer tailored for AI

Pig kidneys transplanted into a brain-dead person

Clashing figures for universe’s growth are starting to look more serious

Cash for low-income families improves babies’ brain activity

Pristine coral reef found • Spectacular coral reef discovered deep beneath the sea off Tahiti

Earth’s hot streak continued in 2021

Hunting the Anthropocene’s dawn • If we are in a new geological epoch, we need to find a site that offers the best view of the moment it began – and the search is almost over, finds Adam Vaughan

AI turns text descriptions into images by getting destructive

Babies see saliva sharing as a sign of close bonds

What covid-19 does to the brain • The latest evidence suggests neurological symptoms of long covid, such as brain fog, are caused by an immune reaction – and should be reversible, reports Jessica Hamzelou

Belgium ramps up use of superbug-killing viruses to defeat infections

Antibiotic resistance killed more than AIDS in 2019

Gene-edited food may be five years away from sale in England

Vibrating armband helps people who are blind to navigate

Car fumes hinder insects in hunt for flowers to feed on

Antibody imaging to speed vaccine work

‘Artificial pancreas’ helps with diabetes

Really brief

Tiny galaxy’s black hole drives star birth

Verdict is in on the moon’s backside – flatter and stickier

New tarantula lives in bamboo stems

Cheap little lies • Understanding the evolution of communication can help us navigate the growing problem of misinformation, says Jonathan R. Goodman

No planet B • The other global crisis The problem of pollution is on a par with climate change and biodiversity loss. We need an international body to help us tackle it, writes Graham Lawton

Lodes of lithium

Your letters

Dangerous pseudoscience • Eugenics isn’t just a horrific mistake from the past, but an ongoing threat. We must stay alert to its dangers, says Layal Liverpool

What day is it? • It seems like a simple matter, but working out the time depends on both history and technology, finds George Bass

Don’t miss

Coming to America • Origin updates the story of the earliest humans in the Americas and confronts the shady archaeological methods of the past, says Michael Marshall

Taming migraine • Migraine and its causes have long been a major mystery. Finally, we are starting to get answers about this debilitating disorder, as Jessica Hamzelou reports

HOW DOES A MIGRAINE START?

Our world against us • The environment is making us sick – but exactly how is devilishly complex to understand, says Graham Lawton

Eight ways the environment affects our bodies

“Virtual reality is as real as physical reality, but...


Expand title description text