Technology
How we fell in love with our voice-activated home assistants
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Regulars
Editor's picks
Earth
51¶¯Âþs won't stop discovering stuff, no matter what
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Humans
No more drama: The game theory guide to a happy family holiday
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Humans
How the rules of long-lost board games take us inside ancient minds
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Health
Hangovers: What science says about why you feel so rough
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Life
When a whale gets stranded, I get the call
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Life
Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?
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Life
Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it
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Technology
Why predictive text is making you forget how to write
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Humans
Holiday brain-off round 3: Build the Tower of Hanoi
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Humans
Holiday brain-off round 2: Test your reaction time
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Technology
Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets
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Humans
Holiday brain-off round 1: Challenge your original thinking
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Life
Comb jelly videos are rewriting the history of your anus
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Humans
Holiday brain-off round 4: Demonstrate the wisdom of the ages
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Physics
The fragile state of scientific glassblowing
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Space
Were Aboriginal Australians the first astronomers?
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Technology
Fold your own universe with our cosmic origami decoration
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Technology
Don’t believe the Skype: We never wanted to video call people
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Earth
Animal magnetism: Why dogs do their business pointing north
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Table of contents
Leaders
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Earth
Mystery Antarctic circle means ice is melting from surface down
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Technology
Lazy coders are training artificial intelligences to be sexist
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Space
Cosmic dust grains found on city rooftops for the first time
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Space
Galaxy's rapid growth spurt may have spawned 3000 suns per year
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Earth
Third-ever natural quasicrystal found in Siberian meteorite
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Life
Longer ‘penis’ drives evolution of bigger brains in female fish
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Life
Brain cell transplant helps fearful mice overcome anxiety
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Life
T. rex cousin’s 99-million-year old tail feathers found in amber
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Technology
Posture could explain why women get more VR sickness than men
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Space
Fresh look at old data shows the sun is surprisingly sluggish
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Technology
Machine learning lets computer create melodies to fit any lyrics
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Life
Monkeys should be able to talk just like us – so why don't they?
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Health
Exclusive: Mexico clinic plans 20 'three-parent' babies in 2017
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Life
Rare Arabian leopards forced out by frankincense harvesters
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Life
First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains
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Space
First exoplanet weather report shows clouds of ruby and sapphire
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Environment
The 12 biggest and best science stories of 2016
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Health
Viruses may have evolved to hit men hard but go easy on women
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One Per Cent
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Technology
DeepMind's AI wants to beat us at video game StarCraft next
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Earth
People prepare to fight their governments on climate change
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Health
Antibiotic resistance will hit a terrible tipping point in 2017
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Space
LIGO should more than double its gravitational wave haul in 2017
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Technology
We will soon be able to read minds and share our thoughts
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Health
First babies from menopausal mothers' own eggs may be born soon
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Space
Cassini's grand finale will see orbiter plunge into Saturn
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Life
End of species extinctions is in sight as we bring animals back
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Technology
Augmented reality set to overtake VR as new apps go live
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Health
Gene editing starts to save lives as human trials get under way
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Health
Antibacterial products may help bacteria beat antibiotics
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Technology
Vapers experimenting with illegal drugs bought on the dark web
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Analysis
Aperture
Features
Physics
The fragile state of scientific glassblowing
Features
Humans
No more drama: The game theory guide to a happy family holiday
Features
Health
Hangovers: What science says about why you feel so rough
Features
Technology
Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets
Features
Technology
Why predictive text is making you forget how to write
Features
Life
Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it
Features
Humans
How the rules of long-lost board games take us inside ancient minds
Features
Life
Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?
Features
Humans
Holiday brain-off round 4: Demonstrate the wisdom of the ages
Features
Life
When a whale gets stranded, I get the call
Features
Humans
Holiday brain-off round 1: Challenge your original thinking
Features
Humans
Holiday brain-off round 2: Test your reaction time
Features
Humans
Holiday brain-off round 3: Build the Tower of Hanoi
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