Technology
Those GDPR emails should stop soon, but our data nightmare won't
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Editor's picks
Technology
Europe's new data laws are a way to push back on Silicon Valley
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Life
Frozen placentas could be the ticket to a long and healthy life
Features
Life
There’s a new kind of superfood – and it’s not what you think
Features
Humans
Nine curious colours that shaped the history of art
Features
Earth
The curious fate of the eighth wonder of the world
Features
Life
Pink pineapples and healthy fries: The new GM foods made for you
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
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Earth
Captain Cook: The farmer’s son who re-drew the map of the world
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Space
Falling mini-moons may have created Earth’s first continents
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Humans
The woman who laughs uncontrollably when others get tickled
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Health
Changes in your sperm reveal if you’ve had a difficult life
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Life
A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin
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Humans
Aha! What happens in your brain when you have a lightbulb moment
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Technology
Laser can detect your heartbeat and breathing from a metre away
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Technology
The way toddlers waddle can teach robot footballers how to play
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Space
Some of the universe's first stars have actually been seen
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Physics
We've measured the pressure inside a proton and it's extreme
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Health
The US isn't fertile enough to sustain itself without immigrants
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Life
Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why
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Humans
Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived
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Technology
Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time
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Earth
A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined
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Technology
New algorithm can help spot faked photos before they go viral
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Life
Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth
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Space
Stunning first image sent back by NASA’s planet-hunter satellite
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Physics
Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic
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Space
Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper
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Health
Blood from umbilical cord may help fix your brain after a stroke
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Earth
Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene
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Humans
How your name shapes what other people think of your personality
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Earth
The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog
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Physics
‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all
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Health
Minimally conscious people woken with brain zap by their family
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