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We live in testing times, but there are many reasons to be optimistic
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Editor's picks
Humans
From Star Wars to Hitchhiker's – how to make the best drinks in sci-fi
Features
Life
Reindeer's real superpowers could help us beat depression and cancer
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Technology
Time for change? Why the UK would be better off with a £1.75 coin
Features
Life
The torrid secret lives of truffles make Game of Thrones look tame
Features
Humans
The sparkling history of tonic, from medical miracle to G&T essential
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Technology
Could vacuum airships go from steampunk fantasy to 21st century skies?
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Environment
France loves them, the US hates them. Why do roundabouts divide us?
Features
Humans
Einstein's jacket and Apollo 11 tapes: Inside the science auction
Features
Life
Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up
Features
Humans
The big guide to small talk – a scientific masterclass on conversation
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Humans
Frankincense is a holiday favourite, but its future is under threat
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Environment
Deep and crisp and living: How snow sustains amazing hidden life
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Christmas crafts: How to make a stegosaurus ornament from a satsuma
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Space
A spotter's guide to the Milky Way's most badly behaved stars
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Life
The curious life and surprising death of the last dodo on Earth
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Table of contents
Leaders
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Life
Rodeo ants that ride on backs of bigger ants discovered in Texas
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Technology
People in Japan are wearing exoskeletons to keep working as they age
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Environment
Greenland lost almost 4 trillion tonnes of ice in less than 30 years
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Physics
Does tapping a beer can prevent it foaming over? 51¶¯Âþs found out
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Physics
Heat can quantum leap across a totally empty vacuum
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Humans
Lost Ethiopian town comes from an ancient empire that rivalled Rome
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Space
‘Grazing fireball’ skimmed Earth's atmosphere then went back to space
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Technology
Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows
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Health
Mystery illness that causes fever every few weeks finally identified
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Humans
Ancient monkey painting suggests Bronze Age Greeks travelled widely
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Technology
Turkey is getting military drones armed with machine guns
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Environment
51¶¯Âþs analysed the best and worst cities to travel around
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Life
'Rediscovered' toad was known to Colombian locals for decades
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Physics
Google has performed the biggest quantum chemistry simulation ever
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Life
AI genome scanner says Denisovans could live until 38 years old
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Physics
Time travel without paradoxes is possible with many parallel timelines
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Health
Tiny machines made of DNA origami may make antibiotics work better
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Health
Anti-ageing drug rejuvenates the mouths and oral microbiome of mice
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Technology
Airbus to test flying planes closer together to cut carbon emissions
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Environment
COP25 climate summit ends in 'staggering failure of leadership'
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Space
Mars rovers and crew capsules: Your guide to 2020 in space travel
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The world saw the first ever direct image of a black hole in 2019
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Environment
The world started to wake up to climate change in 2019 – now what?
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Environment
Prosecco destroys hills and 8 other weird facts we learned in 2019
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Space
51¶¯Âþ ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade
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Dogs pulling a sled on water was one of 2019's most mesmerising photos
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These captivating images show how the world changed in 2019
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Technology
Big tech data abuse capped off Silicon Valley's decade-long fall
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Space
2019 was the year we got serious about walking on the moon again
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Images from around the solar system taken in 2019
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Health
I'm testing an experimental drug to see if it halts Alzheimer's
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Space
Driverless cars and the other biggest sci and tech fails of the decade
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This psychedelic turtle embryo won a photography prize in 2019
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Health
2019 saw the tragic and unnecessary return of measles in the US
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We discovered a possible Denisovan artistic masterpiece in 2019
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Earth
What to expect from the cutting edge of science and tech in 2020
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Analysis
Aperture
Features
Humans
The big guide to small talk – a scientific masterclass on conversation
Features
Christmas crafts: How to make a stegosaurus ornament from a satsuma
Features
Life
Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up
Features
Space
A spotter's guide to the Milky Way's most badly behaved stars
Features
Humans
Frankincense is a holiday favourite, but its future is under threat
Features
Life
Reindeer's real superpowers could help us beat depression and cancer
Features
Humans
The sparkling history of tonic, from medical miracle to G&T essential
Features
Environment
France loves them, the US hates them. Why do roundabouts divide us?
Features
Technology
Could vacuum airships go from steampunk fantasy to 21st century skies?
Features
Environment
Deep and crisp and living: How snow sustains amazing hidden life
Features
Life
The torrid secret lives of truffles make Game of Thrones look tame
Features
Life
The curious life and surprising death of the last dodo on Earth
Features
Humans
From Star Wars to Hitchhiker's – how to make the best drinks in sci-fi
Features
Humans
Einstein's jacket and Apollo 11 tapes: Inside the science auction
Features
Technology
Time for change? Why the UK would be better off with a £1.75 coin
Features
Culture
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Space
This Christmas Eve, spot Santa's sleigh flying through the sky
Regulars
Technology
Why algorithms love giraffes and create hilarious recipes
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The festive celestial crossword: Age certainly leads to oblivion (7)
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Humans
Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories
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51¶¯Âþ festive puzzles #35 to #39: A bunch of brain teasers
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