Health
As 2020 ends, vaccines give us a shot at returning to normal life
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Editor's picks
Space
Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters
Features
Mind
The surprising truth about why adults make children believe in Santa
Features
Technology
Dr Dolittle machines: How AI is helping us talk to the animals
Features
Life
Scat scans: How lasers are teasing secrets from ancient poo
Features
Technology
Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?
Features
Technology
Can chemistry replicate the flavour of vintage whisky overnight?
Features
Health
Why fitness training for worms and flies could make humans healthier
Features
Humans
The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers
Features
Life
The curious case of the “glacier mice†that seem to dance on ice
Features
Life
The bizarre reason Skittles taste different in the UK and the US
Features
Wombling, boojums and thunk: Test yourself in our jargon-busting quiz
Features
Life
Why don’t wildebeest have wheels? Exploring the limits of evolution
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
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Space
The Milky Way's black hole burped out two colossal X-ray bubbles
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Life
Ancestor of pterosaurs might have been a tree-climbing reptile
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Life
Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial
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Humans
Ancient humans may have hibernated to survive brutal glacial winters
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Life
Asian honeybees use animal faeces to defend themselves from hornets
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Environment
Mass of artificial objects on Earth may now outweigh living things
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Technology
Robots learn to get back up after a fall in an unfamiliar environment
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Physics
We may be able to find magnetic fields from the start of the universe
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Life
Ranchers fight US government to corral the last wild horses of Nevada
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Health
What can the Biden administration do to stop covid-19 in the US?
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Health
The first US coronavirus vaccinations have taken place in New York
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Environment
2020 in review: Extreme weather seen around the world as climate warms
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Space
2020 in review: Earth acquired a minimoon the size of a 6-year-old
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Technology
2020 in review: Revenge of the Y2K bug as lazy fix takes down software
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Technology
2020 in review: The year governments slapped down big tech
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Environment
2020 in review: What happened to all the tree-planting plans?
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Health
Will vaccines give us lasting immunity to the coronavirus?
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Humans
Ancient shell beads may have been the first money used in the Americas
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Health
2020 in review: How the coronavirus crisis unfolded month by month
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Health
2020 in review: How science scrambled to decipher the coronavirus
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Health
2020 in review: Coronavirus vaccines made in record time
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Health
2020 in review: The countries that got covid-19 under control
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Space
2020 in review: The hunt for life on Venus continues
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Technology
2020 in review: Nuclear fusion power is slowly getting closer
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Humans
2020 in review: Calls for universal basic income on the rise
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Analysis
Aperture
Features
Life
Why don’t wildebeest have wheels? Exploring the limits of evolution
Features
Space
Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters
Features
Mind
The surprising truth about why adults make children believe in Santa
Features
Wombling, boojums and thunk: Test yourself in our jargon-busting quiz
Features
Life
The bizarre reason Skittles taste different in the UK and the US
Features
Life
The curious case of the “glacier mice†that seem to dance on ice
Features
Health
Why fitness training for worms and flies could make humans healthier
Features
Humans
The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers
Features
Technology
Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?
Features
Technology
Can chemistry replicate the flavour of vintage whisky overnight?
Features
Life
Scat scans: How lasers are teasing secrets from ancient poo
Features
Technology
Dr Dolittle machines: How AI is helping us talk to the animals
Features
Culture
More
Christmas crafts: How to make your own amazing optical illusion
Regulars
Humans
Learn to love those Christmas sprouts with simple cooking science
Regulars
Humans
Quiz of the year: Can you remember the science stories of 2020?
Regulars
Twisteddoodles finds a reindeer with a red nose genetic mutation
Regulars
Puzzle #89: Get your felt-tip pens out for the Colourful beehive
Regulars
