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2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Editor's picks
Physics
How to beat your family at board games with quantum tricks
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Environment
The surprising origin of sprouts, the vegetable we either love or hate
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Life
How reindeer eyes change colour in winter to help them see in the dark
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Space
What our attempts to communicate with alien civilisations say about us
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Environment
How a US civil war shipwreck became a template for marine conservation
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Mind
Why self-compassion is the first step to being kinder to others
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Humans
We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts
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Environment
Subnivium: The secret ecosystem hidden beneath the snow
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Life
Some individual animals are really lazy. How do they get away with it?
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Physics
The strange physics of absolute zero and what it takes to get there
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Environment
Inside the decadent 鈥 but still ethical 鈥 world of vegan fine dining
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Earth
How well do you know your animal poo? Find out with this picture quiz
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Technology
Magnetic tape: The surprisingly retro way big tech stores your data
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Table of contents
Leaders
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Life
Diversity helped mammals survive asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
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Life
DNA from 2 million years ago is the oldest ever recovered
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Health
Thousands of genetic variants may influence smoking and alcohol use
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Technology
Self-healing robot recovers from being stabbed then walks off
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Technology
Deepfake detector spots fake videos of Ukraine's president Zelenskyy
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Space
NASA鈥檚 Artemis I mission has ended as Orion splashed down on Earth
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Technology
Crawling robots will survey ageing US nuclear missile silos
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Health
Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they expand
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Health
Experimental CRISPR technique has promise against aggressive leukaemia
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Chemistry
Biogel armour can stop a supersonic projectile in its tracks
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Life
Endangered white rhinos' cells turned into sperm and egg stem cells
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Space
LIGO may be able to detect alien warp drives using gravitational waves
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Humans
Test your wits against this epic set of interlinked space puzzles
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Earth
Tonga volcano eruption was the most explosive of the 21st century
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Environment
Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine started a new kind of nuclear war
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Humans
A family tree of humanity released in 2022 shows how we're all related
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Environment
This year's COP27 set up a major battle for next year's climate summit
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Space
NASA's asteroid redirection spacecraft was a smashing success in 2022
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Health
Landmark pig heart transplant was a big leap forward in 2022
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Health
The covid-19 pandemic鈥檚 third year saw countries adopt new approaches
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Physics
The W boson gave particle physicists a major shock in 2022
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Environment
The Arctic and Antarctic saw record warmth and ice melt in 2022
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Space
JWST captured the most thrilling and inspiring space images of 2022
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Physics
Unlimited energy from fusion became a more feasible prospect in 2022
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Environment
Extreme drought in 2022 exposed fragility of Europe鈥檚 energy system
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Analysis
Technology
Why you may never be able to buy your own self-driving car
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Technology
Why the tech apocalypse of 2022 was largely a good thing
Comment
Humans
This was a terrible year for me, but spending time in nature helped
Comment
Technology
Is our evolving relationship with tech shifting our view of reality?
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Life
Despite our impact, there were inspiring wildlife wins this year
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Aperture
Features
Humans
We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts
Features
Environment
Subnivium: The secret ecosystem hidden beneath the snow
Features
Environment
Inside the decadent 鈥 but still ethical 鈥 world of vegan fine dining
Features
Life
How reindeer eyes change colour in winter to help them see in the dark
Features
Physics
How to beat your family at board games with quantum tricks
Features
Environment
How a US civil war shipwreck became a template for marine conservation
Features
Space
What our attempts to communicate with alien civilisations say about us
Features
Technology
Magnetic tape: The surprisingly retro way big tech stores your data
Features
Environment
The surprising origin of sprouts, the vegetable we either love or hate
Features
Mind
Why self-compassion is the first step to being kinder to others
Features
Life
Some individual animals are really lazy. How do they get away with it?
Features
Physics
The strange physics of absolute zero and what it takes to get there
Features
Earth
How well do you know your animal poo? Find out with this picture quiz
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