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New Scientist

Jun 12 2021
Magazine

New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

A note from the culture editor

Taking out the junk • Removing processed food from our diets will be no easy task

New Scientist

G7 urged to donate now • As the G7 summit convenes in the UK this week, pressure is mounting on wealthy countries to donate more vaccines, reports Clare Wilson

How to make travel safe • As movement resumes between countries, Graham Lawton reports on the best border strategies and how to journey as safely as possible

How to go abroad and minimise your covid-19 risk

Don’t shoot the messenger • Devi Sridhar has been a constant voice in the ear of governments throughout the pandemic. She tells Adam Vaughan why scientists aren’t to blame for lockdowns

Brain map is most detailed ever • A tiny cube of human brain contains 130 million neural connections

Strange icy balls may help us to crack mysteries of star formation

Cyborg cockroaches with cameras can be steered remotely

Sharks almost went extinct 19 million years ago

Walking robots have the potential to be far more efficient

NASA plans two Venus missions • The atmosphere and surface of Earth’s toxic sibling will get a closer look

Colour-changing tampons could detect UTIs

Cosmic collisions may push huge black holes off-kilter

Parasitic ants keep evolving to lose smell and taste genes

Drug safety in pregnancy • New drugs are rarely tested during pregnancy, leaving harmful gaps in our medical knowledge. Will that ever change, asks Melba Newsome

Thalidomide tragedy

Superspeed of the elephant’s trunk revealed

The dog-human bond is in the genes

Grades suffer if lectures are early

Really brief

Dream of hack-proof network gets a boost

Barnacles inspire glue made of silk that works underwater

Atlantic whales are shrinking

Don’t judge • It’s incredibly important that we start believing people when they ask for help with their mental health, says Lucy Foulkes

The 40,000-year-old tradition of new media • Amazon has acquired the movie studio MGM. The move by the streaming giant is just following an ancient pattern, writes Annalee Newitz

Your letters

Tough road to the top • How did Hakeem Oluseyi move from dealing drugs to teaching astrophysics? His vivid memoir tells all, finds Vijaysree Venkatraman

Building it right • Civilisation’s great buildings took a lot of energy to construct. So where does climate change leave us, asks Simon Ings

Don’t miss

Brain tech vs real lives • The ethics of getting a brain-boosting implant for you or your children makes for an interesting sci-fi novel, finds Robyn Chowdhury

Dangerously delicious • Processed food has a bad reputation, but is it uniquely bad for our health? Clare Wilson investigates

Reprocessing junk food

“Many people see cities as villains. I prefer a more nuanced narrative” • Urban environments are growing fast. Engineer Anu Ramaswami tells Laura Spinney how we can make our cities more sustainable and better places to live

When time runs backwards • At the smallest scales, the world can and does run in reverse. This revelation is helping us understand the engines that power life itself, finds Benjamin Skuse

Spotting the summer triangle • In the northern hemisphere, the...


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 60 Publisher: New Scientist Ltd Edition: Jun 12 2021

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New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

A note from the culture editor

Taking out the junk • Removing processed food from our diets will be no easy task

New Scientist

G7 urged to donate now • As the G7 summit convenes in the UK this week, pressure is mounting on wealthy countries to donate more vaccines, reports Clare Wilson

How to make travel safe • As movement resumes between countries, Graham Lawton reports on the best border strategies and how to journey as safely as possible

How to go abroad and minimise your covid-19 risk

Don’t shoot the messenger • Devi Sridhar has been a constant voice in the ear of governments throughout the pandemic. She tells Adam Vaughan why scientists aren’t to blame for lockdowns

Brain map is most detailed ever • A tiny cube of human brain contains 130 million neural connections

Strange icy balls may help us to crack mysteries of star formation

Cyborg cockroaches with cameras can be steered remotely

Sharks almost went extinct 19 million years ago

Walking robots have the potential to be far more efficient

NASA plans two Venus missions • The atmosphere and surface of Earth’s toxic sibling will get a closer look

Colour-changing tampons could detect UTIs

Cosmic collisions may push huge black holes off-kilter

Parasitic ants keep evolving to lose smell and taste genes

Drug safety in pregnancy • New drugs are rarely tested during pregnancy, leaving harmful gaps in our medical knowledge. Will that ever change, asks Melba Newsome

Thalidomide tragedy

Superspeed of the elephant’s trunk revealed

The dog-human bond is in the genes

Grades suffer if lectures are early

Really brief

Dream of hack-proof network gets a boost

Barnacles inspire glue made of silk that works underwater

Atlantic whales are shrinking

Don’t judge • It’s incredibly important that we start believing people when they ask for help with their mental health, says Lucy Foulkes

The 40,000-year-old tradition of new media • Amazon has acquired the movie studio MGM. The move by the streaming giant is just following an ancient pattern, writes Annalee Newitz

Your letters

Tough road to the top • How did Hakeem Oluseyi move from dealing drugs to teaching astrophysics? His vivid memoir tells all, finds Vijaysree Venkatraman

Building it right • Civilisation’s great buildings took a lot of energy to construct. So where does climate change leave us, asks Simon Ings

Don’t miss

Brain tech vs real lives • The ethics of getting a brain-boosting implant for you or your children makes for an interesting sci-fi novel, finds Robyn Chowdhury

Dangerously delicious • Processed food has a bad reputation, but is it uniquely bad for our health? Clare Wilson investigates

Reprocessing junk food

“Many people see cities as villains. I prefer a more nuanced narrative” • Urban environments are growing fast. Engineer Anu Ramaswami tells Laura Spinney how we can make our cities more sustainable and better places to live

When time runs backwards • At the smallest scales, the world can and does run in reverse. This revelation is helping us understand the engines that power life itself, finds Benjamin Skuse

Spotting the summer triangle • In the northern hemisphere, the...


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