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President Trump means we can’t escape a dangerously warmer world
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This week's magazine
19 November 2016
Issue 3100
Editor's picks
Humans
The world needs scientific values more than ever
News
Technology
The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free
Features
Physics
The world in 2076: Goodbye electricity, hello superconductivity
Features
Humans
The world in 2076: The population bomb has imploded
Features
Health
The inventions of our lifetime, picked by the people who know
Features
Humans
Stanis艂aw Lem: The man with the future inside him
Features
Earth
The world in 2076: That nuclear war was a bit of a bummer
Features
Humans
The world in 2076: The anti-science backlash has begun
Features
Life
The world in 2076: Human-made life forms walk the earth
Features
Space
The world in 2076: Thousands of people have settled on Mars
Features
Technology
The world in 2076: Now we can easily make whatever we want
Features
Humans
The world in 2076: Civilisation was more fragile than we thought
Features
Humans
The world in 2076: Genetically engineered people are everywhere
Features
Earth
The world in 2076: We fixed the climate but still face turmoil
Features
Space
The world in 2076: We still haven’t found alien life
Features
Physics
The world in 2076: The theory of everything is here 鈥� we think
Features
Life
The world in 2076: Machines outsmart us but we’re still on top
Features
Humans
How to think about 2076
Features
Table of contents
News
New Zealand earthquake could trigger a mega-quake
Monday's earthquake was relatively close to a major fault that hasn't ruptured since 1717, raising fears that an even bigger quake could be triggered soon
News
Earth
80,000 reindeer have starved to death as Arctic sea ice retreats
News
Health
Superagers with amazing memories have Alzheimer鈥檚 brain plaques
News
Health
NHS does have the power to give HIV PrEP drug, say judges
News
Technology
60 Seconds
News
Space
China’s space station now has insects, weeds and rice on board
News
Humans
Gender equality is boosted by better infection control
News
Earth
2016 now looks dead set to become the hottest year on record
News
Health
First home brain implant lets 鈥榣ocked-in鈥� woman communicate
News
Physics
Twisted light beams a greeting over a record distance of 143 km
News
Health
Blood from human teens rejuvenates body and brains of old mice
News
Earth
Food made from natural gas will soon feed farm animals 鈥� and us
News
Physics
Mystery cosmic radio blasts come with side of gamma rays
News
Health
Using egg leftovers could double the number collected in IVF
News
Life
Bunnies eat toxic leaves to conquer Australia鈥檚 snowy peaks
News
Physics
Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom
News
Environment
UK red squirrels are carrying leprosy and have been for decades
News
Environment
The sweet scent of plastic lures seabirds to a dangerous snack
News
Physics
Quantum computers can talk to each other via a photon translator
News
Life
Spacecraft could taste Europa’s sea by sampling its atmosphere
News
Environment
Giggling rats reveal the most ticklish part of our brains
News
Health
Scouts and Guides grow up to have better mental health at age 50
News
Humans
Human rights squad detects abuse in warzone social media images
News
Technology
Google DeepMind鈥檚 AI learns to play with physical objects
News
Technology
Tiny fingertip camera helps blind people read without braille
News
One Per Cent
News
This virtual-reality driving game aims to make you feel sick
News
Analysis
Features
Humans
How to think about 2076
Futurology is doomed to failure, and a lot can happen in 60 years. But there are ways to make informed guesses about what is over the horizon
Features
Life
The world in 2076: Machines outsmart us but we’re still on top
Features
Health
The inventions of our lifetime, picked by the people who know
Features
Physics
The world in 2076: The theory of everything is here 鈥� we think
Features
Technology
The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free
Features
Life
The world in 2076: Human-made life forms walk the earth
Features
Space
The world in 2076: Thousands of people have settled on Mars
Features
Humans
The world in 2076: Genetically engineered people are everywhere
Features
Technology
The world in 2076: Now we can easily make whatever we want
Features
Physics
The world in 2076: Goodbye electricity, hello superconductivity
Features
Humans
The world in 2076: The population bomb has imploded
Features
Space
The world in 2076: We still haven’t found alien life
Features
Earth
The world in 2076: We fixed the climate but still face turmoil
Features
Humans
The world in 2076: Civilisation was more fragile than we thought
Features
Earth
The world in 2076: That nuclear war was a bit of a bummer
Features
Humans
The world in 2076: The anti-science backlash has begun
Features
Humans
Stanis艂aw Lem: The man with the future inside him
Features
Culture
Humans
Playing politics: exposing the flaws of nudge thinking
Governments have experimented with "nudging" us into better public behaviour. But a new book by a proponent of the theory, underlines growing doubts
Culture
Health
Scurvy: A tale of the sailors’ curse and a cure that got lost
Culture
Humans
Why rest and relaxation are such a serious business
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Oxygen in a can offers customers a peppermint puff
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