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Green Christmas: How to have an ethical and guilt-free festive season
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This week's magazine
1 December 2018
Issue 3206
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
Gene-editing humans has huge potential, but caution is needed
News
Health
The truth about supplements: do they work and should you take them?
Features
Humans
Unearthed! The missing Native American city on the Great Plains
Features
Physics
Particles crossing to our world could open portal to dark-matter realm
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
News
Technology
Exclusive: UK police wants AI to stop violent crime before it happens
Cash-strapped UK police forces are turning to AI to predict whether individuals will commit a serious violent crime or become a victim of modern slavery
News
Health
World鈥檚 first gene-edited babies announced by a scientist in China
News
Technology
Rats can make friends with robot rats and will rescue them when stuck
News
Health
Misuse of pregabalin painkiller has risen 900 per cent in Australia
News
Health
Miniature placentas grown in lab give positive pregnancy test result
News
Technology
The best pollution masks for cyclists block half of bad particles
News
Space
Spacecraft to study marsquakes lands on Mars after 7 minutes of terror
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Health
Breakdown of brain’s autopilot mode may explain Parkinson’s disease
News
Environment
We urgently need to switch to hybrid heating for homes, says UK report
News
Environment
Seagrass loss off the coast of Kenya is fuelling climate change
News
Humans
The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature
News
Health
MS symptoms improved by treatment that attacks glandular fever virus
News
Earth
Shallow Mexican seabed traps tsunamis so they strike land repeatedly
News
Humans
Some rare fathers pass on an extra kind of DNA to their children
News
Technology
Smart mini-backpacks for chickens can monitor their welfare on farms
News
Health
Diabetes can be diagnosed by simply shining a light on your skin
News
Health
Morphing brain DNA hints at a whole new way to treat Alzheimer’s
News
Physics
Graphene generators could let you recharge a phone with your breath
News
Life
Sick ants stay clear of their co-workers to stop disease spreading
News
Life
Ancient hippo-like reptile was a giant to rival the dinosaurs
News
Space
Giant grooves on Mars鈥檚 moon Phobos may be caused by rolling boulders
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Analysis
Environment
Green Christmas: How to have an ethical and guilt-free festive season
If you celebrate Christmas, it doesn't have to be a feast of rampant consumerism and devastating gluttony. Read our guide to cleaning up your Yule
News
Comment
Putting a price on CO2 is a smokescreen that hides its human cost
News
Comment
Making AI research classified will harm US science
News
Health
No, statistics don鈥檛 show that Brexit made England more depressed
News
Features
Health
The truth about supplements: do they work and should you take them?
Fish oils, multivitamins and other supplements are a huge industry, but the latest research indicates they are often of little use. Here's what you need to know
Features
Physics
Particles crossing to our world could open portal to dark-matter realm
Features
Humans
Unearthed! The missing Native American city on the Great Plains
Features
Culture
Health
14 great science and tech books to give as presents this Christmas
From the true nature of time to the world's most extraordinary brains to why you should ditch social media, Culture picks the best books to give this year
Culture
Life
The best fiction and sci-fi of 2018 to wrap or read this Xmas
Culture
Technology
Don’t miss: delusions, a prototype construction robot and a VR game
Culture
Life
The Honey Factory review 鈥� the buzz of exploring honeybees’ secrets
Culture
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