New Scientist – August 17, 2019

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17 August 2019 | New Scientist | 1 On the cover 42 Bye-bye big bang The beginning of everything might not be the beginning 9 You ...

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17 August 2019 | New Scientist | 3 PERFECTIONISM is often admired and celebrated. The drive and athleticism of Serena Williams o ...

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17 August 2019 | New Scientist | 5 A CLINICAL trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has found that two drugs appear to b ...

6 | New Scientist | 17 August 2019 THE finding that some chemicals slow down sperm that carry the X chromosome could lead to gel ...

17 August 2019 | New Scientist | 7 Space Artificial intelligence Ruby Prosser Scully Donna Lu THE supermassive black hole at the ...

8 | New Scientist | 17 August 2019 ARTIFICIAL intelligence is predicting the outcome of court cases concerning human rights viol ...

17 August 2019 | New Scientist | 9 AN ORGANISM found off the coast of Japan could explain one of the great mysteries of evolutio ...

10 | New Scientist | 17 August 2019 DEMENTIA has cemented its position as the leading cause of death in England and Wales, accor ...

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12 | New Scientist | 17 August 2019 FAST radio bursts could be the key to a greater understanding of the cosmos. If we can use t ...

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14 | New Scientist | 17 August 2019 GOLIATH frogs are the biggest frogs in the world, and they may have evolved to such a size b ...

17 August 2019 | New Scientist | 15 Astronomy Leah Crane HUGE blobs of hot plasma have been spotted hurtling through the sun’s c ...

16 | New Scientist | 17 August 2019 Space Ancient parrot was the world’s biggest HEFTY parrots a metre tall stalked New Zealand ...

17 August 2019 | New Scientist | 17 Geology Marine biology Animal behaviour Tectonics may be billions of years old Earth’s conti ...