3 August 2019 | New Scientist | 3On the
cover8 Anti-ageing pill
Can new supplement make
you healthier for longer?10 Viking secrets
Genetics reveals true origin
of invaders44 Peak dinosaur
Why the golden age of
discovery has only just begunComing
next weekNumber hunters
The maths enthusiasts
seeking the largest primesNews
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9 Fact-checking Facebook
First look at the site’s attempt
to crack down on fake news12 Placenta microbiome
Is the organ sterile?
Researchers can’t agree15 Hawaii telescope row
The Thirty Meter Telescope
could further desecrate a
sacred site, says Haunani Kane23 Comment
To crack fundamental physics,
we must rethink our place in
reality, says Richard Webb24 The columnist
Eating locally isn’t always
greener, says James Wong26 Letters
The food advice I needed
came from a song28 Aperture
Record-breaking Arctic fires30 Culture
Utopians and realists agree
the economy is broken51 Maker
Create a tweeting wildlife camera52 Puzzles
Quick crossword, a chess puzzle
and the quiz53 Feedback
Alligators on meth and mutant
crocs: the week in weird54 Almost the last word
Readers respond on striking skies
and lock security56 The Q&A
Jim Al-Khalili on quantum physics
and space-time34 Reality: The great illusion
Our perceptions may not tell
us the truth about the world38 Water from air
New tech to quench our thirst42 Illuminating the brain
Ed Boyden’s mission to know
what thoughts are made of44 Peak dinosaur
More discoveries are yet to comeThe back pages
16 Early animals Shankouia zhenghei and other fossils go on displayVol 243 No 3241
Cover image: Alexy Préfontaine34 Reality: The greatest
illusion of all
How evolution has blinded us
to the truth about the world38 Water from air
Tech that could quench the
planet’s thirstOXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY28 Arctic wildfires 14 New marmoset 15 Bionic eye
24 Is it better to buy local? 42 Blowing up brain cellsThis week’s issue
56 Jim Al-Khalili The quantum physicist on space-time and oil paintingGARY DOAK/ALAMY; TOP RIGHT:SPLThe Q&A
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