New Scientist - USA (2019-11-30)

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30 November 2019 | New Scientist | 3

On the
cover

42 Super magnets
The new material that will
transform technology

12 End game
Grand unified theory of
two-player games revealed

14 Your dog’s true age
...and how to calculate it

News


Views


Features


8 Suspended animation
Our exclusive special report on
a groundbreaking medical first

17 Climate tipping points
Mathematical analysis
suggests we may be closer
to disaster than we thought

20 The truth about vaping
Does a spate of lung injuries
mean e-cigarattes aren’t safe?

23 Comment
Vote with climate in mind,
says Jacob Aron

24 The columnist
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
on the universe’s origin

26 Letters
Neglected concerns about
the nutrient choline

28 Aperture
See the exquisite insides
of a glorious gem

30 Culture
Two books describe when
innovations can kill

51 Stargazing at home
See Mercury rising in the east

52 Puzzles
Quick crossword, a book puzzle
and a quiz

53 Feedback
Paper phones and drug-raiding
boar: the week in weird

54 Almost the last word
Can screens make spectacles
redundant? Readers respond

56 The Q&A
Jeffrey Hangst on how to
make antimatter

34 Why the medicine you take
could actually be bad for you
Rushing drugs to market may be
doing more harm than good

40 Rational outrage
Naomi Oreskes on the best ways
to combat science denial

42 Super magnets
Exotic new materials are poised
to transform computing,
cosmology and medicine

The back pages


31 Videotopian dreaming Nam June Paik is at London’s Tate Modern

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Cover image: Getty Images

34 Why the medicine you
take could actually be
bad for your health

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Culture


10 The mass of a neutrino
16 Why 70 is the new 65
8 Suspended animation
17 Climate tipping points

This week’s issue


40 Features


“ Climate


change


is scary.


And when


people are


frightened,


they lash out


in all sorts of


directions”

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