2019-04-20_New_Scientist

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20 April 2019 | NewScientist | 3 CONTENTS newscientist.com/issue/ Leader 5 The feat of imaging a black hole presages further cha ...

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20 April 2019 | NewScientist | 5 WOW. That was what Katie Bouman’s face said, in an image widely shared on social media, as she ...

6 | NewScientist | 20 April 2019 THIS WEEK HUMANITY has had its very first look at a black hole. Last week, the Event Horizon Te ...

20 April 2019 | NewScientist | 7 For new stories every day, visit newscientist.com/news The observations of the M 87 black hole, ...

8 | NewScientist | 20 April 2019 WE ARE starting to understand why a tender caress feels different to other forms of touch. Part ...

20 April 2019 | NewScientist | 9 AN AMBITIOUS trip to the moon has ended with the spacecraft in pieces. Beresheet, which was set ...

10 | NewScientist | 20 April 2019 NEWS & TECHNOLOGY Clare Wilson MEN who have children later in life may pass on changes acq ...

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12 | NewScientist | 20 April 2019 NEWS & TECHNOLOGY A GREEK woman has given birth to a baby boy conceived using a technique ...

Humanity will need the equivalent of 2 Earths to support itself by 2030. We spend 50% of our lives daydreaming. People lying dow ...

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20 April 2019 | NewScientist | 15 NEWS & TECHNOLOGY Jacob Aron ONE of the biggest open problems in mathematics may be solved ...

16 | NewScientist | 20 April 2019 NEWS & TECHNOLOGY PLASTICS are leaving no corner of the planet untouched. Microplastics, w ...

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