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On the
cover
Coronavirus latest
11 Is blood type
a risk factor?
9 The drugs stemming
the tide
8 New vaccine hopes
42 The stronger sex
Are women genetically
superior to men?
News
Views
Features
12 Atlas of everywhere
Biggest map of the universe
covers 11 billion years
14 Slavery’s legacy
The genetic trace left by
the transatlantic slave trade
17 Cleaning planet plastic
Avoiding a plastic catastrophe
will be difficult, but we have
to start trying
21 The columnist
Bring on the weather report
predicting storms on social
media, says Annalee Newitz
22 Letters
An eyewitness account of
bias during work at university
24 Culture
Exploring the many ways
that the universe could end
25 Culture
The tough reality of balancing
family with being an astronaut
28 Aperture
A natural kaleidoscope
53 Puzzles
Quick crossword and the quiz
54 More puzzles
Can you figure out the best
way to take the biscuit?
54 Cartoons
Life through the lens of
Tom Gauld and Twisteddoodles
55 Feedback
Rhea bites and naked comet-
watching: the week in weird
56 The last word
Why is UV radiation stronger
when the sun is high?
30 Last year we saw our first
black hole. Now we know it
saw us too
How Einstein’s monsters capture
footage of our universe’s history
36 Why dinos came to rule
The secret superpower that let
dinosaurs take over the world
42 The stronger sex
How superior genes help
women to live longer
The back pages
13 Under the sea Microbes discovered beneath the sea floor
of the South Pacific Ocean may be more than 100 million years old
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iStock Photo/Event Horizon Telescope
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30 Last year we saw
our first black hole.
Now we know it saw us too
How black holes are
filming the entire history
of the universe
36 Why dinos came to rule
The secret superpower that
made them unstoppable
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16 Viking smallpox
12 Birdspotting AI
15 China goes to Mars
13 100-million-year-old microbes
19 Why mosquitoes bite us
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30 Features
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it drags
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