15 August 2020 | New Scientist | 1On the
cover12 Obesity and cancer
We may finally know
what the connection is14 The well-behaved Higgs
And why that is a
problem for physics18 Fire and ice
Is this the Arctic’s worst year ever?News
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Features
12 Baby’s-eye view
AI learns by seeing through
the eyes of a child15 Fertility treatment
Menopausal woman gives
birth after blood injection16 No more sniffles?
A vaccine for a major common
cold virus looks promising and
could be available by 202423 Comment
We still have much to learn
from the story of Henrietta
Lacks, says Maninder Ahluwalia24 The columnist
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
on dark matter26 Letters
The call for covid-19 slimming28 Aperture
Shining a green light on
atmospheric conditions30 Culture
Algorithmic bias is explored
in a new documentary53 Puzzles
Quick crossword and the quiz54 More puzzles
Can you help two maths
professors move house?54 Cartoons
Life through the lens of
Tom Gauld and Twisteddoodles55 Feedback
Make like a very, very bad
goose – the week in weird56 The last word
Why don’t we have eyes
in the backs of our heads?32 Why contact matters
How to stop the coronavirus
pandemic from dismantling
your social network38 Saturation point
Can tropical forests continue
to soak up carbon dioxide?44 Electric chemistry
We have discovered a smart,
green way to choreograph
the dance of atomsThe back pages
11 Plastic pandemic Can we stop face masks and gloves from piling up?Vol 247 No 3295
Cover image: Dave Fung32 Coronavirus: why
contact matters
The surprising impact of
social interactions on our
health, wealth and happiness8 Who gets the vaccine?
The difficult decisions that
are already being made11 Plastic pandemic
When protection
equals pollutionPA
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16 Ancient poison arrows
20 Snowballs on Jupiter
20 Zombie microbes
16 A vaccine for the common cold
21 Long-necked monster
15 Birth after the menopauseThis week’s issue
32 Features
“ Seeing even
people we
barely know
can have a
surprisingly
big impact
on our
happiness”