15 June 2019 | New Scientist | 1This week’s issue
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cover44 Koala doctors 6 Plant that eats salamanders
15 Pentaquark puzzle solved 8 Extreme hybrid humanComing
next weekThe brain issue Mysteries
of the most complex object
in the known universeNews
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Features
12 Ancient moon impact
A huge asteroid may be
preserved beneath the
moon’s surface15 To find fake news, make it
An AI is learning to generate fake
articles so that it can spot them20 The rise of robot surgery
Are high-tech medical robots
living up to their promise?23 Comment
End medical gender bias,
says Caroline Criado-Perez24 The columnist
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
on the charm of antimatter26 Letters
Climate sacrifices must be
made by all of us, equally28 Aperture
Inside the mangrove forests
threatened by climate change30 Culture
The battle between free will
and genes in who we love51 Maker
How to make a theremin52 Puzzles
Quick crossword, a boat puzzle
and the quick quiz53 Feedback
Cunning kids and patriotic power:
the week in weird54 Almost the last word
Readers weigh in on the best
swimming strokes56 Me and my telescope
David Reay on the climate and
carbon farming34 How much exercise do we
really need?
Why 10,000 steps is way off
the mark38 Putting humans on Mars
The definitive guide to getting
to our nearest planet – and back44 Koala doctors
The stomach-churning diet
that helps koalas burned in
wildfires recoverThe back pages
14 Climate monitoring axed Vital scheme on a mid-Atlantic island endsVol 242 No 3234
Cover image: Steven Wilson34 How much exercise do
we really need?
The surprising new answer
rooted in human evolution(Spoiler alert: it’s not
10,000 steps)CR
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38 Putting humans on Mars
The long trip, surviving
the surface, and how to
get back alive7 A treatment for
Alzheimer’s
Could an arthritis drug
be the solution?