2019-06-22_New_Scientist

THE HUMAN BRAIN

Understanding the most complex object in the known universe

SPECIAL ISSUE

THE WORST PLANETS

Hellish truth about

Mercury and Venus

ANCIENT ‘SISTINE CHAPEL’

3000-year-old Hittite

mystery finally solved

RISE OF SUPERWEEDS

Coming soon: plants that

resist all herbicides

PLUS DO PROTESTS WORK? / PANCAKE SCIENCE /ROBOT IRONY /

OUR STRANGELY QUIET BLACK HOLE / VERTICAL FARMING

Why our brains

are so special What

happens when

you think

How smarter

people’s brains

are different

Where

consciousness

comes from

Left brains

and right

brains

Why your

brain never

turns off

How your

gut influences

your mind

How

to make

a brain

Why some

brains are more

resistant to decline

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