New Scientist - USA (2022-03-19)

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This week’s issue


Features


38 Wave after wave
Now we have observed dozens
of gravitational waves, we can
solve some deep cosmic puzzles

43 Rabbits in a hole
A mysterious viral disease is
putting bunnies in real trouble.
Can they be saved?

46 Mimicking touch
How to create artificial
sensations with chemicals

51 The science of cooking
How to master spherification

53 Puzzles
Try our crossword, quick quiz
and logic puzzle

54 Almost the last word
Why does sticking my tongue
out help me concentrate?

56 Feedback
Giant gummy bears and moon
geese: the week in weird

56 Twisteddoodles
for New Scientist
Picturing the lighter side of life

The back pages


Views


27 Comment
We have a moral duty to
stop the spread of disease,
says Jonathan Goodman

28 The columnist
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
asks who space belongs to

30 Aperture
Eye-catching flamingos

32 Letters
Surely there is more to
baby boomer misery?

34 Culture
Downfall on Netflix makes
a case against Boeing

News


10 Food shock
War in Ukraine is fuelling a
surge in food prices, but there
is a way to quickly boost supply

12 Elixir of youth
A clue to young blood’s
rejuvenating effects

16 Covid-19 gamble
Iceland’s new strategy
targets herd immunity

23 Is de-extinction doomed? Lessons from the Christmas Island rat

DAVID KLEYN/ALAMY

News


8 Ukraine war
disinformation
The fight against
online propaganda

43 Save our bunnies
Why it’s time to stop thinking
about rabbits as pests

14 Life on Mars?
Rover finds tantalising haul
of organic molecules

On the
cover

Vol 253 No 3378
Cover image: Ollie Hirst

38 Ripples from
the big bang
How a new kind of
gravitational wave
could reveal the secrets
of the early universe

19 Australia’s pink lake
27 The morals of sneezing
15 Origins of the moon
20 Toads climb trees
51 DIY haute cuisine

“How we


sense the


world is


critical for


pretty much


everything


in life”


46 Features


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