18 April 2020 | New Scientist | 3On the
coverFocus on coronavirus
8 Lessons from Wuhan’s medical
front line 11 The facts on face masks
10 Is Australia keeping a lid on
the virus? 12 Healthy relationships
in lockdown 7 Fighting covid-
alongside Ebola in the Democratic
Republic of the CongoNews
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14 A gassy giant’s core?
Monster rocky exoplanet
hints at Jupiter’s heart15 Rare herb saved
Seedbank helps restore
plant devastated by
Australia’s bush fires16 Ancient yarn
World’s oldest string must have
been made by Neanderthals21 Comment
Gary Paul Nabhan
on Earth Day at 5022 The columnist
James Wong on the reality
of growing your own veg24 Letters
Environmental hope for
life after the pandemic27 Aperture
Plumes from a SpaceX
rocket light up the night sky30 Culture
Are we thinking about the
brain in the wrong way?51 Science of cooking
How to bake without eggs52 Puzzles
Cryptic crossword, dividing
up squares and the quiz53 Feedback
Academics try their hands
at April Fools’ pranks54 Almost the last word
Crossing a 100-metre drop
and runny noses while biking56 The Q&A
Amee Baird on brain injuries
and sexual desire34 Rethinking exercise
How strength can boost your
health and extend your lifespan40 Creatures of the abyss
An alligator’s afterlife has
revealed weird denizens
of the ocean deep44 The mystery of chirality
The molecules of life have a
strange asymmetry – and we
may finally know whyThe back pages
15 Mongolian warriors The women who may have inspired MulanVol 246 No 3278
Cover image: Dan Page34 Rethinking exercise
Why strength not fitness
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16 Neanderthal string
44 The mystery of chirality
22 Awkward truth about
growing your own veg
40 Creatures of the abyss
15 Mongolia’s ancient
female warriors
14 Extraordinary rocky
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40 Features
“ Zombie
worms
may have
consumed
the bones
of ancient
reptilian sea
monsters”