28 November 2020 | New Scientist | 1On the
coverFocus on coronavirus
17 The true death rate
from covid-44 Tracking down the next
pandemic before it hits14 Can mass testing keep us
safe until we get a vaccine?News
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10 Ebola squashed
The DRC has contained its
11th outbreak of the virus11 Bushmeat in Europe
Meat of protected African
animals on sale in Belgium12 Feel Earth move
Plate tectonics may have
begun far earlier than
we thought23 Comment
Sale of the Duelling Dinosaurs
may harm palaeontology,
says Riley Black24 The columnist
James Wong on how attitudes
to food are cultural26 Letters
How to tackle coronavirus
vaccine worries28 Aperture
The desert of oil pumping jacks30 Culture
Crazy, Not Insane explores
why people kill51 Citizen science
Help astronomers explore galaxies52 Puzzles
Try our cryptic crossword,
quick quiz and brain teaser54 Almost the last word
Why do some people struggle
to tell left from right?55 Tom Gauld
for New Scientist
A cartoonist’s take on the world56 Feedback
Putting the “oo” into humour:
the week in weird34 Beyond space-time
The universe is expanding
too fast, and the fall-out
could rewrite cosmology40 Sacred orcas
How a Native American Nation
is fighting for the rights
of captive killer whales44 Virus hunters
Tracking down the next
pandemic before it hitsThe back pages
8 To the moon and back China’s Chang’e 5 launched this weekVol 248 No 3310
Cover image: Giulio Bonasera34 Beyond space-time
Why it’s time to rethink
Einstein’s universe8 China’s lunar leap
The Chang’e 5 launch,
and why it’s a dry run
for a crewed landingST
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9 Minimoon 10 Zombie dinosaur
11 Worm milk 12 Robot ship
32 His Dark Materials 54 Telling left
from right 40 Sacred orcasThis week’s issue
40 Features
“ The Lummi
Nation of
Washington
State draw no
distinction
between their
orca and
human kin”