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This week’s issue
Features
38 Solar surprise
Physicists fear that the next
big solar storm may strike
without warning
42 Know yourself
Rachel E. Gross on why
we understand so little
about the female body
46 Rise of the guardians
Can dogs that protect livestock
now conserve predators too?
51 Stargazing at home
A long-predicted meteor shower
may finally appear this month
53 Puzzles
Try our crossword, quick quiz
and logic puzzle
54 Almost the last word
What provides the placebo
effect’s healing power?
55 Tom Gauld for New Scientist
A cartoonist’s take on the world
56 Feedback
Great balls of fire and planet
Woo: the week in weird
The back pages
Views
27 Comment
Girls are just as good as boys
at science, says Maria Rossini
28 The columnist
Graham Lawton on the issues
with urban beekeeping
30 Aperture
Poignant objects from an
exhibit on cancer treatment
32 Letters
The complex battle against
obesity related illness
34 Culture
A playful sci-fi romp through
a chaotic multiverse
News
7 Crypto crunch
Cryptocurrency mining is still
on the rise despite price drops
12 Medical AI controversy
Plans to predict mental health
crises via an app are scrapped
14 The corvid palace
A Cambridge lab facing
closure must find new
homes for its rooks and jays
35 George Monbiot Terrifying new book says farming is killing the planet
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Views
9 What next for the
black hole telescope?
42 The untold story
of the female body
19 Ants that treat
each other’s wounds
On the
cover
Vol 254 No 3387
Cover image: Joe Wilson
38 Solar storm warning
Why we may not see the
next big one coming
46 Canine conservationists
How dogs are being used
to protect wild predators 10 Six months on from COP
35 George Monbiot on farming
16 Bacteria play tic-tac-toe
54 Do birds ever get out of breath?
“The dogs
are being
put to new
uses, such
as guarding
penguins”
46 Feature
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