New Scientist - UK (2022-05-21)

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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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