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No.3115
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leaders
To advance science we need to think about the impossible
SpaceX follows Jules Verne – with one exception
NEWS
UPFRONT
Atmospheric rivers leave California dried out and then flooded
UTIs could soon be life-threatening without new antibiotics
Was Kim Jong-nam killed by VX nerve gas? Doesn’t look like it
Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too
SpaceX plans to send two civilians around the moon next year
Rebooted Nokia 3310 steals the show at exhibition of mobile tech
The EU’s renewable energy policy is making global warming worse
60 Seconds
IN BRIEF
You should be eating 10 pieces of fruit or veg every day, not 5
Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too
Augmented reality lets cars communicate to reduce road rage
Caterpillars vibrate anuses to send food and shelter alerts
Bees learn to play golf and show off how clever they really are
AI beats professional players at Super Smash Bros. video game
Voyager 1 might have seen Enceladus’ icy plumes 25 years early
Snow will melt more slowly in a warmer world – here’s why
ANALYSIS
Next-gen microbiome drugs are now on sale – should you buy them?
Pluto is still an ex-planet, no matter what its fans think
Dozy drivers pose big dilemma for next step in autonomous cars
Bill Gates’ robot tax alone won’t save jobs: here’s what will
APERTURE
How to dust a telescope’s 78-square-metre mirror with CO2
FEATURES
Cosmic uncertainty: Is the speed of light really constant?
Cosmic uncertainty: Could quantum weirdness be even weirder?
Cosmic uncertainty: Does time go both ways?
Cosmic uncertainty: Are there really just three dimensions?
Cosmic uncertainty: Are there antimatter worlds out there?
The opposite birds: What wiped out the ancient rulers of the sky
Anaesthesia: What really happens when the lights go out
Putting you under: When anaesthesia goes wrong
PEOPLE
Milking time at the den of deadly snakes
CULTURE
Technoaddicts: turn on, touch in, swipe out
Volcanoes: Oxford exhibition gives the fiery inside story
Unmaking the myths of our gendered minds
Regulars
LETTERS, FEEDBACK, THE LAST WORD