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No.3151
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leaders
Your data is too valuable and sensitive to dish out for free
Get closer to death to make the most of life
NEWS
UPFRONT
Estonia freezes popular e-residency ID cards due to security bug
Planting trees could mop up 10 years’ worth of greenhouse gases
China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better
Five firms aim to power moon-orbiting way station to deep space
Meet the winners of the biggest-ever face-recognition challenge
FDA loosens rules on direct-to-consumer genetic tests
Australia to cut cervical cancer risk with less regular tests
60 Seconds
NEWS & TECHNOLOGY
What we’re doing now will make the ocean completely unliveable
Boy with a genetic disease has had almost all his skin replaced
A bizarre supernova keeps exploding over and over again
Breathing pure oxygen could heal footballers with concussion
AI binges on CSI crime shows and learns to guess whodunnit
Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife
We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted
I went on a data diet and all I got was ads and paranoia
There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed
How learning to share cakes could help stop unfair US elections
Virtual cocktails hijack your senses to turn water into wine
Blood cells in chronic fatigue syndrome are drained of energy
People with face blindness are missing a ‘hub’ in their brains
Dinosaur mass-extinction let mammals come out in the day
IN BRIEF
Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food
Visual trick fools AI into thinking a turtle is really a rifle
Secure your secret messages with printable invisible ink
Europe and the US were most responsible for deadly heatwave
Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life
Malaria parasite makes mosquitoes more likely to suck your blood
Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid
Phone sensors can save lives by revealing what floor you are on
ANALYSIS
Letting robots kill without human supervision could save lives
Why Hawking’s PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration
Rivers and forests need the same legal rights we grant to people
Massachusetts may end daylight saving time – let’s all join them
APERTURE
Gang of ants surgically dismembers large, dead spider on Borneo
FEATURES
Consciously quantum: How you make everything real
State of unrest: Can fidgeting really help you concentrate?
The unseen puppet masters that control life in the oceans
PEOPLE
This mortician wants to fix our broken relationship with death
CULTURE
Language: Unlocking the past’s most powerful secret
The Seduction of Curves revives old ideas about maths and beauty