Product Description
No. 3087
NEWS
Plunging deep beneath the sea in a tiny sub to map the ocean
submersible
TECHNOLOGY
Autonomous AI guards to stalk the internet fighting hackers
AI hacking duel
life artwork
FEATURES
Life may have emerged not once, but many times on Earth
Far from being a miracle that happened just once in 4 billion years, life’s beginnings could have been so commonplace that it began many times over
poker
FEATURES
How winning at cards can help you win at life
Life, like poker, is full of risk, chance and hidden information – which is why the most accomplished poker bots can teach us how to succeed
planet
FEATURES
No-fly zone: Exploring the uncharted layers of our atmosphere
In this forbidden region, planes can’t fly, balloons can’t float, and satellites struggle to orbit. A swarm of tiny probes is about to reveal its secrets
Ronald Richter
FEATURES
President Perón, I’ll give you fusion in a bottle
Ronald Richter promised Argentina limitless nuclear energy by controlling the process that powers the sun, and President Perón lapped it up
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leaders
We must understand electroshock therapy’s unwanted side effects
Inpired by the Olympic vibe? Get moving to save your life
NEWS
UPFRONT
China launches world’s first quantum communications satellite
NASA urged to rejoin the hunt for gravitational waves
Newborn baby opioid addiction quadruples in US in 15 years
Decline of wild bee species in England linked to pesticide use
Scorchio! Earth’s surface is the hottest it has been in history
Polio back in Nigeria two years after being wiped out in Africa
Lead in Australia's drinking water is leaching from brass taps
60 Seconds
THIS WEEK
Mystery of déjà vu explained – it's how we check our memories
Black hole made in the lab shows signs of quantum entanglement
104-year-old cyclist named world’s greatest centenarian athlete
Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained
Does eating more salt prevent migraines and severe headaches?
World’s oldest vertebrate is a shark that may live for 500 years
IN BRIEF
Selfish dogs would rather play with a toy than help a human
How big is a proton? No one knows exactly, and that’s a problem
Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt
Virtual reality helps eight paralysed people feel their legs
Wasps stitch up spiders in silk nests where they are eaten alive
Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind
First wearable brain scanner to probe people with amazing gifts
First real-time look at genes switching off in live human brains
ANALYSIS
Shock therapy to make a comeback as evidence grows that it works
LHC-style supercolliders are entering a make or break phase
Gluten-free water: surely that’s not a real thing is it?
Human-animal chimeras may be key to us living healthier lives
TECHNOLOGY
Autonomous AI guards to stalk the internet fighting hackers
US Air Force wants to plasma bomb the sky using tiny satellites
Australian AI spots dodgy deals that look like money laundering
APERTURE
See the creepy-crawly stowaways in a 3000-year-old loaf of bread
FEATURES
Life may have emerged not once, but many times on Earth
How winning at cards can help you win at life
No-fly zone: Exploring the uncharted layers of our atmosphere
PEOPLE
President Perón, I’ll give you fusion in a bottle
CULTURE
The kids are alright – if you leave them alone
Mall tales: an artist’s take on modern retail psychology
How the cyber age gave peace a chance
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