A dyslexia diagnosis can help struggling children, but what about the rest?
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This week's magazine
7 November 2026
Issue 3620
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
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Environment
COP31: Will this year’s聽climate summit be the most underwhelming ever?
Despite coming after a year of dangerous weather and signs that global warming聽is accelerating, COP31 is unlikely to deliver dramatic progress on climate action
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Mind
Curiosity may be what drives our brains to become so complex
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Physics
Key oddity of quantum physics may run even deeper than anticipated
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Space
Rusty crust made Mars warm and wet
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Life
Birds can get jet lag on long, fast flights and then fly off course
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Mathematics
AI refutes 30-year-old mathematical assumption in computer science
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Environment
Satellites show some of the strongest evidence the AMOC is weakening
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Transplanted ovaries adjust to the recipient’s biological age
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Life
Predatory amphibians swam the seas 237 million years ago
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Humans
Access to stone as well as water governed where early humans lived
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Space
There may be a new dwarf planet just beyond Pluto
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Inhaling CO2 may rescue nerves鈥� ability to regrow
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Life
‘Oddball’ test lets us glimpse how monkeys see the world
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Technology
Robotic dog controlled with a computer powered by human blood cells
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Environment
Super-insulating solid may soon help old homes reach net-zero goals
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Life
Wind turbines have killed 19 million bats in 40 years in the US
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Earth
Clues from the Dead Sea could explain ancient drying of the Mediterranean
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Features
Mind
We are finally pinning down what makes dyslexic brains different
Humans never evolved to read and write, and around 10 per cent of us are dyslexic. Now, we are uncovering the pathways underlying the condition, opening up new ways to support people who struggle to read聽
Features
Technology
The nuclear waste repository in Finland designed to outlast modern civilisation
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Humans evolved to be surprisingly fat 鈥� no wonder we struggle with dieting
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Culture
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Is our obsession with controlling our lives making us unhappy?
Anna Lembke's thought-provoking book Radical Surrender argues that we are obsessed with dictating every event in our lives, and that we need to realise we can't control everything. David Robson takes stock
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How to think critically about what shapes our understanding of technology
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Arrival is 10 years old. This first-contact film is as brilliant as ever
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Mind
What are microchimeric cells doing to our brain?
We now know that cells exchanged during pregnancy can take up residency in our brain. Could they influence our development, health or even behaviour? Columnist Helen Thomson explores this mysterious cellular legacy
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Vaccines could be about to revolutionise acne treatments
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Tom Gauld on our future robot overlords
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on scientific equipment training
Regulars
Regulars
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The DNA is backwards on The Selfish Gene’s cover 鈥� again
Feedback notes with weary inevitability that a 50th anniversary edition of Richard Dawkins's classic work features a double-helix twisting the wrong way 鈥� not for the first time
This Week’s Letters
Letters
If every ship were taken out of the water, would sea levels change?
Last Word
Why do people look better in a mirror than in a photograph? Part 3
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Why don鈥檛 dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? Part 6
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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