This week's magazine
14 November 2026
Issue 3621
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Space
Hubble Space Telescope is falling to Earth 鈥� should NASA save it?
The Hubble Space Telescope faces a fiery and fatal re-entry to Earth's atmosphere sometime around 2032, but NASA is asking the private sector for ideas to keep it working
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Parkinson鈥檚 may be driven by ‘vicious cycle’ that disrupts brain waste drainage
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Vibrating mattress helps clear Alzheimer鈥檚 protein from the brain
Humans
Stunning collection of prehistoric engravings found in Spanish cave
Physics
Weird ‘ultraquantum’ turbulence seen for the first time
Space
Evidence of active volcanoes on Mars may boost chances of finding life
Environment
An unexpected feedback loop may be driving mega heatwaves
Environment
Antarctica鈥檚 permafrost is emitting worrying amounts of CO2
Physics
Physicists get first glimpse of the zeptoverse from LHC experiment
Humans
Prehistoric Britons may have made giant stone axes to show off
Physics
Record-breaking, fast-spinning magnet could help uncover new physics
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Toothbrush that emits electricity may more effectively prevent gum disease
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The economic benefits of the covid vaccines may be double what we thought
Mind
Zapping part of the brain makes you think harder 鈥� at a cost
Humans
British Iron Age ‘king’ who prompted Roman invasion was probably a woman
Environment
Microplastics may be changing the colour of the Pacific Ocean
Life
Dinosaur red blood cells recovered from 115-million-year-old fossil
Environment
Marginal oil and gas wells have outsized pollution impact
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A third of babies with peanut allergy grow out of it by 1 year old
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Feet-stiffening socks could help you run further for longer
Humans
Inca children were drugged before being sacrificed
Features
Physics
Can a new theory of the past solve the biggest enigma in quantum mechanics?
Quantum theory assumes that only the present, not the past, has an influence on the future. Now there are hints that could be wrong, and if so some of theory's most bizarre implications could make a lot more sense
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What terrifying sleep paralysis demons reveal about the mind-body connection
Space
Voyager is one light day away from us. Here’s what it discovered on its epic journey
Culture
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Are we outsourcing our thinking to AI 鈥� and how much should we worry?
Eric C. So's new book The Collision argues that we are letting AI do our thinking for us, with dangerous consequences for our brains. Tom Knowles weighs up the evidence
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You Can See Everything review: Elizabeth Holmes film is absurd but captivating
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Blade Runner 2099 is coming. How does Philip K. Dick’s original hold up?
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Mathematics
Hannah Fry: How to win The Traitors with maths (step one, don鈥檛 get made a traitor)
With a little help from Alan Turing and Thomas Bayes, I came up with a mathematical model I hoped would help me win The Traitors. Unfortunately, events then got in the way, writes Professor Hannah Fry in her latest column
Life
Boiling frog syndrome is often called a myth 鈥� but is it?
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The scientific truth about collagen supplements
Tom Gauld on labels used for parcels sent from our laboratory
Twisteddoodles has the latest on snake strikes
Regulars
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Killer Bigfoot evidence rejected by Bigfoot’s biggest fans
Feedback, keen to watch a new Bigfoot documentary that uncovers some intriguing new evidence involving an ape costume, is unsurprised by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization's take on the footage