Technology
Rogue hacking AIs have changed the cybersecurity landscape
News
This week's magazine
22 August 2026
Issue 3609
On the cover
Editor's picks
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It is finally time to talk about the impact of fluctuating hormones
Comment
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Why many women with ADHD feel overwhelmingly controlled by their hormones
Features
Mind
How wakeful rest may boost brain power in a manner similar to sleep
Features
Physics
The surprising upsides of living in a reality that repeats for eternity
Features
Table of contents
News
Technology
Quantum computing may be facing a replication crisis
A review of thousands of scientific papers about quantum computers finds that most don鈥檛 provide code that can be tested on independent devices or that the code doesn鈥檛 work
News
Environment
Fate of the AMOC may depend on how quickly CO2 rises聽
News
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Our blood’s body clock may be causing anaemia cases to be missed
News
Physics
Quantum entanglement is key to solving 250-year-old maths problem
News
Space
Earth extremophile can grow in聽near-Mars-like conditions
News
Humans
Monsoon-driven wildfires may have shaped human evolution
News
Humans
DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman Britain
News
Mind
‘Remarkable’ discovery upends our understanding of how brains store memories
News
Physics
Rainbows can be made from sounds 鈥� and we’ve created the best ones yet
News
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Heart surgery cured a man鈥檚 skin cancer 鈥� and gave him a bee allergy
News
Humans
Denisovans may have dwarfed other ancient humans
News
Physics
The proton is more quantum than we thought
News
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CRISPR-armed phages help treat severe superbug infection
News
Environment
Fishers detonate a bomb every hour on one Indonesian coral reef
News
Life
Mammal ancestors were giving birth to live young 236 million years ago
News
Space
Three black holes discovered in a young galaxy for the first time
News
Features
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Why many women with ADHD feel overwhelmingly controlled by their hormones
People with ADHD are unusually sensitive to hormone shifts. Psychiatrists have started to pay attention, creating strategies to address the intense emotions and cognitive challenges caused by these changes
Features
Mind
How wakeful rest may boost brain power in a manner similar to sleep
Features
Physics
The surprising upsides of living in a reality that repeats for eternity
Features
Culture
Comment
The wild, gripping story of the psychedelic secreted by desert toads
Kimon de Greef's The Ego Trip chronicles the rise of a potent psychedelic drug, from the toads that secrete it to the man who claimed it has amazing powers. Olivia Goldhill discovers an extraordinary tale
Culture
Comment
A wolf鈥檚 1000-mile quest makes for epic and empathetic reading
Culture
Comment
This sci-fi novel is a riveting tale of an oppressive galactic empire
Culture
More
Mind
Why do people ask so few questions in conversation?聽
We've perhaps been conditioned to not ask too many questions, in case it comes across as rude or prying. But columnist David Robson argues that asking people open-ended questions benefits our wellbeing, and doesn't have to be complicated
Comment
Physics
Could we eliminate any particles from the standard model of physics?
Comment
Humans
What primates tell us about the evolutionary origins of keeping pets
Comment
Tom Gauld on popularity in the lab
Regulars
Twisteddoodles on distribution graphs (with added cats)
Regulars
Regulars
Comment
Don’t be an archaeologist in a movie if you want to survive
Feedback
This Week’s Letters
Letters
Do all bee species speak the same language?
Last Word
What size of planet would prevent space travel due to gravity? Part 2
Last Word
Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 4
Last Word
This week鈥檚 new questions
Last Word
