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CATCH A FALLING STAR
FURRY FITNESS
Meteorite hunters snag
space rocks on the fly
Why animals don’t have to
exercise to stay in shape
Mind-melting hallucinogen
makes depression fade away
WEEKLY
April 22-28, 2017
BAD TRIP, GOOD TRIP
MARCH FOR SCIENCE
Time to stand up and be counted
WHAT IS
THE SELF?
The true you isn’t who
you think it is
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DEATH PLUNGE
Saturn mission begins daring final descent
Intellectual
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CONTENTS
News
Volume 234 No 3122
This issue online
newscientist.com/issue/3122
Leaders
5
There’s no such thing as “local” nuclear war.
Diversity is strength in the March for Science
8
A world ripe
for life
Cassini finds food for
microbes on Enceladus
just before its death dive
NASA/GETTTY
News
6
UPFRONT
New dwarf planet candidate. CubeSat
collision cascade. California drought not over
8 NEWS & TECHNOLOGY
Shamanistic brew relieves depression.
A virtual syringe. Ants carry wounded
comrades. Tailored tunes to help you sleep.
Odds-on Tasmanian tigers are gone.
Quantum shields for singularities. Online
gamers hunt for exoplanets. Entire animal’s
nervous system mapped for the first time.
Editing seeds out of fruit. Unprotected sex
changes vagina bacteria. Personality affects
how you see. Drone to map unsafe mines
19 IN BRIEF
Volleyball-playing robot. Easy 4D printing.
Finding invisible pulsars. Shoelace physics
On the cover
28
What is the self?
The true you isn’t
who you think it is
38
Catch a falling star
Space rocks on the fly
35
Furry fitness
Why animals don’t
exercise
9
Bad trip, good trip
Melting depression
24
March on Washington
Science stands up
8
Death plunge
Saturn mission begins
daring final descent
Analysis
22
Neonicotinoids
A ban won’t be enough
to save the bees
24 COMMENT
Progress means marching to a slower beat.
Scary equation shows the trashing of Earth
25 INSIGHT
It’s not too late to save the Great Barrier Reef
Cover image
Mario Wagner
Aperture
26
Six-pack rings seen as never before
Features
38
Catch a
falling star
Meteorite hunters
snag space rocks
on the fly
SHUTTERSTOCK
Features
28
35
38
42
What is the self?
(see above left)
Furry fitness
Why animals don’t exercise
Catch a falling star
(see left)
PEOPLE
James Parkinson’s fossil passions
Culture
44
Power of us
Can a population paradox save
us from a tech treadmill?
46
Native justice
Curating culturally sensitive
objects sometimes means letting them go
Regulars
Coming next week…
Outsmarting dementia
The unbreakable bond
How we can all beat the 21st century scourge
Tackling chemistry’s toughest challenge
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LETTERS
Brexit consequences
MAKE
A Dunkbot to brew your tea
FEEDBACK
Detoxed intoxication
THE LAST WORD
Sleeping sickness
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