New Scientist 14 July 2018 Gm7 by Gm7 instant download after payment.

Articles in this issue:

DeepMind AI takes IQ tests to probe its ability for abstract thought

Tiny sensors in your phone could be made from recycled wood

Artificial skin grown from spider silk could help heal wounds

Will Ireland’s vote to divest from fossil fuels make a difference?

Dopamine levels in our brains affect the risks we’re happy to take

Whoops! NASA burned best evidence for life on Mars 40 years ago

Think your surfing is secret in private browsing mode? Think again

How worried should you be about a new ‘superbug’ STI?

Violent black holes spit neutrinos at Earth and we finally caught one

England’s marshes may start to retreat and disappear in just 20 years

High blood pressure in older people linked to Alzheimer’s disease

Ear implant lets deaf gerbils sense sound from light signals

We now know why horses snort – because they’re happy

Is it too late to stop fake-news bots from taking over the world?

Elon Musk’s submarine plan to rescue Thai cave boys deserves respect

Facebook’s AI tourist learns to navigate New York by asking directions

Prolific ‘M25 serial killer’ beheading cats is an old feline foe

How our bodies are rapidly colonised by bacteria when we’re born

Record temperatures mean ancient forts become visible in fields

Facebook faces £500,000 fine from Cambridge Analytica scandal

Tornadoes on the sun could blast hot plasma towards Earth

Ancient Romans may have killed off whale species in the Mediterranean

My weekend in the desert trying to experience dream telepathy

Delivery drones can learn to see and dodge obstacles in-flight

Six pollution policies gutted by Scott Pruitt – and what happens next

Apple peel drug makes mice live longer by targeting a cause of ageing

New dinosaur fossil explains how Diplodocus evolved to be so massive

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

Watch a ‘heart’ made from liquid gallium beat in an electric field

How your personality predicts your attitudes towards Brexit

More than 100 dead as floods and landslides devastate south-west Japan

Heatwaves show global warming is not just a future threat

Landmine muncher automatically sifts soil and explodes them

A swarm of 3D printed cyclists reveals the best position in the pack

Chris Packham: ‘Let’s stop sleepwalking towards mass extinction’

Wearing a tie may be restricting blood flow to your brain

Solar-powered nanotech could automatically defrost your car

Record heatwaves are here to stay – welcome to our warming world

Tiny mitochondria may be controlling genes in heart of our cells

Young kids are surprisingly bad at using memory to plan ahead

Spiders can use electricity in the air to balloon for kilometres

Can trapped Thai boys be rescued by learning to scuba dive?

Eight cups of coffee a day make you live longer? Don’t bet on it

Strange spaghetti crystals shrink when hot and wet

Novichok poisoning: How could it happen again in Salisbury?

Our sun grew fat when a sausage collided with the Milky Way

Prehistoric two-year-old could grip tree branches with her feet

The second great battle for the future of our food is underway

It’s ok that the public rejected GM food – after all, we did ask

Trio of stars shows Einstein is still right about relativity

Hybrid embryos made to save the doomed northern white rhino

How to stop artificial intelligence being so racist and sexist

Will the UK’s plans to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’ succeed?

Facebook apologises after bug unblocks people who were blocked

How to use the £20bn NHS birthday gift: an alternative wish list

Smoke from moorland wildfires may hold toxic blast from the past

First commercial DNA data storage service set to launch in 2019

Cash and competition make doctors prescribe fewer antibiotics

Missing 1.5°C warming target will cost $14 trillion in floods

Poor will suffer more as rising CO2 makes food less nutritious

DNA reveals Romans helped spread TB across three continents

Smart solar windows could power your home and also keep it cool

Thai rescue: How to help the boys survive months in a cave

Rare-earth material lights up with a message when stretched

Science may be hard, but that’s its beauty

First attempt to get CRISPR gene editing working in sperm

Cycling race footage highlights climate change effects on trees

Watch magnets organise themselves and then leap into the air

Facebook promises to better explain who is paying for ads

The koala genome has been fully sequenced for the first time

Injecting new heart cells improves recovery from heart attacks

Artificial ovary could help women conceive after chemotherapy

Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age

We must try harder to avoid biological bias in clinical trials

A new data-driven idea of warfare doesn’t quite add up

Eye of the shoal: Inside the surprising world of fish

What happens when you seal eight people in a giant bubble?

Feedback: Stork racks up air time with a stolen SIM card

Thought plastic was bad enough? Here’s another reason to worry

Crossword #20

Is this our first clue to a world beyond quantum theory?

Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too

Globetrotting film sends scientists on “relay race” of inquiry

VAR, urban mining and the world’s fastest web at New Scientist Live

The Inflamed Mind: Big claims over depression need big evidence

Don’t miss: immortality in New York, sulphur and science comedy

Inside the secret military programme that uses dolphins as weapons

Four ways dolphins are amazing – and one way they’re not

How to think about… Black holes

How to think about… Schrödinger’s cat

How to think about… Entropy

How to think about… Time

The tiny oasis spared wrath of Hawaii’s volcano

Explore nature’s dark side with the Natural History Museum

Asia’s mysterious role in the early origins of humanity

How to think about… Consciousness

The climate change evangelist with God on her side

The forgotten navigation system that could show GPS the door

A friendly introduction to AI proves oddly unnerving

Old Scientist: Glancing at ads from the past

Feedback: Airflow test shows the force is not with X Wing pilots

The brain’s secret powerhouse that makes us who we are

How to think about… Scientific truth

How to think about… The blockchain

How to think about… Gender

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