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OVER THE EVENT HORIZON
FINAL MELTDOWN
Telescope as big as Earth
prepares to image black hole
It’s the end of the
Arctic as we know it
DROP YOUR WEAPONS
WEEKLY
April 8 -14, 2017
Beating bacteria by
learning to live with them
CARBON WARS
The surprising upside to the US climate reversal
REALITY IS REAL
...we’ve just been looking for it
in the wrong place
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CONTENTS
News
Volume 234 No 3120
This issue online
newscientist.com/issue/3120
Leader
5
Climate fatigue plays into the hands of
the deniers
8
Over the event
horizon
First snap of the black
hole at our galaxy’s
centre coming soon
ESO/B. TAFRESHI
News
UPFRONT
SpaceX relaunches orbital rocket. Copyright
quarrel. Killer landslide in Colombia
8 NEWS & TECHNOLOGY
Translating without transcribing. CO
2
spike
warning. Apes understand false beliefs.
Fake humans teach AI to understand us.
Why female fertility falls with age. Dust
from the cosmic dawn of the universe.
Ancient people made exotic jewellery.
Projection mapping augments reality.
Tropical fish drug predators into releasing
them. Tadpoles see through implanted eyes.
Brain cells that link breathing and stress
18 IN BRIEF
Octopuses grow giant on jellyfish. Europe’s
first cavefish discovered. ALS linked to
electromagnetic field exposure
6
On the cover
28
Reality is real
...we’ve just been
looking for it in the
wrong place
8
33
38
22
42
Over the event horizon
Telescope as big as Earth
to image black hole
Final meltdown
The new Arctic
Drop your weapons
Make peace with bacteria
Carbon wars
Climate reversal benefits
The blot thickens
Secret history of the
Rorschach test
Analysis
22
Carbon victory from defeat
US climate
U-turn is an opportunity we shouldn’t miss
24 COMMENT
Geoengineering is scary, but we must start.
Is cancer more chance or lifestyle?
25 INSIGHT
US citizens’ data is for sale to the high bidder
Cover image
Francesco Bongiorni
Aperture
People
26
Claws-up view of marine life
The blot
thickens
The rise and fall of
Hermann Rorschach
SCIENCE MUSEUM/SCIENCE & SOCIETY PICTURE LIBRARY
42
Features
28
Reality is real
(see above left)
33
Final meltdown
It’s the end of the Arctic as
we know it
38
Drop your weapons
Beat bacteria by
learning to live with them
42 PEOPLE
(see left)
Culture
44
Talking with hands
Did our free-roaming
minds help turn gesture into language?
45 High price
How new work made China sick
46
Who we are
Art highlights an identity crisis
Coming next week…
Make like a leaf
Mimicking plants could transform future energy
Regulars
52
55
56
57
LETTERS
Flies’ eyes explain zebra stripes
CROSSWORD
FEEDBACK
Dispose of your round pounds
THE LAST WORD
Whither wasps?
Flash of inspiration
Mysteries of lightning laid bare
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