New Scientist Magazine issue 3492

Cover Date: 25th May 2024

Special Issue: How to Think About

Features
What is thought and how does thinking manifest in the brain?
Why are there so many rogue planets and what do they look like?
How indefinite causality could lead us to a theory of quantum gravity
To rescue biodiversity, we need a better way to measure it
Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics
What are fractals and how can they help us understand the world?
What neurodiversity means for psychiatrists and the people they help
What is artificial general intelligence, and is it a useful concept?
Will we get to net zero fast enough, and how will the climate respond?
How quantum entanglement really works and why we accept its weirdness
Why viewing cancer as an ecosystem could lead to better treatments
Quantum to cosmos: Why scale is vital to our understanding of reality

News
VR headset can give you 360-degree vision like an owl
Huge jellyfish invasion could disrupt Arctic ecosystems as waters warm
Frozen human brain tissue can now be revived without damage
A lost branch of the river Nile flowed past the pyramids of Egypt
Food 'addiction' should be treated like drug abuse, claim doctors
Incredible maths proof is so complex that almost no one can explain it
Could we live in tree cities grown from giant sequoia in the future?