This week's magazine
28 December 2024
Issue 3523
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
Why looking after your skin is so crucial to your long-term health
Technology
How to fix computing’s AI energy problem: run everything backwards
Health
What the evidence says about the consequences of cosmetic tweakments
Health
What should we eat to give us better, healthier skin
Health
Should you really wear sunscreen all year round, even in winter?
Health
How to nurture your microbiome to look after your skin
Health
How your mental state and stress levels influence your skin
Health
The only four skincare ingredients that have been proven to work
Table of contents
News
Technology
Flying electric taxis look set to finally take off in 2025
Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are on track to start commercial passenger carrying services in 2025, but can they stand out from conventional helicopters?
Space
Could 2025 be the year we finally start to understand dark energy?
Health
We’ll learn about Ozempic’s potential for Alzheimer’s disease in 2025
Environment
COP30 host Brazil aims to get 2025 climate talks back on track
Technology
Humanoid robots will march into factories and homes in 2025
Environment
Direct CO2 capture from the atmosphere will scale up massively in 2025
Environment
Disease-resistant pork may go on sale in 2025 thanks to gene editing
Physics
We could discover a new element on the periodic table in 2025
Space
These are all of the missions heading to the moon in 2025
Features
Health
Why looking after your skin is so crucial to your long-term health
Emerging evidence suggests a surprisingly strong connection between keeping your largest organ healthy and staving off age-related conditions like diabetes, heart disease and dementia
Health
What should we eat to give us better, healthier skin
Health
Should you really wear sunscreen all year round, even in winter?
Health
The only four skincare ingredients that have been proven to work
Health
What the evidence says about the consequences of cosmetic tweakments
Health
How your mental state and stress levels influence your skin
Health
How to nurture your microbiome to look after your skin
Technology
How to fix computing’s AI energy problem: run everything backwards
Culture
Comment
The best popular science books to look forward to in 2025
Understanding why we think the way we do is a hot topic for many of 2025鈥檚 books 鈥� that and finding new ways to re-evaluate old 鈥渢ruths鈥�, says Simon Ing
Space
The best science fiction novels to look forward to in 2025
More
Technology
Should chatbots have rights 鈥� and should we care?
Some prominent researchers argue that we should pay heed to the welfare of AIs. Are they right, wonders Alex Wilkins
Space
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory gets started next year. I can’t wait
Space
The stargazing events to look forward to in 2025
Tom Gauld on making new year’s resolutions 鈥� or not
Twisteddoodles on an ill-advised new year’s detox
Regulars
Is Christmas better now it’s over? Don’t worry, that’s common
Feedback was not all that surprised to learn that we tend to only see major rituals as positive experiences once they have finished