There has been a lot of talk surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), its impact on the present world and the world that awaits us in the future. This month, we explore some of the capabilities of AI and the way they are affecting our world. One of the questions we ask is regarding the extent to which we can trust artificial intelligence.

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How we’ll find the most mysterious object in our Solar System.

When the temperatures plunge in Canada's Yukon so do the grizzles - into the Fishing Branch River to catch salmon.

New secrets of the supermassive black hole. How do black holes form? 

Celebrate this renowned Indian reserve through the story of one of its stars – a remarkable tigress called Noor.

The New Space Station | What will replace the international space station when its life cycle ends?

Tango in Patagonia | On remote windswept lakes near the tip of South America, the world's rarest grebes have been given their own bodyguards.

The Most Mysterious Objects in the Universe | How we'll decipher the secrets of 'Oumuamua, Galaxy X and Planet Nine

Woodland Wonders | Ural owls nest and rear their young in Estonia's forests each spring. Photographer Sven Zacek has obsessively documented their parenting skills for 13 years. 

INSIDE MARS | The Red Planet has been an object of intrigue for centuries, and an armada of orbiters and rovers have explored Mars up close. Yet for all our exploration efforts there remains a perplexing mystery: just what is going on deep within Mars?

LIFE IN THE MULTIVERSE | Computer simulations involving dark energy suggest our Universe may not be as unique as we once thought...

According to the multiverse theory, life arose in our Universe thanks to the amount of dark energy being just right. The theory states that if the amount of dark energy in a universe is too large, it causes such a rapid expansion that it prevents any stars, planets or life from forming, If it is too small, then the universe collapses again before anything interesting forms. Dark energy is the mysterious force that is accelerating the expansion of the Universe that started with the Big Bang.

SPACE WARS
Forget the traditional battlegrounds of land, sea and air. Rapid developments in technology and our reliance on satellites for everything from communication to navigation are pushing conflicts into a new arena: outer space

“Every single day we rely on satellites”

Antarctica and us
To stay wild, Antarctica needs us to keep it that way.  
Documentarian Fraser Morton reminds us of our relationship with the Last Great Wilderness, as he documents his incredible ClimateForce expedition with a polar legend.

Through The WORMHOLE.
Could we travel through a black hole to take a shortcut into another galaxy?
Ever since a trip through a wormhole was first portrayed in 2001: A Space Odyssey 50 years ago, the idea of them has captured the public imagination. And small wonder: they’re the ultimate form of cosmic travel: a way of zipping across galaxies in an instant.

BRAINS and BRAWN.
Spotted hyenas are bucking the trend for large carnivores being decline. The spotted hyena is dog-like in appearance. Even when alone, a spotted hyena keeps in touch with other members of its clan with whoops, yells and a manic cackle, which gave rise to its other name, laughing hyena. Spotted hyenas live in clans and frequently hunt in groups. Cooperation can improve the hunting success of spotted hyenas – but this depends on prey availability.

Time to save the planet. This month, we take you into the labs of scientists whose promising research may just help save the planet from looming threats. While conservation efforts continue within the planet, strides continue to be made in the mission to find habitable planets around the nearest Sun-like stars, a mission also known as Project Blue.

SEEING REDS.
Take a peek into the lives of the one-of-a-kind red squirrels, native to the Scottish Highlands.
In autumn when food is abundant, squirrels have plenty of spare time to collect nuts one at a time in their mouth. They scrape a small hole in soft earth and bury their prize, patting the soil down on top to hide it from birds. The caching is not random: a particular place will be chosen that they can find later.

MISSION INTO THE SUN
Are we finally ready to explore the star that has continued to remain stubbornly out of reach?

What a wind
The solar wind carried with it the sun’s magnetic field and streams out into space at about 1,600,000km/h (1,000,000mph). 
It bathes the planets, and when it collides with the Earth, it sparks the stunning auroras that shine in the polar skies.

Our cover story this month, Simon Crompton takes us through the research
on the human brain that could help tackle difficult diseases such as Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and autism. Elsewhere in the issue, we also explore the ways in which technology can help improve methods of weather forecasting. With the amount of devastation that can be caused to humans, animals and the environment by natural disasters, this is one place where pioneering research is crucial.

WISE OWLS AND OTHER MYTHS
This month’s cover features the deceptively adorable tawny owls. For years, owls in general have been a subject of myth and wonder for many cultures.

Contrary to what the Harry Potter series tells you, owls cannot in fact deliver your mail from point A to B. In addition, owls are often perceived as wise owing to their large eyes, even though there is no truth to this perception.

Read our cover story this month to uncover more such mysteries specifically surrounding tawny owls.

From the American eclipse to the end of the Cassini journey, 2017 has been a pretty interesting year to cover for BBC Earth Magazine. This month's issue brings with it some fascinating and groundbreaking concepts, including a peek into a theory that could rewrite the laws of physics. We also zoom into the curious place that is our own mind reading James Lloyd's encounter with a form of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

DIVE IN DEEP WITH BLUE PLANET II

In this month’s issue, we help you discover the deep sea with a spread of Blue Planet II, a natural history TV series that is bound to blow your mind. We have curated for you special behind-the-scene stories from across the episodes, straight from members of the crew, 70% of our planet is water, yet how much do we really know about our oceans. Dive in deep with the show and find out more about our magnificent oceans.

In our cover story this month, we find out how it may further help us understand the birth of stars, dark matter, and the origins of life. From decoding the concept of panpsychism – the idea that all matter is conscious  – to the ancient adaptations of the grey fox, there is much in here to discover.

Costa Rica is creating a vast network of wildlife corridors to link its isolated reserves, in this issue, James Lowen asks if this ambitious vision could inspire conservationists beyond Latin America; many of us have experienced the ways in which social media has changed the online world. Should we be worried about it altering our behaviour too?

In this issue, we go inside the human brain with Andy Ridgway as we explore a new theory, which suggests that some of the processes from the intriguing field of quantum physics could be involved in how our brains function. It’s the age of information, and access to information of all kinds has become almost too easy. But do we know what we are reading, and where our information is being sourced? Do we fact check data before consumption? Probing into the validity of information, Doctors Saleyha Ahsan and Michael Mosley filter fact from fad around the benefits of the food we consume. With all the conflicting advice shelled out about what we should or shouldn’t be eating, it is important to take a look at the reliable body of research that clearly points to the benefits, or lack thereof, of the food we include in our diet. 

In this month’s issue we have for you ways to supercharge your brain, i.e. scientific methods to ensure that your body’s most important machine works better for longer. We also explore the very concept of the origins and creation of time itself, by delving into Prof Richard Muller’s research on the creation of brief chunks of time from colliding black holes.

This issue, our cover story dives deep into the flourishing flora and fauna in metropolitan Singapore, as well as an in-depth profile on the return of the smooth-coated otters that are a hot favourite among the locals. It is amazing how animals can switch and adapt to various environments. Each day also brings a new discovery for us. Did you know
that some viruses and microbes are essential in keeping us alive? Kat talks about how viruses work while Mun-Keat shares an insight into the human microbiome and how bacteria benefit us.

This issue, we look at the latest breakthroughs and discussions in NASA and ESA. What are some common problems our body might struggle with in space, and what is needed for us to settle among the stars. People are paying large sums of money to preserve their bodies in hope that future scientific progression will allow them to have a chance of waking up and living in another era. We look at the pros and cons of this technology.

We may be on our way to Earth’s sixth mass extinction event at the rate of species we are losing today. And then there’s the question
of what is going to happen to Earth after humankind disappears. We’ve got you covered, read more in this issue. Speaking of artificial intelligence, technology advancements have made such great leaps and bounds since the beginning in 1956. We are now able to create robots with deep learning capabilities, autopilot cars, be the ultimate factory worker or 3D-draw human portraits without assistance. What comes next? Are there any moral implications, and is it possible for AI to outsmart humans? 


In this issue, learn more about the latest puzzles solved in the world of dinosaur research; In other news, 31 January may be a bad day for salmon lovers as they learn about the decline in farmed salmon production. Norway and Scotland salmon farms (two of the world’s biggest exporters) have been decimated by sea lice, while a toxic algae bloom killed enough fish in Chile to fill several Olympic swimming pools. With that being said, poor fishing practices for decades also add on to the drastically decreasing population of edible fish and it may spell the end of fish as food. We got in touch with a marine biologist; writer and keen scuba diver to reveal new
innovations that could help reverse the damage.

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