Published 7th August

This month, we explore the many ways virtual reality will change our lives, from hi-tech healthcare to fully-immersive education. Also find out how reforestation could help fight climate change, what makes the ultimate spacesuit, why the Silk Road changed the world , and much more.

Inside this issue:

• The future of virtual reality
• Real-time translators
• Daisy the iPhone eater
• The Xbox Adaptive Controller
• Viruses
• Memory & smell
• Food waste
• Science of steroids
• Ice cream chemistry
• Reforestation
• Glasswing butterflies
• Kata Tjuta
• How gorillas build nests
• Designing the ultimate spacesuit
• TSIS solar sensor
• Mars Helicopter
• Sleep on the Space Station
• Monorails
• Driverless car decisions
• Go-karts
• The Silk Road
• Benin's Walls
• Trajan's Market
• Heroes of: Gertrude Bell
• Giant ground sloths