This week's magazine
23 February 2013
Issue 2905
Editor's picks
Features
Humans
The self: The one and only you
Features
Humans
The self: You think you live in the present?
Features
Humans
The self: Trick yourself into an out-of-body experience
Features
Humans
The self: Why are you like you are?
Features
Humans
The self: What are we to do?
Features
Life
Curiosity’s spills add thrills to the Mars life hunts
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
Immune boost could protect against new killer virus
The new coronavirus that emerged in the Middle East last year could be pegged back by artificially boosting the body's immune response
News
Space
Space station’s dark matter hunter coy about findings
News
Physics
LHC shuts down to prepare for peak energy in 2015
News
Health
Victory for gene patent firm in Australian court
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Fertiliser makes another reason to eat less meat
News
Health
Doctors would tax sugary drinks to combat obesity
News
Earth
Oil spill firm to pay $400 million to fix Gulf coast
News
Health
E-cigarettes may soon be sold as life-saving medicine
News
Space
New satellite will be first asteroid sentinel in space
News
Life
Rusty rocks reveal ancient origin of photosynthesis
News
Humans
Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia
News
Earth
Wiping out top predators messes up the climate
News
Health
Synthetic llama antibodies soothe arthritis pain
News
Health
People in a vegetative state may feel pain
News
Space
Astrophile: Evaporating planet shows how worlds vanish
News
Night-vision rat becomes first animal with sixth sense
News
Humans
Conductor of speech uncovered in the brain
News
Life
Huge telescopes could spy alien oxygen
News
Physics
Mosh pit physics could aid disaster planning
News
Dead shark spray keeps Jaws away
News
Health
New blood test finds elusive fetal gene problem
News
Earth
Biofuel rush is wiping out unique American grasslands
News
Physics
Mystery of cosmic rays’ origin finally solved
News
Humans
Brain-scanning headset monitors your mental workload
News
Health
Mood-sensing smartphone tells your shrink how you feel
News
Environment
Spidey-sense suit tingles when someone gets too close
News
Technology
3D-printing pen turns doodles into sculptures
News
Opinion
Health
Tobacco giant wants to help you quit smoking
British American Tobacco aims to turn electronic cigarettes into medicines in the UK. It's a welcome move, but leaves a bitter taste in the mouth
Opinion
Life
We need a piece of Mars to continue search for life
Opinion
Earth
Culling urban foxes just doesn’t work
Opinion
Space
Take my taxi to the moon
Opinion
Humans
All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso
Opinion
Features
Humans
The self: The one and only you
There are flaws in our intuitive beliefs about what makes us who we are. Who are we really?
Features
Health
Your true self: When the self breaks
Features
Humans
The self: You think you live in the present?
Features
Humans
The self: Trick yourself into an out-of-body experience
Features
Humans
The self: Why are you like you are?
Features
Humans
The self: What are we to do?
Features
Life
Curiosity’s spills add thrills to the Mars life hunts
Features