This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Features
Earth
Nuclear energy: The plutonium problem
Features
Earth
Nuclear energy: Frontiers
Features
Physics
Nuclear energy: Danger zone
Features
Humans
The voices within: The power of talking to yourself
Features
Earth
Scared to death: How intimidation changes ecosystems
Features
Earth
Mid-town miners: The hunt for urban treasure
Features
Table of contents
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Call for protest against IVF cell division patent
Some researchers say a US patent granted to Stanford University covers basic aspects of human reproductive biology that should not be patentable
News
Earth
China moots reaching emissions peak by 2025
News
Health
Stroke patients improve in first stem cell trial
News
Health
Cloned stem-cell study under fire for sloppy errors
News
60 Seconds
News
Space
Missing moon dust discovered in storage after 43 years
News
Space
Nearest exoplanet to Earth may be a ghost world
News
Earth
Melting ice forces Russian evacuation from Arctic base
News
Health
Rise of the autistic workforce
News
Physics
Quantum gravity takes singularity out of black holes
News
Health
Evolving H7N9 bird flu could close poultry markets
News
Quantum thermometer could measure coldest thing ever
News
Environment
1 in 13 people have bendy chimp-like feet
News
Health
Mindscapes: First interview with a dead man
News
Physics
Smile, hydrogen atom, you’re on quantum camera
News
Earth
What China’s Arctic ambitions mean for the environment
News
Life
Panicky ants help design safest exit strategy
News
Humans
Mice lacking serotonin swap sexual preferences
News
Space
Astrophile: Hobbyist stakeout solves dwarf star enigma
News
Life
Roaches have evolved to evade toxic traps
News
Space
Ancient Egyptian jewellery carved from a meteorite
News
Physics
Phew! Earth won’t end up as a Venus-like hell
News
Environment
Zoologger: The tiny insect with the massive sperm
News
Health
Itch protein may hold key to cure for skin conditions
News
Technology
Latest Kinect sensors allow games to feed off your fear
News
Technology
Smart map tracks people through camera networks
News
Technology
Tingly projections make beamed gadgets come alive
News
Technology
Robot arm wrapped in sensitive skin has gentle touch
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Drowsiness detector wakes drivers if they start to doze
News
Opinion
Disability and technology: No more neural divide
Technology can be divisive, but it also gives us the opportunity to build a society that accommodates everyone's needs
Opinion
Can China really turn its emissions around by 2025?
Opinion
Earth
Developing a cartography of fear
Opinion
Health
The West’s toxic hypocrisy over lead paint
Opinion
Health
Let them eat crickets – it’s more sustainable
Opinion
Health
Humans are endurance champs – why do we hate exercise?
Opinion
Features
Physics
Nuclear energy: Splitting the atom
Hundreds of reactors around the world are splitting heavy atoms in the process called fission – providing about 13.5 per cent of the world's electrical energy
Features
Earth
Nuclear energy: The plutonium problem
Features
Earth
Nuclear energy: Frontiers
Features
Physics
Nuclear energy: Danger zone
Features
Humans
The voices within: The power of talking to yourself
Features
Earth
Scared to death: How intimidation changes ecosystems
Features
Earth
Mid-town miners: The hunt for urban treasure
Features