This week's magazine
3 August 2013
Issue 2928
Editor's picks
Features
Physics
Quantum weirdness: The battle for the basis of reality
Features
Bird senses: Vision
Features
Bird senses: Touch and hearing
Features
Bird senses: Taste, smell and magnetism
Features
Bird senses: What next?
Features
Earth
Hot stuff: Solving volcanic mysteries in the lava lab
Features
Table of contents
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Technology
Track change at heart of Spain train crash inquiry
The accident that killed 79 people took place at a point where one safety system hands over to another – from one that controls the train's speed to one that does not
News
Health
Teen jabs to prevent cervical cancer stall in US
News
Space
NASA rushes spacesuit repair kit to space station
News
Earth
Leaked IPCC report doesn’t let us off the hook
News
Health
Was thalidomide cause of Brazil baby birth defects?
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Out-of-control oil leaks at Canadian tar sands site
News
Life
Friction signals new role for superstar planet-hunter
News
Health
US soldiers used in human experiments lose legal case
News
Health
Mummified Inca child sacrifice gives up her secrets
News
Health
Gold-diamond duo takes temperature of single cell
News
Earth
Clouds save Earth from runaway greenhouse hell
News
Health
Food stamps could help US trim obesity epidemic
News
Health
More girls born in Japan after quake skews sex ratio
News
Earth
Garden of Eden to become Iraqi national park
News
Physics
Morphing molecule may shine in high-resolution screens
News
Health
Full moon could be to blame for a poor night’s sleep
News
Health
Shiny new teeth concocted from mice and human urine
News
Health
High-tech tattoo can stop athletes hitting the wall
News
Health
Feather-light sensors are as comfy as a second skin
News
Physics
Schrödinger’s ‘kittens’ made in the lab from photons
News
Space
Astrophile: How Saturn’s tiger moon got its stripes
News
Health
Natural chemical boosts organ regeneration
News
Environment
Monogamy evolved to keep baby-killers away
News
Health
Crocodiles may need their fruity five-a-day
News
Technology
Steer me sideways: icebreaker attacks pack ice side-on
News
Technology
Hive-mind solves tasks using Google Glass ant game
News
Technology
Online gamers harnessed to help disaster response
News
Technology
Use a bus stop touchscreen to kill time – and help out
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Become the star of your own personalised manga comic
News
Opinion
Technology
Look to the past for the fuel of the future
A forgotten experiment with ammonia could point the way to zero-carbon energy
Opinion
Health
Beyond the call of duty
Opinion
Apocalypse soon, if we keep on cutting science
Opinion
Health
Making medicine as ubiquitous as Coke in rural Africa
Opinion
Environment
Placebos at large: the power of society’s symbols
Opinion
Features
Bird senses: Vision
Some birds can see behind them, others see UV or great distances, and a few can even "see" with sound
Features
Bird senses: Touch and hearing
Features
Bird senses: Taste, smell and magnetism
Features
Bird senses: What next?
Features
Physics
Quantum weirdness: The battle for the basis of reality
Features
Health
Food vs you: How your dinner controls you
Features
Earth
Hot stuff: Solving volcanic mysteries in the lava lab
Features