This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Features
Health
Health myths: Sugar makes children hyperactive
Features
Earth
Health myths: Our bodies can and should be ‘detoxed’
Features
Health
Health myths: Antioxidant pills help you live longer
Features
Health
Health myths: Being a bit overweight shortens life
Features
Health
Health myths: We should live and eat like cavemen
Features
Space
Brown dwarfs: From zeroes to astronomical heroes
Features
Environment
How to train a canine conservationist
Features
Technology
Wiped out: The race to save our video heritage
Features
Table of contents
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Health
China calls an end to harvesting organs from prisoners
Ever since China admitted to taking organs from executed prisoners, it has said it will end the practice. The latest announcement is met with scepticism
News
Earth
Secret clean-up secures weapons-grade plutonium dump
News
Earth
Fracking operations triggered 100 quakes in a year
News
Space
NASA’s superstar planet-hunter can’t be saved
News
Health
India plans to subsidise food for 800 million
News
60 Seconds
News
Humans
Germany first EU country to assign third gender
News
Space
Official planet namer listens to voice of the people
News
Space
Fresh interstellar travel plans inspire tech spin-offs
News
Earth
How an ocean went into hiding in Australia
News
Environment
Gene clues may explain why Brandt’s bat lives so long
News
Physics
Dark energy could be the offspring of the Higgs boson
News
Health
Mind-altering drug could offer life free of heroin
News
Health
States lead the US toward a new era in its war on drugs
News
Humans
Early South Americans conquered the Atacama desert
News
Health
Brain scans could lead to consciousness ‘gold standard’
News
Life
Birds are aware of speed limits on roads
News
Space
Galactic zoo took shape near the dawn of the universe
News
Space
Astrophile: Elderly couple kicked out of the galaxy
News
Health
Dangerous biofilm bacteria evolve to be easy to treat
News
Health
Suicide risk could show up in a blood test
News
Earth
Gravity map reveals Earth’s extremes
News
Environment
Zoologger: The rat that defies powerful carcinogens
News
Health
Mouse heart beats again thanks to human stem cells
News
Technology
Drones tag and track quarry using nanoparticle sprays
News
Technology
AI systems switch your energy bills to save you money
News
Humans
Basketball sleeve knows you’ve hit the perfect shot
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Listen to the music of the drones to forecast weather
News
Opinion
Space
We should all be able to name objects in space
The International Astronomical Union is officially responsible for naming heavenly bodies. It may be time for it to give up that monopoly
Opinion
Technology
Smashing up computers won’t stop spying investigation
Opinion
Humans
Can it be ethical to implant false memories?
Opinion
Technology
State of innovation: Busting the private-sector myth
Opinion
Space
Can we make a national heritage site on the moon?
Opinion
Humans
I could have sworn… Why you can’t trust your memory
Opinion
Features
Health
Health myths: Drink eight glasses of water per day
This myth just won't go away, but the truth is no one even knows where it came from. And why pure water, not tea or juice?
Features
Health
Health myths: Sugar makes children hyperactive
Features
Earth
Health myths: Our bodies can and should be ‘detoxed’
Features
Health
Health myths: Antioxidant pills help you live longer
Features
Health
Health myths: Being a bit overweight shortens life
Features
Health
Health myths: We should live and eat like cavemen
Features
Space
Brown dwarfs: From zeroes to astronomical heroes
Features
Environment
How to train a canine conservationist
Features
Technology
Wiped out: The race to save our video heritage
Features