Life
Cell tails: A surprising number
Features
This week's magazine
2 November 2013
Issue 2941
Editor's picks
Health
Cell tails: Lines of communication
Features
Health
Cell tails: The tale has only just begun
Features
Health
Cell tails: A cause of common diseases?
Features
Physics
Saving time: Physics killed it. Do we need it back?
Features
Health
The Halloween trick that conjures ghosts of the mind
Features
Earth
Waste away: Nuclear power’s eternal problem
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health divide widens between Europe’s rich and poor
Recession and spending cuts have had a damaging effect on Europeans' health and could threaten the well-being of future generations, warns WHO
News
Space
Mini space shuttle crash-lands after free-flight test
News
Earth
Ethiopia switches on Africa’s largest wind farm
News
Space
UN sets up asteroid peacekeepers to defend Earth
News
Earth
Emission admission: New Zealand to fail carbon target
News
Earth
Sardine disappearance was foreseen but ignored
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
Ohio to execute prisoner using untested drug combo
News
Health
‘Bubble kid’ success puts gene therapy back on track
News
Health
Scramble the brain’s timekeepers to banish jet lag
News
Physics
Entangled toy universe shows time may be an illusion
News
Physics
Dark matter no-show puts WIMPs in a bind
News
Life
Earth’s first life may have sprung up in ice
News
Life
Exoplanet hunters may find ET by glut of alien corpses
News
Earth
Geoengineers are free to legally hack the climate
News
Earth
Ancient mural may be first picture of volcanic blast
News
Health
Brain stimulation boosts social skills in autism
News
Technology
Skittering water droplets spin tiny sponges of gold
News
Life
First fungal farmers found harvesting bacteria
News
Technology
Sticky memory may turn Post-it notes into flash drives
News
Environment
Zoologger: Whip-wielding micro-scorpion ain’t so tough
News
Space
Milky Way galaxy is fluttering like a flag
News
Health
Zapping your brain enhances your love of classic art
News
Physics
Iron ‘nano-ants’ made to haul huge loads with light
News
Your face may have been sculpted by junk DNA
News
Health
Scans pinpoint moment anaesthetic puts brain under
News
Technology
Software beats CAPTCHA, the web’s ‘are you human?’ test
News
Technology
Sewer sensors sniff out signs of bombs and drugs
News
Health
Ditch the pedometer 鈥� the AI in your phone is better
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Parking app can predict when a spot will open up
News
Opinion
Physics
Solving the eternal mystery that is time
How can modern theories of physics which say time does not flow be squared with our experience?
Opinion
Health
Gene therapy needs a hero to live up to the hype
Opinion
Earth
Should we give the green light to geoengineers?
Opinion
Earth
An oil crash is on its way and we should be ready
Opinion
Technology
Can Nairobi be the next Silicon Valley?
Opinion
Earth
Golden Rice creator wants to live to see it save lives
Opinion
Analysis
Features
Life
Cell tails: A surprising number
More than 99 per cent of human cell types have tails. We now know they play a major role in everything from development to learning and vision
Features
Health
Cell tails: Lines of communication
Features
Health
Cell tails: The tale has only just begun
Features
Health
Cell tails: A cause of common diseases?
Features
Physics
Saving time: Physics killed it. Do we need it back?
Features
Health
The Halloween trick that conjures ghosts of the mind
Features
Earth
Waste away: Nuclear power’s eternal problem
Features
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Good news everyone, Fry is immune
Paranoia and time machines, implausible toothpaste, exponentially expanding electronic error and more
Syria
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Backing up
Last Word
Breathing space
Last Word
The eyes have it
Last Word
Water whorled
Last Word
The bottom of it
Last Word
Dead end?
Last Word
