Health
Stem cell breakthrough could reopen clone wars
Opinion
This week's magazine
1 February 2014
Issue 2954
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
Leaders
快猫短视频
Earth
Parched California hunts for water in unusual places
California's extreme drought could become the new norm as the climate warms, leaving engineers scrambling to develop new ways to slake the state's thirst
News
Health
UK government to ban e-cigarettes for under-18s
News
Health
Budgies may be behind latest spread of H7N9 bird flu
News
Earth
Fancy tech will not solve massive land loss, says UN
News
Space
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Dangerous rare elephants pose conservation conundrum
News
Technology
Google buys AI firm DeepMind to boost image search
News
Space
Closest supernova in 27 years may reveal fate of cosmos
News
Health
Stem cell power unleashed after 30-minute dip in acid
News
Humans
Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility
News
Space
Did newborn sun have weirdly weak solar wind?
News
Health
Autism diagnosis change ‘results in loss of treatment’
News
Physics
Squeeze light to teleport quantum energy
News
Physics
Stephen Hawking’s new theory offers black hole escape
News
Earth
Cyclones hitting Australia plummet to 1500-year low
News
Health
Neuroscience’s most famous brain is reconstructed
News
Space
Astrophile: Jellyfish galaxies found spawning in clusters
News
Health
Deadly MERS virus could hold the key to its own cure
News
Earth
Grand Canyon is a sprightly young 6-million-year-old
News
Environment
Satellite-like eyes give mantis shrimp unique vision
News
Technology
Save ancient Chinese scrolls with anti-curl weapons
News
Health
Black Death may have scuppered Roman Empire
News
Health
Scratch a mirror image of your itch to bring relief
News
Environment
Infectious cancer preserves dog genes for 11,000 years
News
Technology
Beams of sound immerse you in music others can’t hear
News
Humans
Conversation app helps parents boost child’s language
News
Environment
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Ploughable sensors help farmers get more crop per drop
News
Technology
Crowdsourcing Twitch app could turn swipes into cash
News
Opinion
Technology
Can water cannons cope with flash mob riots?
After riots in 2011 and warnings of austerity protests to come, police in England and Wales are demanding water cannons. Are they the right tool for the job?
Opinion
Earth
We’re drilling back in time to tell a tale of the sea
Opinion
Environment
Stuff symphony: Beautiful music makes better materials
Opinion
Features
Health
Sugar on trial: What you really need to know
It has been called toxic, addictive and deadly, the driving force behind obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Is sugar really so bad?
Features
Earth
Green sky thinking: Astronomy’s dirty little secret
Features
Life
The Borneo Hills diet: Pitcher plants’ strange prey
Features
Life
Mind meld: The genius of swarm thinking
Features
