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Physics

Will new physics sail on gravitational waves?

Physics

Invisible: How to see beyond sight

Humans

Invisible: What your brain refuses to see

Humans

Invisible: How to see through lies

Environment

Invisible: The high-vis trick that blinds the eye

Physics

Invisible: Beyond the invisibility cloak

Life

Invisible: Tech to give you animals’ amazing eyesight

Technology

Invisible: A visitors’ guide to the dark web

Earth

Metal-eating plants could mine riches through roots

Table of contents

Leaders

Life

Facing up to the limits of DNA-based forensics

A new crime-fighting technique lets police reconstruct a suspect's appearance from DNA 鈥� but we must be alert to its potential for misuse

Physics

Will new physics sail on gravitational waves?

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Health

Statins could slow progression of late-stage MS

A daily dose of the cheap cholesterol drug slowed brain shrinkage 鈥� a marker of multiple sclerosis progression 鈥� and slowed physical deterioration

Space

New York asteroid eclipse will be visible to millions

Technology

Missing Malaysian jet can be found, even in deep ocean

Earth

Relaxing of rules urged for genetically modified crops

Health

China halves its number of TB cases in 20 years

60 Seconds

Science in controversial stem cell papers may be sound

Earth

China vows to clear smog from its cities

Physics

Multiverse gets real with glimpse of big bang ripples

Earth

Biggest ever autism study probes environmental links

Life

‘Iron Man’ plants are supercharged by nanotech power

Life

Alzheimer’s molecules may have powered early life

Physics

Medieval multiverse heralded modern cosmic conundrums

Life

Genetic mugshot recreates faces from nothing but DNA

Space

Salty skies signal planetary growing pains

Environment

Zoologger: Baby assassin bugs lure in deadly ants

Humans

Your voice betrays your personality in a split second

Earth

Withering monsoon may have doomed past Asian society

Environment

DNA evidence points to humans for demise of moas

Health

Hacked bacteria keep tabs on the health of the gut

Health

Salt-buster drug cuts sodium absorbed from food

Physics

Addictive Candy Crush video game is officially hard

Technology

The robot tricks to bridge the uncanny valley

Health

Wanted: voice donors for people who can’t speak

Environment

One per cent

Technology

Facebook almost as good as humans at recognising faces

Humans

Drone-powered HoverBall could spice up games

Health

Google Flu Trends gets it wrong three years running

Opinion

Life

What will happen if China adopts a two-child policy?

China is edging closer to allowing all citizens to have two children instead of one. Is it too little, too late?

Technology

Roomba creator: Robot doubles need more charisma

Health

Why our brains work better with age

Aperture

Earth

Invisible: Photo of a landscape no human can ever see

A lush Himalayan hillside has turned shocking fuschia in this photograph of the world beyond the visible spectrum

Features

Physics

Invisible: How to see beyond sight

We can't see most of the universe with the naked eye, but we've come up with some incredible inventions to bring things into view

Humans

Invisible: What your brain refuses to see

Humans

Invisible: How to see through lies

Environment

Invisible: The high-vis trick that blinds the eye

Physics

Invisible: Beyond the invisibility cloak

Life

Invisible: Tech to give you animals’ amazing eyesight

Technology

Invisible: A visitors’ guide to the dark web

Earth

Metal-eating plants could mine riches through roots

Culture

Environment

A wild ride through the ocean’s strangest creatures

From the immortal jellyfish to death-defying icefish, it's a safari out there in the ocean, say Stephen and Anthony Palumbi in The Extreme Life of the Sea

Mind

The best parents don’t try to score top marks

Regulars

Feedback: Attend to their sugared words

Sweet talk, rank of gross diet, your partner in the cause and more

Cosy nukes

Celery power

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Star quality

Wasps on the wing

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