This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Opinion
Physics
Quantum death: How the cosmic speed limit got frozen
Features
Humans
Stuff: Humans as hunters and mega-gatherers
Features
Humans
Stuff: The bare necessities, then and now
Features
Health
Stuff: The psychological power of possessions
Features
Earth
Stuff: Goodbye to the disposable age
Features
Humans
The dream maker: My app shaped their slumbers
Features
Table of contents
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Map of how DNA controls cells may boost gene therapies
The clearest map yet of how genes and cells work together has been created – it could lead to therapies that better target disease-causing mutations
News
Earth
Mudslides could be predicted with acoustic sensors
News
Technology
Data not debris shows Malaysia plane crashed into sea
News
Space
Europe’s home-grown space shuttle gears up for launch
News
60 Seconds
News
Space
New dwarf planet hints at giant world far beyond Pluto
News
Earth
Exxon to disclose extent of its carbon asset exposure
News
Earth
Colorado River delta revived by historic water release
News
Health
Gunshot victims to be suspended between life and death
News
Physics
Space-time ripples hint at physics beyond the big bang
News
Health
Children benefit from the right sort of screen time
News
Environment
Tree of bird life could solve Noah’s Ark problem
News
Health
Stem cell scientists reveal ‘unethical’ work pressures
News
Life
Ancient ‘shrimp’ was the blue whale of the Cambrian
News
Health
Even low levels of stress could cause infertility
News
Earth
Less gloopy oceans will slow climate change
News
Life
Expert nose: we can sniff out over a trillion smells
News
Even lifeless exoplanets can have oxygen-rich air
News
Space
Asteroid surprises with set of shiny Saturn-like rings
News
Physics
Record-breaking atom laser to hunt quantum gravity
News
Environment
Smelly cuckoos protect hosts’ chicks from predators
News
Life
Dolphin whistle instantly translated by computer
News
Technology
Robot can wear your friend’s face and guess your mood
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Environment
Pull arsenic from drinking water and convert to bricks
News
Technology
Rise of robot reporters: when software writes the news
News
Opinion
Earth
Is Exxon Valdez oil still a threat 25 years on?
Oil from the Exxon Valdez spill lingers, as do disputes about its current impact on wildlife. An ecologist asks what a quarter century of research can tell us
Opinion
Earth
Stop Nicaragua’s canal and save thousands of species
Opinion
Health
I’m infiltrating the walled cities where bacteria hide
Opinion
Features
Physics
Quantum death: How the cosmic speed limit got frozen
Light speed is no limit in the quantum world – so why can't we exploit that freedom? Perhaps because we're living in the dead husk of a richer cosmos
Features
Humans
Stuff: Humans as hunters and mega-gatherers
Features
Humans
Stuff: The bare necessities, then and now
Features
Health
Stuff: The psychological power of possessions
Features
Earth
Stuff: Goodbye to the disposable age
Features
Humans
The dream maker: My app shaped their slumbers
Features
Culture
Earth
How climate pain is being spun into corporate gain
The wolves of Wall Street have got climate change, but at a terrifying cost, reveals Windfall: The booming business of global warming by McKenzie Funk
Culture
Health
Catching cancer: The riveting quest for a killer virus
Culture
Earth
Loving the alien: A defence of non-native species
Culture