This week's magazine
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Leaders
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Environment
Space hopefuls dine on worms in ‘Moon Palace’ module
Three volunteers snacked on mealworms for 105 days as part of China's plan to test life-support systems for deep space travel
News
What the data says about Europe’s lurch to the right
News
Earth
Fracking south-east England for oil may be pointless
News
Physics
Neutrinos top list of targets for US particle physics
News
Earth
Traffic fumes cost rich countries $0.8 trillion a year
News
60 Seconds
News
Environment
Ebola vaccine for chimps works but may never be used
News
Health
Refugees forced to return to Syria for cancer treatment
News
Physics
It’s crunch time for dark matter if WIMPs don’t show
News
Scotland: Four futures for an independent Scotland
News
Earth
Scotland: Oil and gas at heart of Scots’ future wealth
News
Earth
Scotland: Wind will power the Scots’ green ambitions
News
Health
Scotland: What if independence goes horribly wrong?
News
Earth
History shows that parched Aral Sea can be restored
News
Health
Brain tweak could let you pop a pill to stop seizures
News
Health
Baby’s first gut bacteria may come from mum’s mouth
News
Environment
Zoologger: Only known ‘potter’ frog packs eggs in mud
News
Environment
Emu-style birds have abandoned flight six times
News
Health
Fixing leaks in the gut may stall progression of HIV
News
Space
Earth-eating suns can help us hunt life-friendly worlds
News
Physics
Crystal seen growing in slow motion one atom at a time
News
Humans
Best ever English football team revealed by statistics
News
Life
Lifespan boost for mice that feel less pain
News
Earth
Dancing honeybees assess the health of the environment
News
Technology
Sex harassment app helps women map abuse
News
Health
Suicide watch prison sensor keeps an eye on inmates
News
Humans
App takes the strain out of tricky moral dilemmas
News
Technology
Pirates incoming! Ship radar keeps watch and hits back
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Environment
Smart collar brings poorly pooches to heal
News
Opinion
Vote UKIP and risk the future of British science
A UKIP win in this week's European elections makes a British withdrawal from the EU more likely. It would be a disaster for science, warns a ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓÆµ consultant
Opinion
Environment
Wannabe Mars colonist endured 10 South Pole winters
Opinion
Health
I’m cracking the code to regrow human limbs
Opinion
Technology
Low-cost production will mean the end of jobs
Opinion
Features
Health
What’s wrong with the world’s favourite painkiller?
It's the first resort for anything from a child's fever to arthritis – but paracetamol (acetaminophen) isn't as safe or effective as we thought it was
Features
Humans
Obsession engineers: Mind control the Candy Crush way
Features
Life
People of secrets: The slave sanctuary anti-language
Features