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Mind

It would be stupid to ignore a drop in human intellect

Humans

Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

Earth

Meet the lodgers: Wildlife in the great indoors

Earth

Earth electric: Harnessing our planet’s low glow

Health

Trippy tots: How to see the world as a baby

Table of contents

Leaders

Mind

It would be stupid to ignore a drop in human intellect

The long-term rise in IQ scores might be coming to a halt, but we should focus on improving social conditions rather than worrying about idiocracy

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Earth

African elephants are being poached to extinction

The surge in the illegal ivory trade is shrinking Africa's elephant population by up to 3 per cent a year, which could ultimately wipe out the species

Earth

Floods in India and Nepal will only become more common

Life

Third Michael Brown autopsy unlikely to solve mystery

Earth

Inside California’s $7.5 billion drought-survival plan

Health

Non-fatal diseases increasingly drive assisted suicide

60 Seconds

Health

Echo of Soviet Union’s fall in nations’ heart health

Health

Ebola fight hindered by rumours and bogus cures online

Health

Young blood to be used in ultimate rejuvenation trial

Humans

Neanderthal demise traced in unprecedented detail

Health

Seals, not Spaniards, first brought TB to Americas

Life

Spot ET’s waste heat for chance to find alien life

Environment

First samples of Antarctic lake reveal thriving life

Environment

Hints of epigenetic role in Alzheimer’s disease

Health

African pygmies evolved their short stature twice

Health

Bacteria battle cancer cells to shrink human tumours

Life

Zoologger: The secret hop of the Californian flea seed

Earth

Vanishing river gorge shows geology in fast forward

Space

Nearby galaxy may be victim of dark matter hit-and-run

Health

How the human brain folds itself up

Space

Stardust team reveals first specks of interstellar dust

Humans

Origin of Egyptian mummies pushed back 2000 years

Humans

Digital textbooks adapt to your level as you learn

Technology

Google’s fact-checking bots build vast knowledge bank

Technology

One Per Cent

Technology

Watch a swarm of 1000 mini-robots assemble into shapes

Opinion

Health

Will death of Robin Williams herald spike in suicides?

Copycat deaths are likely in the wake of the suicide of Robin Williams. More restrained reporting could help

Life

I’m exploring the health toll of firstborn favouritism

Health

Can we consciously control our immune system?

Analysis

Technology

Race to electrify rural Africa could help the West too

Investments in mini grid systems aimed at powering up remote parts of Africa may provide a test bed for rural energy infrastructure elsewhere in the world

Aperture

Environment

Avast! It’s a gas-filled blob with a sting in the tail

Besides its wondrously alien look, the coolest thing about the Portuguese man-of-war is that it is not an individual animal at all, but an entire community

Features

Humans

Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

We got smarter and smarter in the 20th century, but now there are signs that IQs have begun to fall in countries such as the UK and Australia

Earth

Meet the lodgers: Wildlife in the great indoors

Earth

Earth electric: Harnessing our planet’s low glow

Health

Trippy tots: How to see the world as a baby

Culture

Physics

Perfect harmonies: How music was built into science

Music was key to Western teaching from Plato up to the 18th century. In Music and the Making of Modern Science, Peter Pesic claims it shaped today's science

Life

A glorious, comprehensive A to Z of living birds

More

Can open access publishing be a smart career move?

It can seem like a magic word is needed to get published in the top academic journals. Is open access a genuine alternative?

Regulars

Feedback: Tipping the quantum scales

The appliance of science, fake delusions equal profit, sinister buttocks in essays and more

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