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Humans

The banality of evil? People aren’t so easily led

Physics

Quantum control: How weird do you want it?

Physics

Quasicrystal quest: The unreal rock that nature made

Life

The go-between: Life’s unexpected messenger

Table of contents

Leaders

Humans

The banality of evil? People aren’t so easily led

The problem of why ordinary people do appalling things has vexed scholars for centuries, but outmoded ideas won't help counter modern radicalisation

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Environment

Want to grow the UK economy? Invest in green energy

The UK's economy would be boosted by 1.1 per cent by 2030 if it cut its greenhouse gas emissions, rather than sticking with dirty fossil fuels

WHO fast-tracks use of experimental drugs for Ebola

All newborns should be similar size in ideal conditions

What the polls really mean for the future of Scotland

Technology

Google launches plan to built its own quantum computer

Environment

‘Reckless’ BP faces $18bn fine for Deepwater oil spill

60 Seconds

Environment

Japan tries everything it can to start whaling again

Why Westerners are driven to join the jihadist fight

Space

No easy parking spot for first-ever comet landing

Health

Woman of 24 found to have no cerebellum in her brain

Mother of Higgs boson found in superconductors

Paralysis adds to horror of waking up under the knife

Physics

Stringy fields may make the universe swell faster

Environment

Jurassic corpse-eaters revealed by fossil reptiles

Coffee genes help hackers home in on the perfect brew

Environment

Fish that picks its work partners wisely

Early autism intervention speeds infant development

Low gravity makes it hard to tell which way is up

Air cabin crews have a greater risk of skin cancer

Largest land dinosaur yet makes T. rex look tiny

Environment

Archerfish spit turbo-powered water jets to catch prey

Europa’s icy plate tectonics may support life

Environment

Weird creatures may be relics from dawn of animal life

Health

Failing students saved by stress-detecting app

Technology

Google Glass, now in tune with your emotions

Earth

Pinpoint key ports to stop aquatic invaders

Technology

One Per Cent

Environment

Robotic hand to feel its way to deep-sea discoveries

Opinion

Two views of the future of science in Scotland

Would Scottish science benefit if the country became independent of the UK? Two academics offer contrasting views

It’s time to criminalise serious scientific misconduct

Just obeying orders? Rethinking obedience and atrocity

Analysis

Life

Ethical trap: robot paralysed by choice of who to save

Can a robot learn right from wrong? Attempts to imbue robots, self-driving cars and military machines with a sense of ethics reveal just how hard this is

Aperture

Life

Portraits of the adorable creatures of the night

My, what big eyes you have! These photographs of nocturnal animals reveal the faces we rarely get to see

Features

Physics

Quantum control: How weird do you want it?

Entanglement used to be the gold standard of the quantum world's weirdness, now a new and noisy phenomenon could give us all the benefits with less of the fuss

Physics

Quasicrystal quest: The unreal rock that nature made

Life

The go-between: Life’s unexpected messenger

Culture

Socrates among the psychopaths

When a philosopher introduced the Socratic method to the inmates of a high-security psychiatric hospital, he found connections with the rest of us

The war for our attention in a land of infinite choice

Regulars

Feedback: Bigger and bigger beasts

Great towering measurements, helping number the number helpers, now they know how many holes it takes鈥� and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Beach balls

Heavy metal

Foam home

Leather and steel

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6 September 2014