‘This is our policy’: 快猫短视频 after 3000 issues
Opinion
This week's magazine
20 December 2014
Issue 3000
Editor's picks
Humans
Man vs sherry trifle: Can I eat myself drunk?
Features
Life
Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?
Features
Environment
Born to dance: The animals with natural rhythm
Features
Earth
Racing refraction: Who reached the North Pole first?
Features
Technology
Rhyme and reason: Writing poems in computer code
Features
Physics
How to make an origami universe
Features
Life
The real Oompa-Loompas: Microbes that make chocolate
Features
Humans
The piste at the end of the universe
Features
Life
Reverb: Why we dig messy sound
Features
Environment
Spider Santa: Nicer gift-wrap, better sex
Features
Earth
Storm warning: Can crystal-gazing predict the weather?
Features
Pearls of wisdom: The truth behind common sayings
Features
Technology
Try the hardest crossword ever set by a computer
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Life
Asteroid soil could fertilise farms in space
We can now grow plants in microgravity 鈥� and crops grown in asteroid soil could sustain vast human populations off-planet
News
Health
Not again! First ever case of anxiety-induced d茅j脿 vu
News
Health
Radio-controlled mouse hints at new diabetes treatment
News
Earth
Mangrove forest planted as tsunami shield
News
Physics
Table-top ‘mini-LHC’ ramps up to record energy
News
Loops and folds of our DNA to shed light on disease
News
Health
Humans and birds share the same singing genes
News
Life
Zoologger: The bird that mimics a toxic caterpillar
News
Physics
DIY device to define the kilogram聽鈥� using Lego
News
Earth
Climate change will leave Christmas trees in hot water
News
Earth
Glacial buzz saw takes mountains out at the knees
News
Bacterial waste makes you feel fuller for longer
News
Technology
Machine assistants learn to run your schedule
News
Health
Smart shoes with lasers make strides in mobility
News
Technology
Optical illusions fool computers into seeing things
News
Space
2015 preview: Pluto gets ready for its first close-up
News
Physics
2015 preview: Rebooting the particle smasher
News
Earth
2015 preview: Paris summit breeds climate of optimism
News
Humans
2015 preview: Meet more of your long-lost cousins
News
Technology
2015 preview: Rescue robots go head-to-head
News
2015 preview: Prepare for immersion in virtual reality
News
2015 preview: Ebola fight remains on a knife-edge
News
2015 preview: First human trials to cure blindness
News
2015 preview: Cheating death using suspended animation
News
2015 preview: Ready to start body hacking?
News
2014 review: The most awesome stories of the year
News
Opinion
Humans
Why are we so eager to embrace conspiracy theories?
A staggering number of people believe the unbelievable. How should we respond, ask two political scientists
Opinion
Space
Fancy naming a world after someone this Christmas?
Opinion
Alcohol archaeology: I recreate beverages with heritage
Opinion
Health
The mystery of yawning: We all do it, but why?
Opinion
QI elves: Our magpie minds and favourite facts
Opinion
Features
Environment
Born to dance: The animals with natural rhythm
Dogs and ducks are duds on the dance floor. So how come cockatoos and sea lions can move to a beat, and what does that tell us about our own musicality?
Features
Earth
Racing refraction: Who reached the North Pole first?
Features
Technology
Rhyme and reason: Writing poems in computer code
Features
Physics
How to make an origami universe
Features
Life
The real Oompa-Loompas: Microbes that make chocolate
Features
Humans
The piste at the end of the universe
Features
Life
Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?
Features
Life
Reverb: Why we dig messy sound
Features
Environment
Spider Santa: Nicer gift-wrap, better sex
Features
Earth
Storm warning: Can crystal-gazing predict the weather?
Features
Pearls of wisdom: The truth behind common sayings
Features
Humans
Man vs sherry trifle: Can I eat myself drunk?
Features
Technology
Try the hardest crossword ever set by a computer
Features
Culture
Life
On the pain of others: The case for animal rights
From the religious to the radical, three new books argue that hurting animals is as bad as hurting people. Do the arguments really stand up?
Culture
Pitch us a movie and win an invite to our writing room
Culture
Life
Y(ou)r q(ua)ntifi(e)d s(el)f, a short story
Culture
