Earth
Pope’s impending call for climate action is refreshing
Opinion
This week's magazine
17 January 2015
Issue 3004
Editor's picks
Life
Adapt first, mutate later: Is evolution out of order?
Features
Physics
Reliving five eureka moments lost in history
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Rogue boiling points
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Alchemy that’s more than magic
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Gunpowder blasts from the past
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Spark of genius proved truth of light
Features
Life
Eureka relived: Wash like an Egyptian
Features
Humans
Rite reasons: Why your brain loves pointless rituals
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
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Physics
World’s biggest magnet to power Indian neutrino hunter
The green light has been given to build the India-based Neutrino Observatory, whose massive magnet will help study the subatomic particles
News
Earth
Keystone XL pipeline inches closer 鈥� but may yet fail
News
Technology
Focus on surveillance as US military’s tweets hacked
News
Health
Expensive cancer drugs pushed off England’s NHS list
News
60 Seconds
News
Technology
Big science names sign open letter detailing AI danger
News
Health
Long hours make people more likely to drink heavily
News
Space
SpaceX rocket crashes in first attempted boat landing
News
Space
Galactic zombies roam the cosmos and refuse to die
News
Health
Brain signature of emotion-linked pain is uncovered
News
Life
Lizard penises evolve super-fast
News
Earth
Space weather report to keep GPS on track
News
Life
Rome’s military women have been hiding in plain sight
News
Life
Aphids suck the blood of their ant masters’ young
News
Environment
Human brains have a groovy feature that chimps’ don’t
News
Earth
Huge circle in Antarctic ice hints at meteorite impact
News
Physics
Mercury may be sole survivor of planetary pile-up
News
Technology
Chemical weapons sniffed quickly by zappy detector
News
Life
Uber-tidy bees defend their hives from disease
News
Humans
Female ejaculation comes in two forms, scientists find
News
Health
Fully functioning human intestine grown in mouse
News
Humans
Romance algorithm predicts if you’ll be lucky in love
News
Technology
Software can now beat any human player at poker
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Pay a robot scribe to pen letters in your handwriting
News
Opinion
Earth
Over a barrel? Falling oil prices and the environment
A halving of oil prices is hailed as good news for cash-strapped consumers. But there could also be unexpected gains for the environment
Opinion
Technology
Forget grown-ups: apps can let kids teach themselves
Opinion
Physics
You think there’s a multiverse? Get real
Opinion
Features
Life
Adapt first, mutate later: Is evolution out of order?
We used to think evolution had to start with random mutations, now walking fish and bipedal rats are turning our ideas on their head
Features
Physics
Reliving five eureka moments lost in history
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Rogue boiling points
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Alchemy that’s more than magic
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Gunpowder blasts from the past
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Spark of genius proved truth of light
Features
Life
Eureka relived: Wash like an Egyptian
Features
Humans
Rite reasons: Why your brain loves pointless rituals
Features
