Environment
ISIS is waging war on history. It’s time to intervene
Opinion
This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Physics
Chance: Is anything in the universe truly random?
Features
Humans
Risky business: Why algorithms are the bookie’s friend
Features
Life
Chance: The importance of randomness in evolution
Features
Earth
Risky business: Coping with chaos in weather forecasts
Features
Physics
Risky business: Winning at poker is all about the odds
Features
Physics
Chance: Think of a number 鈥� and make it random
Features
Earth
Risky business: When will the next avalanche come?
Features
Physics
Chance: Peace talks in the probability wars
Features
Physics
Risky business: Why money markets ignore the rules
Features
Physics
Risky business: Rare events happen surprisingly often
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
快猫短视频
Extent of ISIS Twitter base exposed
Now a report has uncovered tens of thousands of Twitter accounts owned by ISIS supporters
News
Health
Threatwatch: Bird flu’s back and it’s brought friends
News
Earth
Trade pact will cause environmental problems, warn MPs
News
Technology
MH370 beacon had expired battery, but plane had backup
News
60 Seconds
News
Apple ResearchKit and Watch will boost health research
News
Space
Curiosity’s arm short circuit leaves Mars rover stranded
News
Earth
Obama asked to protect whales from sound blasting
News
Life
New memories implanted in mice while they sleep
News
Environment
Can we save history from ISIS vandals?
News
Space
Undersea jacuzzi could give life to Saturn’s moon
News
Technology
Tag valuables with a plastic fingerprint
News
Humans
Oldest known member of human family found in Ethiopia
News
Physics
Liquid metal brings shape-shifting robot a step closer
News
Health
HIV’s hiding places at last revealed by simple scan
News
Health
Too much praise may make kids narcissistic
News
Physics
Metamirrors twist reflections and turn into windows
News
Humans
Moths remember their first time
News
Life
Post-menopausal orcas’ wisdom helps family survive
News
Humans
Confident? Your voice gives you away in milliseconds
News
Space
Fast star first fled from a supernova, now the galaxy
News
Physics
Origami doughnut squashes up to protect what’s inside
News
Environment
Zoologger: Moustache helps hipster spider catch prey
News
Technology
Pre-crime software recruited to track gang of thieves
News
Technology
One per cent
News
Technology
Lawyers use online juries to test courtroom tactics
News
Opinion
Health
If tobacco gets plain packets will junk food be next?
The tobacco industry is fighting moves to sell cigarettes in plain packs by claiming food manufacturers will be hit next. Will they?
Opinion
Life
Virtual zombie apocalypse can prepare us for disaster
Opinion
Humans
How our wolf-dogs hounded out the Neanderthals
Opinion
Features
Physics
Chance: Is anything in the universe truly random?
After centuries pondering whether we are fortune's fools, we are still struggling to work out if the cosmos is predictable or ruled by chance
Features
Humans
Risky business: Why algorithms are the bookie’s friend
Features
Life
Chance: The importance of randomness in evolution
Features
Earth
Risky business: Coping with chaos in weather forecasts
Features
Physics
Risky business: Winning at poker is all about the odds
Features
Physics
Chance: Think of a number 鈥� and make it random
Features
Earth
Risky business: When will the next avalanche come?
Features
Physics
Chance: Peace talks in the probability wars
Features
Physics
Risky business: Why money markets ignore the rules
Features
Physics
Risky business: Rare events happen surprisingly often
Features
Culture
Earth
Age of Sustainable Development: Good lives for all?
Top sustainable-development guru Jeffrey Sachs can get world leaders onboard for saving the planet, but is the optimism of his vision enough?
Culture
Environment
Putting animals online: Does it protect or destroy?
Culture
Humans
The Nether: Real morality for a virtual world
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Do we need a fun spy tool?
Now, artificial fruitloopery, tracking illegal or dishonest fruitloop claims, quite interesting predictions and more
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