This week's magazine
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Environment
Australia has chance to go 100 per cent renewable by 2050
But its government has been cutting back on climate-change measures, even arguing for a reduction in renewable-energy targets
News
Health
Measles outbreak prompts hard-line strategies on vaccination
News
Space
Touching down on Mars could still be a far-off prospect
News
Earth
Tainted love: Bees prefer food laced with harmful pesticides
News
Online voter registration in UK smashes record
News
Mind
60 Seconds
News
Health
E-cigarettes are smoke of choice for US schoolchildren
News
Technology
Hair analysis on trial after FBI admits to using flawed evidence
News
Space
Falling meteor may have changed the course of Christianity
News
Health
Virus hiding in our genome protects early human embryos
News
Health
Is a hole in the head the answer to traumatic brain injury?
News
Earth
Carbon dioxide could be turned into a huge underground battery
News
Earth
Miniature sea snails found in acidic sea near volcanic seeps
News
Physics
Proto quantum computer inspired by Victorians gets a speed boost
News
Physics
Biggest dark matter detector lies in wait for antisocial WIMPs
News
Earth
After the spill: Mystery of the vanishing Gulf of Mexico turtles
News
Space
Stars throw out a lifetime’s waste carbon in just 1000 years
News
Life
Space geckos seen playing on their trip into orbit
News
Humans
Vampire feeds on decaying matter and spawns eggs in batches
News
Environment
Wild chimps look both ways before crossing roads
News
Health
Jolt of java helps spermbots in final race to the finish
News
Life
19th-century champagne haul shows seabed is perfect wine cooler
News
Health
Is super-diverse Amazon microbiome something to strive for?
News
Life
Dogs tap into human bonding system to get close to our hearts
News
Technology
Wireless routers could spy on your breathing and heartbeat
News
Humans
Digital tattoo lets you control devices with mind power alone
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Your smartphone’s secrets could help you bag a bank loan
News
Opinion
It’s time to let national happiness guide political policy
The real feel-good factors must be allowed to guide government decisions alongside economic measures, says an economist and Labour peer
Opinion
Tax cuts for top earners fail because the theory is broken
Opinion
Health
Getting to grips with the placenta’s real health benefits
Opinion
I’m chasing the shadows of paranormal experience
Opinion
Features
Life
The greatest physics theorem you’ve never heard of
This concept's played a greater part in physics than relativity and quantum theory, so why has the great woman behind it not achieved Einstein's fame?
Features
Technology
Better than a ballot box: Could digital democracy win your vote?
Features
Environment
Bitter sweet nectar: Why some flowers poison bees
Features