Life
Is it time to accept that economic crashes are inevitable?
Opinion
This week's magazine
25 July 2015
Issue 3031
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
Leaders
快猫短视频
Physics
China spends big on nuclear fusion as French plan falls behind
It could be 2030 before the reactor being built in France starts making more energy than it uses. Meanwhile, China is investing heavily in its own project
News
Genetic engineering creates rice strain that makes less methane
News
Health
“Cured” woman is HIV-free for 12 years without taking drugs
News
Life
$100m project uses world’s best radio telescopes to find aliens
News
60 seconds
News
Advice leaflet on whether to choose a caesarean accused of bias
News
Earth
Garden of Eden dries as ISIS, Turkey and Iraq fight over water
News
Space
Philae may have moved 鈥� and Rosetta will start to look south
News
Environment
Two dolphin species band together to form unprecedented alliance
News
Head and body lice splice their identical genes differently
News
Health
Universal plaque-busting drug could treat various brain diseases
News
Humans
Semen has controlling power over female genes and behaviour
News
Physics
Quantum of solace 鈥� information can be rescued from a black hole
News
Health
Can’t get Kylie out of your head? Blame the shape of your brain
News
Physics
Vibrating stars could reveal elusive ripples in space-time
News
Earth
Chance of polar bears surviving food shortage recedes with ice
News
Health
Gene therapy cures blindness by healing eyes and brain together
News
Life
Zoologger: Lizard’s optical illusion makes its throat fan glow
News
Earth
Fish flick genetic switch to dodge climate change disaster
News
Environment
Archerfish up their game to outgun rivals stealing their catch
News
Life
Discovered: the unique feature that makes human screams so awful
News
Technology
The rise of on-body cameras and how they will change how we live
News
Technology
Glow-in-the-dark trucks use plasma to reduce drag and save fuel
News
Life
Cyborg cockroach and drone teams can locate disaster survivors
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Space
Pluto’s baffling surface reveals mysteries of an active world
News
Opinion
Technology
It’ll take more than drones to win the war against Islamic State
The UK prime minister David Cameron wants to expand the fleet of uncrewed aircraft to combat terrorism. But don鈥檛 expect that to be enough, says Jack Serle
Opinion
Technology
Reddit row: The symbiosis of online sexism and tech’s gender gap
Opinion
Earth
UK is perfectly placed to use 100 per cent renewable power
Opinion
Humans
Sexuality is fluid 鈥� it’s time to get past ‘born this way’
Opinion
Features
Technology
The battery revolution that will let us all be power brokers
Companies are racing to find better ways to store electricity 鈥� and so provide us with cheaper energy when and where we want it
Features
Health
Time to ditch milk? Exploring the dairy dilemma
Features
Humans
After the crash, can biologists fix economics?
Features
Culture
Earth
Killers, kicks and cures: Our complex relationship with plants
A compendium of the homicidal, hallucinogenic and healthy, new book Phytomedicines, Herbal Drugs, and Poisons tracks plant power from ancient times to now
Culture
Earth
Pyrite power: Can we reinvent ‘fool’s gold’?
Culture
Technology
Rider in the sky stars in first cloud movie
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: burger bomber leaves a sour taste
Plus Narnia threatened by fire, damning praise for Susan Greenfield's new book, electricity thief fights the power, and more
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Last Word
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