Health
We need a fresh approach to preserved food
Opinion
This week's magazine
17 October 2015
Issue 3043
On the cover
Editor's picks
Earth
Lithium dreams: The surreal landscapes where batteries are born
Features
Physics
How redshift colours our view of the history of the universe
Features
Physics
Why we can’t work out where everything is in the universe
Features
Earth
Is food really better from the farm gate than supermarket shelf?
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
快猫短视频
Space
China has had a telescope on the moon for the past two years
The robotic telescope, mounted on the Chang'e 3 lander, is the first of its kind and provides unique views of the night sky that aren't possible from Earth
News
Humans
Top exoplanet hunter keeps job despite serial sexual harassment
News
Earth
Global coral bleaching event: What you need to know
News
Space
New Horizons shows Pluto sporting blue skies and red water ice
News
Health
Nurse who survived Ebola in hospital with post-viral symptoms
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
World’s first trial of stem cell therapy in the womb
News
Health
Flu drugs work and are needed during pandemics
News
Earth
Even drastic emissions cuts can’t save New Orleans and Miami
News
Space
First pocket rockets take tiny satellites for a spin
News
Life
Quantum technology set to hit the streets within two years
News
Humans
First humans to leave Africa went to China, not Europe
News
Health
Digital version of piece of rat brain fires like the real thing
News
Earth
Bacterial genes that turn mercury lethal mapped across world
News
Health
Migraines triggered by protein deep in the brain
News
Physics
Pufferfish planets could explain how hot Jupiters get so big
News
Environment
Squirrel monkeys teach themselves to eat and drink from a cup
News
Humans
Genome of ancient Ethiopian tells of back-to-Africa migration
News
Environment
Elephants almost never get cancer thanks to multiple gene copies
News
Physics
Echoless light could help send signals through walls and skin
News
Health
Birth month affects risk of developing dementia later in life
News
Space
Lake once filled the crater on Mars where Curiosity rover sits
News
Environment
Zoologger: The robber ants living in a gang of their own
News
Life
Inside China’s plan to give every citizen a character score
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Health
Soft robotic suit gently guides stroke patients’ stride
News
Opinion
Life
The easy way to help kids born in summer keep up at school
Forget delaying the start of schooling. Age-standardising results would really help those who are born on the cusp of a school year
Opinion
Mind
Is the digital learning revolution a waste of money?
Opinion
Earth
I’m clearing the trash, and sometimes bodies, from Everest
Opinion
Humans
To understand a country, listen to its memories
Opinion
Features
Earth
Is food really better from the farm gate than supermarket shelf?
Some say the way we produce and process food making it less nourishing than in our grandparents鈥� day. 快猫短视频 looks at the facts
Features
Earth
Lithium dreams: The surreal landscapes where batteries are born
Features
Physics
Why we can’t work out where everything is in the universe
Features
Physics
How redshift colours our view of the history of the universe
Features
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Bronto-burgers off the menu for Jewish time-travellers
A new paper asks if dinosaurs were kosher. A new science campaign for girls turns ugly. And a new police investigation asks what knives smell like.
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