Technology
Tech’s ability to close language gaps deserves cautious support
Opinion
This week's magazine
31 October 2015
Issue 3045
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Table of contents
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Earth
Money sidetracks climate negotiators ahead of Paris summit
The last leg of negotiations on a UN climate deal set to be finalised in December has focused on the $100 billion a year needed to fund the changes
News
Health
Tuberculosis now leading cause of death from infectious disease
News
Earth
Deep source of Afghan-Pakistan earthquake means lower death toll
News
Earth
El Ni帽o-powered hurricane Patricia set to hit Mexico tonight
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
Cassini probe to dive deep through watery plume on Enceladus
News
Earth
Lion populations to halve in most of Africa in next 20 years
News
Health
23andMe relaunches direct-to-consumer tests for genetic disease
News
Space
Mystery bright spots could be first glimpse of another universe
News
Humans
Massive vats of fake meat brewed in goo could change how we eat
News
Space
Rosetta’s comet has oxygen made before the solar system’s birth
News
Health
Anaesthetic blunts painful memories recalled before you go under
News
Self-sacrificing immune cells spew out DNA nets to trap invaders
News
Earth
Bumblebees deployed to spray crops with pesticides
News
Physics
Exploding stars could be lit by hearts of dark matter
News
Health
Old rat brains rejuvenated and new neurons grown by asthma drug
News
Health
Baby due date could be predicted more precisely with cervix test
News
Humans
Musical training may give your brain waves more rhythm
News
Environment
Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls
News
Life
First Earth-mass planet around nearest star may be an illusion
News
Physics
Map shows where van Gogh’s Sunflowers could lose their lustre
News
Earth
El Ni帽o forces king penguins to swim 130km further for fish
News
Earth
Ocean鈥檚 hidden green plankton revealed by fixing glitch in model
News
Earth
Bees found farming fungus for first time to feed larvae
News
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The algorithms that make sense of your health data
News
Life
Why pleasing AI headhunters could help you land your perfect job
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Earth
Swarms of pumpkin-like robots could explore and map the oceans
News
Health
Stress levels of 1000 doctors tracked in huge wearables test
News
Earth
China must stop censoring the debate on killer air pollution
News
Opinion
Health
For health tech to thrive, don’t keep the evidence under wraps
Medical innovations now being developed could be transformative, but to safeguard consumers, test results must be out in the open
Opinion
Health
My brain collection could help us all thrive in old age
Opinion
Health
What living with a face transplant has taught me about myself
Opinion
Features
Humans
The real first farmers: How agriculture was a global invention
Agriculture was independently invented at least 11 times on four continents 鈥� not just in the Middle East. It's time to rethink how modern civilisation took root
Features
Physics
Closing the last loophole for unhackable quantum security
Features
Humans
Appy talk: How tech is changing the way we learn languages
Features
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: in which we discover the apple of our ire
Plus: dogs wearing makeup, hereditary titles put to the DNA test, pygmies pair up with civil servants to solve problems, sexy glow-worms, and more
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