Earth
We can’t afford a triumph of mediocrity at Paris climate talks
Opinion
This week's magazine
28 November 2015
Issue 3049
On the cover
Editor's picks
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Gene drive method could rapidly halt malaria transmission
A technique that subverts the rules of genetic inheritance could stop mosquitoes from carrying malaria, but may not be tried in wild for 15 years
News
Spacecraft that will put Einstein to the test ready for lift-off
News
Health
Do babies born at the weekend have higher risk of complications?
News
Technology
Watch Blue Origin’s surprise rocket launch and safe landing
News
60 Seconds
News
Environment
Koalas’ love of sex with neighbours protects against inbreeding
News
Earth
African grey parrot numbers plummet by 99 per cent in Ghana
News
Life
Engineered fillets on sale in two years as US approves GM salmon
News
Earth
Paris climate summit: Hope versus reality at last ditch meeting
News
Health
How high-fat ketogenic diet acts on the brain to help epilepsy
News
Space
Flying gold knocked the moon off course and ruined eclipses
News
Life
Mission space food: Sugar-growing bacteria go into orbit
News
Health
17th century plot to use plague hats as bioweapons revealed
News
Health
First images of live blood vessels in unprecedented clarity
News
Health
Diabetic pancreas cells made to produce insulin by bone protein
News
Whales make mysterious visits to underwater mountains
News
Space
Black hole batteries could power mysterious radio bursts
News
Environment
Mollusc sees the world through hundreds of eyes made out of rock
News
Space
Thieving Milky Way stole distant star cluster from neighbour
News
Environment
Capuchin monkeys use sticks as shovels to dig out caiman eggs
News
Environment
Different parasitic worms can raise or lower female fertility
News
Environment
African finch sings and performs superfast Happy Feet tap dance
News
Environment
Human vocal cords built from scratch in world first
News
Earth
Cyborg rose has electric circuits running through polymer veins
News
Technology
Hands full? Shoe computer lets you kick to answer your phone
News
Technology
Privacy apps to help fight back against companies that track you
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Humans
Robot language tutors to get kids up to speed before school
News
Opinion
Life
ISIS chemical terror threat sounds alarming but is unlikely
France's PM has warned there is a risk of a chemical or biological terrorist attack. It's natural to fear the worst, but such an attack doesn't seem likely, says Debora MacKenzie
Opinion
Putty bullets 鈥� new weapons could ease police gun toll
Opinion
Earth
Why I’m asking surfers to help monitor the oceans
Opinion
XKCD comic creator: Explaining complex things in simple words
Opinion
Features
Humans
What does a memory in my brain look like?
Memories are not just about the past: they are what thought and self are made of. We visit the brain鈥檚 vaults to find out how they actually work
Features
Earth
China’s climate comeback: How the top polluter is cleaning up
Features
Earth
How wily wild turkeys struck it lucky in America
Features
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Regulars
Environment
Feedback: Victoria’s Secret perfume doubles as repellent
Plus: Ringo the indestructible dog, terrible accuracy of V2 bombs and Aberdeen cinemas, British firm has 945-year-old director, and more
Dogs
This Week鈥檚 Letters
Letters
Air drumming
Last Word
Drying dilemma
Last Word
Head space
Last Word
Liquid gold
Last Word
Dying light
Last Word
