Health
Why banning CRISPR gene editing would be unnecessarily cautious
Opinion
This week's magazine
5 December 2015
Issue 3050
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
Should we be worried that genes can be edited so easily?
Features
Life
Meet the weird amphibian that rules the underworld
Features
Technology
Want a computer that never crashes? Don’t let bugs freak it out
Features
Health
Have we found the key to eradicating viruses like HIV or herpes?
Features
Health
Is a new dawn of widespread gene therapy on the horizon?
Features
Health
Will CRISPR gene-editing technology lead to designer babies?
Features
Health
Is quantum physics behind your brain’s ability to think?
Features
Health
Editing life: A guide to the genetic revolution on our doorstep
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
Northern Ireland abortion laws deemed to breach human rights
Belfast's High Court has ruled that banning abortions of fetuses with fatal abnormalities is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights
News
Physics
Chinese satellite to shine a light on mysterious dark matter
News
Earth
Critical Paris climate summit kicks off 鈥� but can it deliver?
News
Health
UK must curb 2-for-1 food promotions to crack obesity epidemic
News
Earth
UK scraps carbon-storage plans, making green targets unreachable
News
Health
Why has Peter Sutcliffe been in Broadmoor for so long?
News
Earth
60 seconds
News
Scans prove there’s no such thing as a 鈥榤ale’ or 鈥榝emale’ brain
News
A welcome blow to the myth of distinct male and female brains
News
Physics
LHC might soon see hints of new quark dark matter particle
News
Earth
Massive crevasse in the ice forces early move for Antarctic base
News
Space
How to encrypt a message in the afterglow of the big bang
News
Health
Ultra-marathon runners’ brains shrank while racing across Europe
News
Health
Opinion split over 鈥榦n demand’ drug that reduces risk of HIV
News
Health
Having trouble giving up smoking? Blame your genes
News
Health
Cancer’s genetic tipping point reveals who’d benefit from chemo
News
Space
A threesome may explain behaviour of galaxy’s most bizarre star
News
Physics
Weirdly tilted planet knocks formation theory out of line
News
Humans
Stone Age Picasso made oldest known drawing of human settlement
News
Health
Blood gushes from virtual leg injury to help train combat medics
News
Life
Hundreds of giant dinosaur footprints found in Scottish lagoon
News
Earth
Sword and dagger arachnid fights may explain weapon evolution
News
Sponsored
How virtual wards will pave the way for stay-at-home hospitals
News
Technology
Man with no limbs controls robotic hand using muscle whispers
News
Humans
Computers learn to create photos of bedrooms and faces on demand
News
Technology
Are jetpacks about to finally break into the mainstream?
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Opinion
Earth
Climate as a cause of Syria’s conflict? It’s far from settled
World leaders and commentators including Prince Charles talk up climate change as a factor in Syria's war, but its role is debatable, finds Fred Pearce
Opinion
Earth
Why I’m climbing to Earth’s doomed equatorial glaciers
Opinion
Health
We have a duty to use my gene-editing technology responsibly
Opinion
Letters: Open minds and quantum boxes
Opinion
Features
Health
Is quantum physics behind your brain’s ability to think?
From consciousness to long-term memories, the human brain has some peculiar computing abilities 鈥� and they could be explained by quantum fuzziness
Features
Health
Editing life: A guide to the genetic revolution on our doorstep
Features
Health
Will CRISPR gene-editing technology lead to designer babies?
Features
Health
Is a new dawn of widespread gene therapy on the horizon?
Features
Health
Have we found the key to eradicating viruses like HIV or herpes?
Features
Health
Should we be worried that genes can be edited so easily?
Features
Life
Meet the weird amphibian that rules the underworld
Features
Technology
Want a computer that never crashes? Don’t let bugs freak it out
Features
Culture
Humans
How do we learn to be citizens of a smart info-state?
Grappling with the new information state, two diametrically opposed books leave us smarter about what it means to be a digital citizen
Culture
Environment
Exploring the world of parrots that dazzle and delight
Culture
Health
The surprising value of viewing traumatic experiences
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: a calling card for water fruitloopery
Plus: square pegs in a round hose, nominative determinism, million dollar question answered, magnetic brace dampens wanderlust, and more
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