Earth
We can’t treat global browning as a standalone issue
Opinion
This week's magazine
9 January 2016
Issue 3055
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
Busting the baby brain myth: Why motherhood makes minds sharper
Features
Earth
Global browning: Why the world’s fresh water is getting murkier
Features
Physics
Bright idea: How light-based Li-Fi could unseat Wi-Fi
Features
Health
Strangers within: Meet the other humans who live in your body
Features
Table of contents
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Space
NASA wins funds for roomy module suited to deep space missions
The US Congress has included $55 million in NASA's latest budget for it to develop a living space for future missions as far afield as Mars
News
Health
Smart guns and mental health checks needed to slash gun violence
News
Earth
UK’s carbon footprint from imported food revealed for first time
News
Physics
Four new elements complete the seventh row of the periodic table
News
60 Seconds
News
UK territory could host Atlantic’s largest protected area
News
Health
Women in Oregon can now get the pill over the counter
News
Health
Vaping really isn’t as harmful for your cells as smoking
News
Physics
Supermassive black holes might be hiding entire universes inside
News
Humans
Sleep isn’t needed to create long-term memories 鈥� just time out
News
Guinea pigs beat hot temperatures by tweaking their DNA
News
Health
Women can 鈥榞row’ their own IVF embryos with in-body incubator
News
Life-friendly moons might get eaten by their own drifting planet
News
Life
Farting plants have a built-in stink bomb that deters predators
News
Health
Meet the young women leading the way in Ethiopia’s TB fight
News
Memory recall works twice as fast as the blink of an eye
News
Space
Giant galaxy caught tearing apart its little neighbour
News
Health
Liver hormone could tame our love of cakes and booze
News
Environment
Polar bear family tree reveals adoptions and identical twins
News
Falcons imprison live birds, keeping them fresh to eat later
News
Elusive narwhal babies spotted gathering at Canadian nursery
News
Life
Don’t shove! Sheep and humans show pushing slows evacuation
News
Health
We breathe in more bugs from our tap water than from our toilets
News
Life
Pigment-making microbes could replace dirty synthetic dyes
News
Life
Taskmaster robots watch while you work in case you miss a step
News
Earth
Plastic grass could cover buildings to produce energy from wind
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Health
Smartwatch app detects epileptic seizures and texts a warning
News
Opinion
Humans
Do we need racial diversity in physics? Affirmative
Bolstering the number of minority students in physics will improve our chances of tackling some of the field's big unanswered questions, says Joshua Sokol
Opinion
Health
What’s behind surprise diabetes decline in the US?
Opinion
Technology
Why it’s time for footballers to use wearable tech on the pitch
Opinion
Features
Health
Strangers within: Meet the other humans who live in your body
Long after birth, your mother鈥檚 cells linger inside you. You could even have parts of your sibling in your blood. What are these relative aliens up to?
Features
Physics
Bright idea: How light-based Li-Fi could unseat Wi-Fi
Features
Earth
Global browning: Why the world’s fresh water is getting murkier
Features
Health
Busting the baby brain myth: Why motherhood makes minds sharper
Features
Culture
Life
Dark Matter and the dinosaurs: A quest for grown-ups
On the 12th day of CultureLab, Michael Brooks聽explores聽Lisa Randall's latest book and enjoys the warts and all view of how science聽really works
Culture
Life
Home: It’s where the heart is 鈥� and now we know why
Culture
Life
The Visit: What aliens would really mean for us as humans
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Stealth or style? Now you don’t have to choose
Tin foil hats for the image-conscious, magic formulas, draining the sun and more
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