Issue 3083 | Magazine cover date: 23 July 2016

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23 July 2016

Issue 3083

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Features

Internet 3.0: How we take back control from the giants

Fertility facts: How late can you leave it to have a baby?

Seismic shift: Can we cloak cities from earthquakes?

I was there at Ebola's bloody beginning

Regulars

Planet Nine may have tilted entire solar system except the sun

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Health

Should people who are not terminally ill have the right to die?

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Life

Who should we believe when it comes to fertility?

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Health

Fertility facts: How late can you leave it to have a baby?

Features

Technology

Internet 3.0: How we take back control from the giants

Features

Health

I was there at Ebola's bloody beginning

Features

Earth

Seismic shift: Can we cloak cities from earthquakes?

Features

Leaders

Life

Who should we believe when it comes to fertility?

Difficult choices over when to start a family are not made any easier by conflicting signals from doctors and fertility clinics

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Humans

Hundreds of mystery human skulls sold on eBay for up to $5500

Sold.. to the highest bidder A morbid market. Staffers at the Louisiana Department of Justice in Baton Rouge tracked the sale of human skulls on eBay for seven months. During that period, 237 people listed 454 skulls for sale, with opening bids ranging from one cent to $5500. Until last week, eBay's official policy as …

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Humans

The musical harmonies you like depend on where you're from

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Life

Gorillas may have evolved a way to beat a cheating berry plant

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Technology

Graphene sheets open like a flower’s petals when poked

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Technology

Pokémon Go away: Who owns the augmented reality we play in?

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Health

Too much light weakens bones and changes immune system

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Life

Meet the philosopher ducklings that indulge in abstract thought

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Earth

Saving the ozone layer is warming the planet but it can be fixed

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Life

How to become a citizen archaeologist tracking Stone-Age Britons

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Life

First evidence that GM mosquitoes reduce disease

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Space

Baby stars grow big and strong by eating their own burst bubbles

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Space

Mysterious swoosh caused by pulsars hugging companions close

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Life

Kiss of death marks young ant rivals for worker kill squad

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Space

SpaceX launches DNA sequencer and new docking port to the ISS

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Health

Obese grandfathers pass on their susceptibility to junk food

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Russia engaged in 'state-directed' Olympic doping, finds probe

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Life

Starving bald eagle chicks hint at ecosystem collapse in Florida

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Physics

How to expose a fake nuke without revealing what's inside

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Technology

Brain training game for troops tackles effects of combat trauma

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Technology

Meet the robot champion being house-trained in a Korean lab

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One Per Cent

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Space

Next-gen Mars orbiters to help human missions become more real

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Earth

Fossils, islands and forests added to UNESCO World Heritage List

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60 Seconds

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Health

Menopause reversal restores periods and produces fertile eggs

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Analysis

People at graduation ceremony fling their mortar boards in the air

Humans

Are humans still evolving? Growing evidence suggests we are

Natural selection was long thought over for humans, but new work relating education and reproductive success indicates it is still at work

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Humans

Smarter police interviews could help reduce racial tension

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Earth

Humans decimating the diversity of life should worry us all

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Health

Should people who are not terminally ill have the right to die?

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Aperture

Life

Storks dine out on giant landfill sites instead of migrating

IT MIGHT not look that appetising to us, but for white storks, this dump is like an all-you-can eat buffet. White storks traditionally make an epic annual migration from Europe to West Africa, flying thousands of kilometres to find food. But the prospect of an easy meal much closer to home is starting to replace …

Regulars

Features

Technology

Internet 3.0: How we take back control from the giants

Monster companies run the internet and gorge on our data. But what if we abolished the server farms and ran it ourselves?

Features

Health

Fertility facts: How late can you leave it to have a baby?

Features

Earth

Seismic shift: Can we cloak cities from earthquakes?

Features

Health

I was there at Ebola's bloody beginning

Features

Culture

Technology

A field guide to technology gone feral

Tech systems are so interwoven that even if we could understand their complexity, they change too fast to keep up. We have to study them like an ecology, says a new book

Culture

Space

Cosmological conceits blossom under Finland's midnight sun

Culture

Technology

1970s science follies look groovy in a new light

Culture

Silhouetted planet against starry background

Planet Nine may have tilted entire solar system except the sun

Big bully? A jealous Planet Nine may have shoved its siblings for attention. If a massive ninth planet exists in our solar system , it might explain why the planets are out of line with the sun. The eight major planets still circle the sun in the original plane of their birth. The sun rotates …

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Feedback: Weak-handed Millennials struggling to get a grip

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This week's magazine

23 July 2016

On the cover

Health

Should people who are not terminally ill have the right to die?

Life

Who should we believe when it comes to fertility?

Health

Fertility facts: How late can you leave it to have a baby?

Technology

Internet 3.0: How we take back control from the giants

Health

I was there at Ebola's bloody beginning

Earth

Seismic shift: Can we cloak cities from earthquakes?

Table of contents

Leaders

Life

Who should we believe when it comes to fertility?

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Humans

Hundreds of mystery human skulls sold on eBay for up to $5500

Humans

The musical harmonies you like depend on where you're from

Life

Gorillas may have evolved a way to beat a cheating berry plant

Technology

Graphene sheets open like a flower’s petals when poked

Technology

Pokémon Go away: Who owns the augmented reality we play in?

Health

Too much light weakens bones and changes immune system

Life

Meet the philosopher ducklings that indulge in abstract thought

Earth

Saving the ozone layer is warming the planet but it can be fixed

Life

How to become a citizen archaeologist tracking Stone-Age Britons

Life

First evidence that GM mosquitoes reduce disease

Space

Baby stars grow big and strong by eating their own burst bubbles

Space

Mysterious swoosh caused by pulsars hugging companions close

Life

Kiss of death marks young ant rivals for worker kill squad

Space

SpaceX launches DNA sequencer and new docking port to the ISS

Health

Obese grandfathers pass on their susceptibility to junk food

Russia engaged in 'state-directed' Olympic doping, finds probe

Life

Starving bald eagle chicks hint at ecosystem collapse in Florida

Physics

How to expose a fake nuke without revealing what's inside

Technology

Brain training game for troops tackles effects of combat trauma

Technology

Meet the robot champion being house-trained in a Korean lab

One Per Cent

Space

Next-gen Mars orbiters to help human missions become more real

Earth

Fossils, islands and forests added to UNESCO World Heritage List

60 Seconds

Health

Menopause reversal restores periods and produces fertile eggs

Analysis

Humans

Are humans still evolving? Growing evidence suggests we are

Humans

Smarter police interviews could help reduce racial tension

Earth

Humans decimating the diversity of life should worry us all

Health

Should people who are not terminally ill have the right to die?

Aperture

Life

Storks dine out on giant landfill sites instead of migrating

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