Technology
Do we need to rein in Facebook and Google’s power?
News
This week's magazine
3 September 2016
Issue 3089
On the cover
Editor's picks
Mind
Metaphysics has much to offer the study of the natural world
News
Humans
Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: Is time an illusion?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: How do I know I exist?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: Can we ever know if God exists?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: What is the meaning of life?
Features
Mind
Metaphysics special: Why is there something rather than nothing?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: What is consciousness?
Features
Earth
Metaphysics special: Where do good and evil come from?
Features
Environment
How a young maverick’s grit saved the world鈥檚 rarest bird
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: What is reality made of?
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Zika virus remains in semen three times longer than we thought
For the first time, a man with no Zika symptoms has transmitted the virus through sex, while other data suggests it can persist in semen for at least six months
News
Earth
Court rules in favour of Queensland mega-mine
News
Environment
Slow-to-breed elephant hurtles towards extinction
News
Earth
Italy to test earthquake predictor to reduce deaths and damage
News
60 Seconds
News
Space
Crew emerges from year-long simulated Mars mission
News
Health
Drug-induced abortion less safe in Ohio after 2011 law
News
Life
Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling
News
Technology
Revealed: Google’s plan for quantum computer supremacy
News
Life
Proxima b鈥檚 star could be blasting away the planet鈥檚 atmosphere
News
Health
Semen reshapes immune system to boost chances of pregnancy
News
Health
Mind-controlled nanobots could release drugs inside your brain
News
Environment
Elephants’ footprints leave behind tiny oases for aquatic life
News
Health
Ultrasound brain zap wakes man from minimally conscious state
News
Environment
The fish that have bellies full of mice 鈥� but we don鈥檛 know how
News
Physics
Supersized molecules stretch a thousand times further than usual
News
Life
Rewinding memories may help us recall where the good stuff is
News
Physics
Gang of gas giants may have tilted distant planet system
News
Life
Monster slugs are devouring defenceless baby birds in nests
News
Space
Ghost galaxy is 99.99 per cent dark matter with almost no stars
News
Health
Babies鈥� health could be affected by variation in IVF nutrients
News
Health
Smart medicine is coming of age, but will doctors bite?
News
One Per Cent
News
Health
Instagram posts can reveal depression before doctors diagnose it
News
Technology
Soft robot octopus uses chemical fuel gut to explore untethered
News
Analysis
Technology
Do we need to rein in Facebook and Google’s power?
The power of global information companies has raced ahead of society's ability to hold them to account. Is it possible to take back control?
News
Health
Putting healthcare first can save festival drug users from harm
News
Environment
Wildlife hero Chris Packham: anti-conservationists will not win
News
Health
Failure of fake babies: Why it doesn’t pay to go with your gut
News
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: How do I know I exist?
Could you be living inside a simulation created by a more advanced intelligence? Where does your unerring belief that you are not come from?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: What is consciousness?
Features
Mind
Metaphysics special: Why is there something rather than nothing?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: What is the meaning of life?
Features
Earth
Metaphysics special: Where do good and evil come from?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: What is reality made of?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: Is time an illusion?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: Can we ever know if God exists?
Features
Environment
How a young maverick’s grit saved the world鈥檚 rarest bird
Features
Culture
Environment
How water shortages flow into collaboration not war
Water fuels human life everywhere, so shortages should spell disaster. But three new books exploring the complexities of water politics reach surprising conclusions
Culture
Humans
Britain’s first lumberjacks have long tales to tell
Culture
