Health
The Alzheimer’s problem: Why we are struggling to find a cure
News
This week's magazine
28 January 2017
Issue 3110
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
We should have no beef with bureaucracy if it keeps food safe
News
Health
A meaning to life: How a sense of purpose can keep you healthy
Features
Technology
Encryption wars: The privacy debate raging in your smartphone
Features
Humans
I could speak a different language every week for a year
Features
Environment
Embryonic education: How learning begins long before birth
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
快猫短视频
Earth
Trump ditched Obama’s climate and water policies on first day
White House signals intention to cancel Obama鈥檚 Climate Action Plan and expand oil and gas exploration
News
Health
Are potatoes now a cancer risk? Here’s what you need to know
News
Health
Abortion rate halves if women have to go extra 100 miles
News
Earth
60 Seconds
News
Humans
A no-strike list may shield Yemen鈥檚 ancient treasures from war
News
Technology
Samsung blames battery flaws for Galaxy Note 7 smartphone fires
News
Earth
2016 confirmed as the hottest year on record
News
Health
Animals that grow designer organs for humans are a step closer
News
Earth
Earth鈥檚 water must have arrived here earlier than we thought
News
Space
Hit threatening asteroids’ bright spots to deflect them
News
Physics
Exotic black holes caught turning into a superfluid
News
Environment
Bird is evolving to be less flashy in response to global warming
News
Life
Dried-up slime could help microbes survive briny waters on Mars
News
Earth
Big cities warm up during the week as commuters flock in
News
Health
Real-life psychopaths actually have below-average intelligence
News
Technology
Smart buildings predict when critical systems are about to fail
News
Mind
Brainwaves could act as your password 鈥� but not if you鈥檙e drunk
News
Health
Many more people could still die from mad cow disease in the UK
News
Technology
Robot skin senses warm bodies like a snake locating nearby prey
News
Environment
Seals hunt down hidden fish by sensing their breath in the sand
News
Humans
Virtual out-of-body experience reduces your fear of death
News
Technology
Light-speed camera snaps light’s “sonic boom” for the first time
News
Environment
Spitting archerfish shoot at prey above and beneath the water
News
Environment
Recycled eggshells can be used for next-gen data storage
News
Stretchy robotic suit reduces energy used to walk by 23 per cent
News
Physics
Intergalactic collision birthed a sparkling ring of young stars
News
Environment
Foxes may confuse predators by rubbing themselves in puma scent
News
Earth
Mysterious fairy circles in Namibian desert explained at last
News
Sponsored
Diaper tech: inspired by babies
News
Sponsored
Nappy tech: inspired by babies
News
Analysis
Health
The Alzheimer’s problem: Why we are struggling to find a cure
Touted breakthroughs keep coming to nothing. Are we close to a cure, or have we got the disease all wrong? The results of three trials should tell us
News
Health
Should NHS limit spending on treatments for rare diseases?
News
Technology
Flawed hunt for flight MH370 shows need for new tracking system
News
Features
Health
A meaning to life: How a sense of purpose can keep you healthy
It helps prevent heart attack and stroke, staves off dementia, enables people to sleep better, have better sex and live longer. Oh, and it鈥檚 free
Features
Technology
Encryption wars: The privacy debate raging in your smartphone
Features
Environment
Embryonic education: How learning begins long before birth
Features
Humans
I could speak a different language every week for a year
Features
