Technology
Crunch time for bitcoin as it faces last chance to go mainstream
News
This week's magazine
29 April 2017
Issue 3123
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
Prognosis for dementia research uncertain in the Brexit election
News
Health
Your inner hoarder: Why letting go is so hard to do
Features
Health
Defying dementia: It is not inevitable
Features
Life
New era of alchemy: Copying nature鈥檚 chemistry in a jiffy
Features
Health
Defying dementia: How to keep your brain fighting fit
Features
Environment
My vertical underwater farming can restore the seas
Features
Health
Defying dementia: Live better for longer after a diagnosis
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Humans
Thousands attend March for Science protests around the world
Worldwide rallies for science bring scientists and supporters together in aid of a common cause
News
Space
Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice
News
Health
Google鈥檚 new project will gather health data from 10,000 people
News
Earth
60 Seconds
News
Health
Medical marijuana may be a salve for the US opioid epidemic
News
Earth
UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home
News
Technology
Facebook banks on virtual reality as the future of socialising
News
Environment
Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain
News
Life
We still haven鈥檛 heard from aliens – here鈥檚 why we might never
News
Life
Chlamydia vaccine for koalas slows spread of deadly disease
News
Health
Hungry stomach hormone promotes growth of new brain cells
News
Earth
Plastic-munching caterpillars may show us how to dissolve waste
News
Space
Infrared telescope spots mystery flare-ups in distant galaxies
News
Health
Zika outbreak may have led to fewer births in Rio de Janeiro
News
Humans
Mystery human hobbit ancestor may have been first out of Africa
News
Health
Machine learning shows exactly when to zap brain to boost memory
News
Mind
AI learns to play video game from instructions in plain English
News
Environment
Eel patrol: Tracking down poachers with the wildlife police
News
Environment
The incredible naked mole rat can survive with hardly any oxygen
News
Health
Psychedelic drugs push the brain to a state never seen before
News
Physics
Three-atom molecule cooled to near absolute zero for first time
News
Environment
Weird, hairy microbes discovered on volcano soon after eruption
News
Environment
Drones listen in on bats to reveal their in-flight secrets
News
Environment
Male robins can guess and satisfy their partner鈥檚 food cravings
News
New Super-Earth looks habitable and could reveal signs of life
News
Space
Mars Trojans may be part of a planet that was destroyed long ago
News
Environment
Drunken crayfish show that loneliness raises alcohol tolerance
News
Health
Blood from human babies makes brains of elderly mice young again
News
Analysis
Technology
Crunch time for bitcoin as it faces last chance to go mainstream
Bitcoin is at a crossroads. One route will make it as easy to use as a debit card, the other ends in obscurity. Can its users agree on its future?
News
Humans
Has the social media political bubble theory just been popped?
News
Earth
Internal migration of millions as seas rise will rattle whole US
News
Humans
Why better technology won鈥檛 stop violent videos going viral
News
Features
Health
Defying dementia: It is not inevitable
Growing older doesn't necessarily mean you'll get dementia. Cases are rising as more of us live longer, but the reasons are debated and you can fight back
Features
Health
Defying dementia: How to keep your brain fighting fit
Features
Health
Defying dementia: Live better for longer after a diagnosis
Features
Health
Your inner hoarder: Why letting go is so hard to do
Features
Life
New era of alchemy: Copying nature鈥檚 chemistry in a jiffy
Features
Environment
My vertical underwater farming can restore the seas
Features
Culture
Humans
Deviate attempts to alter the way we perceive the world
Altering how and what our brains perceive is a tough challenge, argues a new book, especially because most of us take reality for granted
Culture
Environment
The continuing mystery behind the cuteness of tame animals
Culture
Humans
Want to reinvent the future? Another economy is possible
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Betting on a round Earth could leave you out of pocket
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
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