This week's magazine
17 June 2017
Issue 3130
Editor's picks
News
Science might emerge a winner from UK election chaos
News
Health
How to extinguish the inflammation epidemic
Features
Humans
Don’t feel sorry for apologising – it could be good for you
Features
Physics
Spectrum wars: The battle for the airwaves
Features
Humans
Blinded by seance: The man who offered scientists an afterlife
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
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Humans
WHO classes HIV drug as an essential medicine
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP has been added to the WHO's list of essential medicines, highlighting England's failure to provide the drug to those most at risk
News
Health
Defibrillator drones could save lives before ambulance arrives
News
Earth
Science and climate face uncertain future in post-election UK
News
Earth
‘Devil weeds’ threaten wildebeest migrations in Serengeti
News
Humans
Police warned of drug so powerful it can kill in one breath
News
Earth
60 Seconds
News
Space
NASA revives 50-year-old idea to recycle space stations in orbit
News
Health
Pig brain cells implanted into brains of people with Parkinson’s
News
Technology
Chatbots learn how to negotiate and drive a hard bargain
News
Environment
Rubber algae help create first artificial reef in Mediterranean
News
Earth
Ocean plastics from Haiti’s beaches turned into laptop packaging
News
Space
Messages from fake aliens decoded quickly in online SETI contest
News
Health
Eating a low carb breakfast may make you a more tolerant person
News
Technology
Smart jacket and VR headset let you pilot a drone with your body
News
Earth
The mystery xenon in Earth’s atmosphere came from icy comets
News
Health
Baby brain scans can predict who is likely to develop autism
News
Technology
DeepMind’s neural network teaches AI to reason about the world
News
Health
Fetuses turn to follow face-like shapes while in the womb
News
Health
Crumb-free bread will mean ISS astronauts can now bake in space
News
Earth
There’s as much water in Earth’s mantle as in all the oceans
News
Earth
Extreme plants thrive at 72°C in New Zealand’s hot volcanic soil
News
Health
Cystic fibrosis drug halts lung damage in young children
News
Technology
Artificial whisky taster has the palate of a connoisseur
News
Space
Mass of a white dwarf star directly measured for the first time
News
Space
How Jupiter split the asteroid belt in two shows its great age
News
Environment
Fungus creates zombie beetles that crave flowers before death
News
Physics
Fortified gas marbles are 10 times stronger than regular bubbles
News
Earth
Bird caught in amber 100 million years ago is best ever found
News
Health
What it’s like to take psychedelics in small doses at breakfast
News
Analysis
Health
Microdosers say tiny hits of LSD make your work and life better
People are increasingly taking daily, low doses of illegal psychedelic drugs to up their game at work and improve their mood. Will we all be doing it one day?
News
Health
Artisan sourdough? You may as well eat mass-produced white bread
News
Humans
Does mind-hack tech mean your brain needs its own legal rights?
News
Space
Orbiting ‘space nation’ data centre could avoid all Earthly laws
News
Features
Health
How to extinguish the inflammation epidemic
Stress, obesity and poor diet trigger persistent inflammation, which can lead to heart disease and depression. We’re finally working out how to fight it
Features
Physics
Spectrum wars: The battle for the airwaves
Features
Humans
Don’t feel sorry for apologising – it could be good for you
Features
Humans
Blinded by seance: The man who offered scientists an afterlife
Features
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Tap water is turning Brits gay, says candidate
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