This week's magazine
Editor's picks
News
Health
AI doctors should improve healthcare, but not at any cost
News
Physics
When is a black hole not a black hole? When it’s a boson star
Features
Humans
Why help a torturer come to terms with their past?
Features
Health
Artificial Intelligence ushers in the era of superhuman doctors
Features
Life
Smart but dumb: probing the mysteries of brainless intelligence
Features
Table of contents
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Humans
Online harassment on the rise – but no one can agree what it is
People in the US want more policing of online harassment, but the varying ways it affects different groups make it difficult to agree on a definition
News
Health
Meningitis B vaccines may fight the rise of super-gonorrhoea
News
Technology
Tesla to build world’s largest lithium ion battery in Australia
News
Physics
LHC pops out a new particle that could test the strong force
News
60 Seconds
News
Environment
Large carnivores have lost more than 90 per cent of their range
News
Earth
France plans to ban all new petrol and diesel cars by 2040
News
Health
CRISPR gene editing technique is probably safe, study confirms
News
Health
People are hacking antidepressant doses to avoid withdrawal
News
Earth
Melting ice may be making mountains collapse in Greenland
News
Space
Titan’s conditions could be just right to power US-sized colony
News
Health
Sleeping less in old age may be adaptation to survive in wild
News
Physics
Quantum cheques could be a forgery-free way to move money
News
Video stored in live bacterial genome using CRISPR gene editing
News
Environment
Swinging birds play with rhythm like jazz musicians
News
Earth
Invisibility cloak makes solar panels work more efficiently
News
Humans
Even toddlers expect bullies to get more than their fair share
News
Environment
Climate change lets invaders beat Alpine plants in mountain race
News
Technology
Neural network poetry is so bad we think it’s written by humans
News
Humans
Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans
News
Technology
AI photo check exposes scale of diversity problem at top firms
News
Tiny laser inside your body could detect cancer, then dissolve
News
Environment
Sunflowers work together to avoid overcrowding and soak up rays
News
Environment
Frogs may have evolved the first kneecaps on Earth
News
Health
Serious head injuries nearly double your risk of dementia
News
Technology
Transformer robots can be printed on demand in just 13 minutes
News
Environment
Spiders lure bees for dinner by making flowers look flashier
News
Health
Bad eczema flare-ups may be caused by strains of bacteria
News
Technology
Next-gen drones will fly and dive into the sea like pelicans
News
Analysis
Health
Real reform must follow ruling on flawed NHS-DeepMind data deal
The NHS has been censured for the way it shared patient data with DeepMind. Meaningful checks on big tech's healthcare ambitions must follow, says Hal Hodson
News
Health
Battle lines are being drawn on the best way for babies to sleep
News
Health
Blood doping: Were Armstrong and Russia wasting their time?
News
Technology
North Korean missiles could soon reach the US. Can we stop them?
News
Features
Physics
When is a black hole not a black hole? When it’s a boson star
Astronomers are confident they know what the mysterious massive object at the Milky Way’s heart is – but our first direct view this year could bring a shock
Features
Life
Smart but dumb: probing the mysteries of brainless intelligence
Features
Health
Artificial Intelligence ushers in the era of superhuman doctors
Features
Humans
Why help a torturer come to terms with their past?
Features
Culture
Humans
To understand why we behave the way we do, we need to zoom out
A challenging new book, Behave, starts with interacting brain regions and then takes in the ever wider horizons of culture and evolution to make sense of us
Culture
Humans
A mouthful of history: How teeth reveal our evolutionary past
Culture