Space
NASA insists it is going to Mars, but it really can’t afford to
News
This week's magazine
26 August 2017
Issue 3140
On the cover
Editor's picks
Make the military-industrial complex great again
News
Humans
Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten
Features
Physics
Calming figures: The numbers that maintain harmony around us
Features
Environment
The man who reads dog minds and personalities in a brain scanner
Features
Physics
Authority figures: The numbers that rule them all
Features
Physics
Fraudulent figures: The numbers that say when things are fishy
Features
Physics
Figures of fun: The quirkiest numbers we know
Features
Table of contents
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Space
Google-sponsored private moon race delayed for the fourth time
Competitors in the Google Lunar X Prize now have until 31 March 2018 to land a spacecraft on the moon
News
Health
IBM to investigate role of microbiome in autoimmune disorders
News
Space
US witnesses best solar eclipse in decades
News
Technology
Tesla boss leads 116 experts calling for UN ban on killer robots
News
60 Seconds
News
Plan to drill for oil near mouth of Amazon sparks controversy
News
Technology
UK seeks face recognition tech upgrade for ‘walking ID cards’
News
Earth
The push for UK fracking may be 55 million years too late
News
Health
Scanning your brain can predict what will happen in the future
News
Technology
Bacterial optical fibre helps shine lasers through murky waters
News
Technology
Inside the fighter jet of the future where AI is the pilot
News
Life
Magic mushroom chemical may be a hallucinogenic insect repellent
News
Space
鈥楢lien megastructure鈥� star may host Saturn-like exoplanet
News
Health
Newborn babies already have a sense of how numbers work
News
Technology
China’s quantum submarine detector could seal South China Sea
News
Space
It could be snowing on Mars right now
News
Environment
Grown-up chimps are less likely to help distressed friends
News
Health
Can鈥檛 stop procrastinating? Try cognitive behaviour therapy
News
Health
Tiny robots crawl through mouse’s stomach to heal ulcers
News
Environment
Antarctic mystery microbe could tell us where viruses came from
News
Environment
Monkeys can be tricked into thinking all objects are familiar
News
Environment
Solving how fish swim so well may help design underwater robots
News
Health
Stem cell technique could reverse a major type of infertility
News
Humans
Why adding a drop of water can make whisky taste even better
News
Earth
Weird creatures are spreading polluting plastic through the sea
News
Space
Speedy white dwarf may have survived a rare type of supernova
News
Health
Vitamin C helps genes to kill off cells that would cause cancer
News
Health
Speedy test for Lyme disease could help us treat it in time
News
Technology
This self-healing robot can regenerate after being stabbed
News
Analysis
Space
NASA insists it is going to Mars, but it really can’t afford to
The long-held desire to send humans to the Red Planet is nowhere near being realised, despite NASA claiming it is on a Journey to Mars
News
Can a crowdsourced mega-forest offset Trump’s climate chaos?
News
Health
Netflix vegan hit What the Health serves up lots of bad science
News
Technology
Shutting down neo-Nazi Daily Stormer sets a dangerous precedent
News
Features
Humans
Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten
The past 15 years have called into question every assumption about who we are and where we came from. Turns out our evolution is more baffling than we thought
Features
Physics
Authority figures: The numbers that rule them all
Features
Physics
Calming figures: The numbers that maintain harmony around us
Features
Physics
Fraudulent figures: The numbers that say when things are fishy
Features
Physics
Figures of fun: The quirkiest numbers we know
Features
Environment
The man who reads dog minds and personalities in a brain scanner
Features
