This week's magazine
30 September 2017
Issue 3145
On the cover
Editor's picks
News
Health
Life extension may prove to be a double-edged sword
News
Humans
The fossil finder extraordinaire who’s rewriting human evolution
Features
Technology
Fighting fakery: How to make products immune to counterfeiting
Features
Health
Exclusive: Inside the clinic offering young blood to cure ageing
Features
Humans
The brain’s 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness
Features
Table of contents
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There has been some intriguing Twitter chatter in the lead-up to our four-day show at ExCeL in London this week that will bring the magazine to life
News
Life
Thousands of Puerto Ricans evacuated as dam threatens to breach
News
Technology
Uber loses its licence to operate in London
News
Earth
Hurricane Maria confirms dire warnings for 2017 hurricane season
News
Health
Hundreds of UK women are seeking illegal abortions online
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
Kidney donors swap organs for transplant vouchers for loved ones
News
Health
Health body warns many UK areas have high Lyme disease risk
News
Space
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid
News
Health
Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state
News
Environment
A cheap pollution sensor will keep you off the dirtiest roads
News
Life
New Zealand’s iconic kiwi birds may be losing their sight
News
Technology
Blockchain-like ID may mean end of paper birth certificates
News
Earth
Super-Earths draw asteroids to other worlds, which may seed life
News
Health
See-through brains reveal how stroke damages vital blood vessels
News
Earth
Huge space rocks could have helped start Earth’s plate tectonics
News
Humans
Genetically modified wheat used to make coeliac-friendly bread
News
Technology
It takes 30 seconds for your fingerprint to grip your smartphone
News
Environment
Plan to save Great Barrier Reef from encroaching farm pollution
News
Physics
Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions
News
Technology
AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings
News
Physics
Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us
News
Physics
Two-colour pixels let you draw pair of images in the same space
News
Physics
Star nicknamed Kronos after eating its own planetary children
News
Life
Dinosaurs that seemed veggie also ate the odd bit of shellfish
News
Physics
3D-printed alloys could lead to lighter planes that fly further
News
Health
Walking to work or doing the vacuuming can extend your life
News
Earth
There is no way to spot big earthquakes ahead of time
News
Environment
Robots can hitch-hike on sharks thanks to ultrastrong sucker
News
Health
Old fathers pass on more mutations to kids than old mothers
News
Analysis
Technology
EU plan to erase digital borders will further isolate Brexit UK
Estonia wants the European Union to adopt free movement of data as a fundamental principle, letting half a billion people's personal info cross borders freely
News
Earth
Another lost tribe feared massacred – how can we save the rest?
News
Health
Why court ruling on ending life support is the right decision
News
Features
Humans
The brain’s 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness
We’ve glimpsed mind-bending geometric structures that fleetingly encode our thoughts, memories and feelings – and could solve the greatest mystery of all
Features
Technology
Fighting fakery: How to make products immune to counterfeiting
Features
Humans
The fossil finder extraordinaire who’s rewriting human evolution
Features
Health
Exclusive: Inside the clinic offering young blood to cure ageing
Features
Culture
Life
Why do we have such a close relationship with animals?
We stroke, cuddle, cultivate and eat all manner of creatures. The Animals Among Us offers a fascinating if flawed account of our entangled relationship with non-human animals
Culture
Space
Rocket man: Willy Ley’s fervour helped put men on the moon
Culture