Technology
Letting robots kill without human supervision could save lives
News
This week's magazine
11 November 2017
Issue 3151
On the cover
Editor's picks
Environment
Get closer to death to make the most of life
News
Physics
Consciously quantum: How you make everything real
Features
Humans
This mortician wants to fix our broken relationship with death
Features
Health
State of unrest: Can fidgeting really help you concentrate?
Features
Earth
The unseen puppet masters that control life in the oceans
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
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Technology
Estonia freezes popular e-residency ID cards due to security bug
Citizens and thousands of e-residents have been unable to use their digital ID cards to access government services, banks and medical records because of risks of identity theft
News
Five firms aim to power moon-orbiting way station to deep space
News
Earth
Planting trees could mop up ten years鈥� worth of greenhouse gases
News
Earth
China鈥檚 dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better
News
Meet the winners of the biggest-ever face-recognition challenge
News
Health
FDA loosens rules on direct-to-consumer genetic tests
News
Earth
60 Seconds
News
Health
Australia to cut cervical cancer risk with less regular tests
News
Earth
What we’re doing now will make the ocean completely unliveable
News
Health
Boy with a genetic disease has had almost all his skin replaced
News
Space
A bizarre supernova keeps exploding over and over again
News
Technology
AI binges on CSI crime shows and learns to guess whodunnit
News
Health
Breathing pure oxygen could heal footballers with concussion
News
Physics
We鈥檝e figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted
News
Environment
Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife
News
I went on a data diet and all I got was ads and paranoia
News
Environment
There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed
News
Physics
How learning to share cakes could help stop unfair US elections
News
Humans
Virtual cocktails hijack your senses to turn water into wine
News
Health
Blood cells in chronic fatigue syndrome are drained of energy
News
Life
Dinosaur mass-extinction let mammals come out in the day
News
Health
People with face blindness are missing a 鈥榟ub鈥� in their brains
News
Earth
Europe and the US were most responsible for deadly heatwave
News
Technology
Visual trick fools AI into thinking a turtle is really a rifle
News
Earth
Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food
News
Technology
Secure your secret messages with printable invisible ink
News
Environment
Enceladus鈥檚 hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life
News
Humans
Phone sensors can save lives by revealing what floor you are on
News
Physics
Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt鈥檚 Great Pyramid
News
Environment
Malaria parasite makes mosquitoes more likely to suck your blood
News
Analysis
Technology
Letting robots kill without human supervision could save lives
Calls to ban killer robots ignore the fact that human soldiers can make lethal mistakes. If driverless cars will save lives, perhaps armed machines can as well
News
Physics
Why Hawking’s PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration
News
Earth
Rivers and forests need the same legal rights we grant to people
News
Humans
Time for change: Let’s end the arcane practice of daylight saving time
News
Features
Physics
Consciously quantum: How you make everything real
The idea that we create reality seems absurd. But an audacious new take on quantum theory suggests the fundamental laws of nature emerge from our own experiences
Features
Health
State of unrest: Can fidgeting really help you concentrate?
Features
Earth
The unseen puppet masters that control life in the oceans
Features
Humans
This mortician wants to fix our broken relationship with death
Features
