This week's magazine
9 December 2017
Issue 3155
On the cover
Editor's picks
News
Earth
Environmentalism: mission impossible, or just improbable?
News
Physics
Dark energy is mutating, with grave consequences for the cosmos
Features
Humans
Night exercises: The intense workout we all do in our sleep
Features
Humans
The Soviet genius who tried to beat capitalism at its own game
Features
Environment
Wildebeest no more: The death of Africa’s great migrations
Features
Table of contents
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Health
Victoria is first state in Australia to legalise euthanasia
The parliament of Victoria passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill last week, after more than 100 hours of debate
News
Earth
Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere
News
Earth
Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds
News
Space
NASA fires Voyager 1’s engines for the first time in 37 years
News
Health
60 Seconds
News
World’s richest science prize hands out $22 million for research
News
Technology
North Korea launches another long-range missile toward Japan
News
Health
Welcome to the limb lab where organs are kept alive on shelves
News
Earth
Earth’s climate will warm 15 per cent more than we thought
News
Physics
Moon’s explosive birth drove iron deep into Earth’s core
News
Space
Planets near dangerous stars could shield alien life under smog
News
Humans
Want to be the boss? How to signal your leadership potential
News
Life
Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births
News
Health
Artificial ovary may fine-tune treatment for menopause symptoms
News
Life
Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?
News
A shipwreck has been found from the time of Alexander the Great
News
Humans
Destruction of war-torn Syria brought to London by AI
News
Technology
Best-yet quantum simulator with 53 qubits could really be useful
News
Space
The usual way of hunting dark matter may be all wrong
News
Health
Addicted to tech? A brain chemical imbalance may be to blame
News
Life
Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight
News
Health
Migraine drug makes people have fewer ‘migraine days’
News
Health
Exercise hormone protects against bad complications in surgery
News
Space
Weird tiny galaxies found hiding in Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field
News
Environment
Robofish floats about tracking antibiotics in the Great Lakes
News
Physics
Weird magnets could make computers that work 1000 times faster
News
Life
Baby pterosaurs were cute, defenceless and unable to fly
News
Technology
Your smartphone behaviour may decide whether you get a loan
News
Analysis
Health
Why it’s good that NHS England is cutting back on prescriptions
Patients in England are set to lose access to a raft of prescription drugs through the National Health Service – but only overpriced, ineffective or dangerous ones
News
Technology
US cyberweapons have been stolen and there’s nothing we can do
News
Life
No, aliens aren’t lurking on the International Space Station
News
Earth
Why setting ‘safe’ limits for environmental damage won’t work
News
Earth
Tasty tomatoes could be sacrificed in drive to cut food waste
News
Features
Physics
Dark energy is mutating, with grave consequences for the cosmos
Something is tearing everything apart even faster than we thought – and not even atoms will survive, never mind our picture of how the universe evolved
Features
Environment
Wildebeest no more: The death of Africa’s great migrations
Features
Humans
Night exercises: The intense workout we all do in our sleep
Features
Humans
The Soviet genius who tried to beat capitalism at its own game
Features