Space
We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off
News
This week's magazine
13 January 2018
Issue 3160
On the cover
Editor's picks
Health
Science helped cause the opioid crisis 鈥� now it must make amends
News
Health
No sweat: Does high-intensity interval training work?
Features
Humans
Unearthed: Why we’ve got monuments like Stonehenge all wrong
Features
Health
No sweat: Should my muscles be hurting days after a workout?
Features
Health
No sweat: Is yoga a proper workout?
Features
Health
The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic
Features
Health
No sweat: Does listening to music make exercise easier?
Features
Health
No sweat: When, how and how much should I exercise?
Features
Health
No sweat: Does carb loading improve performance?
Features
Health
No sweat: Can I tailor my exercise to burn more fat?
Features
Health
No sweat: Are sports drinks worth the money?
Features
Health
No sweat: Does stretching before and after a workout help?
Features
Health
No sweat: Is exercising inside or outside better for you?
Features
Health
No sweat: How can marathon runners avoid hitting 鈥榯he wall鈥�?
Features
Don’t sweat it: The scientific guide to getting fit
Features
Table of contents
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Earth
Extreme weather in US and Australia may be due to climate change
The eastern US has shivered through freezing temperatures while Australia has sweltered in a colossal heatwave, and both events may be linked to climate change
News
Environment
Arsonist falcons suggest birds discovered fire before humans did
News
Technology
How to protect yourself from the Meltdown and Spectre bugs
News
Health
Finland to trial nasal spray as gambling addiction treatment
News
Physics
Largest prime number ever found has over 23 million digits
News
Environment
Smell of death tells undertaker bees it’s time to remove corpses
News
Health
AI listens in on emergency calls to diagnose cardiac arrest
News
Latest measurement of a proton’s mass has got physicists puzzled
News
Health
People with diabetes seem to be protected against migraine
News
Earth
Storm waves can move boulders heavier than the Statue of Liberty
News
Health
Freeze-dried valves used in animal heart surgery for first time
News
Earth
Iconic tree from Twin Peaks threatened by climate change
News
Health
A daily blast of sound and electrical pulses may tame tinnitus
News
Environment
Invasive toxic pufferfish causes havoc in European waters
News
Technology
A new bitcoin Ponzi scheme or scam pops up almost every day
News
Health
Fight continues over whether sex addiction is a real thing
News
Space
Tides and atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1 planets may help life thrive
News
Space
The universe could be full of more huge stars than we thought
News
Health
Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive
News
Earth
Baby skeleton from Alaska reveals origins of Native Americans
News
Health
Blood test spots ovarian cancer years before it is usually found
News
Health
Sex tweets help track spread of sexually transmitted infections
News
Life
How besieged ants decide when it鈥檚 time to abandon their nests
News
Earth
‘Thrill-seeking’ genes could help birds escape climate change
News
Space
Weird dim star isn’t due to alien megastructure – it’s just dust
News
Analysis
Space
We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off
Going to space is already one of the most dangerous things a person can do, but we will need to take far more risks than we do in order to push space exploration forward
News
Life
Why complex life could prove remarkably common in the universe
News
Technology
We should teach kids how to use social media, not scare them off
News
Features
Don’t sweat it: The scientific guide to getting fit
We're overcomplicating exercise. Forget the latest fad 鈥� here's our evidence-based guide to workout success, and the truth about the advice you can ignore
Features
Health
No sweat: When, how and how much should I exercise?
Features
Health
No sweat: Does high-intensity interval training work?
Features
Health
No sweat: How can marathon runners avoid hitting 鈥榯he wall鈥�?
Features
Health
No sweat: Does stretching before and after a workout help?
Features
Health
No sweat: Can I tailor my exercise to burn more fat?
Features
Health
No sweat: Does listening to music make exercise easier?
Features
Health
No sweat: Is exercising inside or outside better for you?
Features
Health
No sweat: Are sports drinks worth the money?
Features
Health
No sweat: Is yoga a proper workout?
Features
Health
No sweat: Should my muscles be hurting days after a workout?
Features
Health
No sweat: Does carb loading improve performance?
Features
Health
The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic
Features
Humans
Unearthed: Why we’ve got monuments like Stonehenge all wrong
Features
Culture
Environment
Trophy: Is hunting really the only way to save big game?
A film on white hunters and landowners offers a strong conservation case for killing Africa's big beasts, but it sidelines local black people who may disagree
Culture
Humans
Sniff the apocalypse: An art show with perfume for the end times
Culture
