This week's magazine
Editor's picks
News
Humans
Apocalypse not now but the fate of civilisation is in our hands
News
Society
End of days: Is Western civilisation on the brink of collapse?
Features
Physics
So long, suckers: Where have all the black holes gone?
Features
Earth
Deadly heat: How to survive the world’s new temperature extremes
Features
Health
The Amazonian arrow poison that made modern anaesthesia
Features
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Space
Safety panel puts brakes on SpaceX’s plan to put humans in space
An independent safety panel has recommended that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket should not carry crew until the conditions that led to a 2016 explosion are fully understood
News
Earth
A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea
News
Health
Blindness treatment will insert algae gene into people’s eyes
News
Health
Source of world’s biggest listeria outbreak still unknown
News
Technology
Voice assistants dominate CES as Google plays catchup with Alexa
News
Environment
We may be able to see mountains and valleys on distant worlds
News
Physics
The universe still seems to be expanding faster than it ought to
News
Humans
DNA of man who died in 1827 recreated from his living relatives
News
Physics
Clever maths will stop hackers spying on the quantum internet
News
Earth
Mount Etna may not really be a ‘proper’ volcano at all
News
Health
Copycat justice has turned US counties into execution hotspots
News
Physics
Mystery radio bursts may be from neutron star near a black hole
News
Technology
A swarm of home-made drones has bombed a Russian airbase
News
Humans
Study proves that humblebragging really is the worst
News
Technology
The smart humanoid robot that will help in grocery warehouses
News
Technology
You may be making cryptocurrency for hackers without realising
News
Physics
Mystery dark matter may be ordinary neutrons that have decayed
News
Environment
All other primates live their lives according to a simple rule
News
Space
Mars has ice sheets 130 metres thick hiding below its red dust
News
Health
Robotic implant could help children with rare disorder eat again
News
Health
When people sleep more they also eat less sugar and carbs
News
Health
Bowel cancer test may be a much better way to screen for polyps
News
Earth
Even a small cut in global warming will help slow sea level rise
News
Physics
Hidden exoplanets could be revealed by echoing light
News
Health
A single gene can either raise or lower Crohn’s disease risk
News
Analysis
Health
How ‘stem cell’ clinics became a Wild West for dodgy treatments
Hundreds of clinics offering unregulated stem cell therapies have sprung up across the US and Australia thanks to lax oversight
News
Space
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars
News
Health
Shocking drop in life expectancy shows US still in bad health
News
Earth
UK’s plastic bag ban is a pitiful attempt at a greener future
News
Features
Earth
Deadly heat: How to survive the world’s new temperature extremes
Australia’s latest sizzling summer presages a global future – but we’re beginning to understand heat’s impacts on the human body, and how to combat them
Features
Society
End of days: Is Western civilisation on the brink of collapse?
Features
Physics
So long, suckers: Where have all the black holes gone?
Features
Health
The Amazonian arrow poison that made modern anaesthesia
Features
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: eHarmony’s love formula fails to woo ad watchdog
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
This Week’s Letters
Letters
Puddle puzzle
Last Word
Future plastic
Last Word
A tad late
Last Word
Cubicle count
Last Word
You must be yolking
Last Word
Playing for time
Last Word