This week's magazine
3 February 2018
Issue 3163
On the cover
Editor's picks
News
Environment
We shouldn’t hide the gory details of how meat reaches our plate
News
Health
The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction
Features
Space
Interstellar: The bizarre visitor from a far-off solar system
Features
Environment
Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age
Features
Space
7 things we thought were made by aliens, but weren’t… probably
Features
Health
The unpalatable truth about your favourite foods
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
Humans
We must stand up to bad politics, not hide in an ivory tower
Science journalism is about more than pure science. When powerful people of any political leaning go against the evidence, ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓÆµ cannot turn a blind eye
News
Environment
We shouldn’t hide the gory details of how meat reaches our plate
News
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Earth
Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe
The amount of electricity generated by renewables in Europe has for the first time outpaced that coming from coal sources
News
Space
Two satellites scrambling into orbit after launch went wrong
News
Health
Children get new ears grown from their own cells in world first
News
Health
Secret US military bases revealed by joggers using fitness app
News
Technology
Cryptocurrency hack makes off with $500 million
News
Environment
A more humane way of slaughtering chickens might get EU approval
News
Technology
Facebook is making a chatbot that can fill awkward silences
News
Physics
Dark matter near black holes sends gamma rays from galaxy’s core
News
Health
Smart contact lens monitors sweetness of diabetics’ tears
News
Technology
Disease mapper shows you what infections are hitting your area
News
Earth
Wave of massive volcanoes created Earth’s first supercontinent
News
Humans
Ancient jawbone suggests humans left Africa 50,000 years earlier
News
Technology
Your next job interview could be playing a weird smartphone game
News
Health
Just one cigarette a day can cause serious heart problems
News
Physics
Neutrinos may have more kinds of cosmic sources than we thought
News
Earth
Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk
News
Technology
How do you stop your smart glasses filming in the toilet?
News
Space
Early Earth’s air may show us how to find signs of alien life
News
Physics
3D ‘holograms’ made with lasers by moving one particle at a time
News
Health
Drug that fools the womb could help stop painful periods
News
Humans
A brain scan can reveal which people you’re friends with
News
Health
Pocket-sized scanner helps fill gaps in the human genome
News
Environment
Young ‘dinosauromorphs’ may have begged for food like baby birds
News
Earth
These are the worst ready-made sandwiches for the climate
News
Analysis
Health
Trump’s 90-day plan for opioids has failed – here’s a better one
Deaths caused by accidental drug overdoses in the US now exceed those from motor vehicle incidents and guns. The government has been all talk and little action
News
Life
First monkeys, and then us? Human cloning must stay off limits
News
Humans
We’ve stopped trusting social media – and that’s a good thing
News
Health
Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials
News
Features
Space
Interstellar: The bizarre visitor from a far-off solar system
First seen in October 2017, the space rock 'Oumuamua looks like a skyscraper tumbling through space – and challenges our ideas of how planetary systems form
Features
Space
7 things we thought were made by aliens, but weren’t… probably
Features
Health
The unpalatable truth about your favourite foods
Features
Health
The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction
Features
Environment
Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age
Features