Health
Trigger warnings are taking over universities, but do they work?
News
This week's magazine
24 February 2018
Issue 3166
On the cover
Editor's picks
Humans
Curbing hate speech isn鈥檛 censorship 鈥� it鈥檚 the law
News
Environment
The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?
Features
Technology
This hacker will turn your boring car into a self-driving one
Features
Humans
Work the crowd: How ordinary people can predict the future
Features
Earth
Green is the new black: Redesigning clothes to save the planet
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Health
Flu is evolving in new and unpredictable ways in China鈥檚 poultry
A woman in China has been infected by a new type of flu. With thousands of people travelling after Chinese new year, the risk of new strains spreading is high
News
Technology
Facebook may guess millions of people’s sexuality to sell ads
News
Health
Cases of measles in Europe have quadrupled in just one year
News
Environment
France wants to have 500 wolves roaming its countryside
News
Technology
Venezuela launches its own cryptocurrency backed by oil
News
Earth
Cyclone Gita hits New Zealand after hammering Tonga
News
Health
We’re evolving a gene that may stop us from drinking alcohol
News
Earth
Huge underwater landslides and tsunamis may be caused by ooze
News
Technology
Electronic skin animates heartbeat on the back of your hand
News
Health
How you speak predicts if psychedelic therapy will help you
News
Technology
Why big pharma might pay cryptocurrency for your DNA
News
Environment
We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong
News
Space
Oceans on alien worlds may form when the air explodes in flames
News
Physics
Three photons stick together to create a new form of light
News
Health
Transgender woman is first to be able to breastfeed her baby
News
Technology
Quantum computer could have predicted Trump’s surprise election
News
Health
Surgical instruments may spread Alzheimer鈥檚 proteins
News
Earth
Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females
News
Health
Stem cells zapped with radiation can protect mice from cancer
News
Earth
People are slaughtering orangutans and wiping them out
News
Technology
Virtual reality walking stick tutors blind people to cross roads
News
Mystery ‘honeycombs’ are found on many rocks and now we know why
News
Health
Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers
News
Health
CRISPR has fixed the genetic cause of a learning disability
News
Earth
How a bat鈥檚 hairy tongue lets it suck up nectar like a sponge
News
Analysis
Health
Trigger warnings are taking over universities, but do they work?
Talk of trigger warnings and microaggressions are sweeping through university campuses, but some researchers question whether they have any psychological basis
News
Earth
When it comes to climate change, a tantrum is just what we need
News
Technology
Will a new wave of smart glasses make us ‘glassholes’ again?
News
Earth
Shampoo is causing air pollution, but let鈥檚 not lose our heads
News
Features
Environment
The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?
Deep inside our genome are bits of DNA we share only with animals such as dogs and cattle. Our self-domestication may have been a pivotal moment in making us human
Features
Humans
Work the crowd: How ordinary people can predict the future
Features
Earth
Green is the new black: Redesigning clothes to save the planet
Features
Technology
This hacker will turn your boring car into a self-driving one
Features
