Technology
How a dedicated cyber-court could halt the rise of online crime
News
This week's magazine
31 March 2018
Issue 3171
On the cover
Editor's picks
Humans
Tackling inequality means first understanding the problem
News
Health
Maverick or monster? The controversial pioneer of brain zapping
Features
Environment
Beetlemania: Five amazing beetles from around the world
Features
Sponsored
The future of HIV
Features
Environment
Beetlemania: How a supergroup scuttled to world domination
Features
Space
Mission Icarus: Inside the daring plan to touch the sun
Features
Humans
The inequality delusion: Why we’ve got the wealth gap all wrong
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
快猫短视频
Humans
US Congress spending bill includes more money for research
US Congress has passed its 2018 spending bill, which included the largest research budget increases in nearly a decade. It also clarifies gun violence research
News
Health
Three critically ill children helped by speedy genome sequencing
News
Earth
Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too
News
Humans
Chemical weapons treaty put to test over Novichok spy attack
News
Technology
Facebook backlash continues as users find call data logged too
News
Humans
US wants first drones that can kill people truly independently
News
Health
Calorie restriction may extend lifespan by changing your sleep
News
Environment
Astronaut pee could keep plants alive in space for decades
News
Health
Computers made from human cells could tell you when you鈥檙e sick
News
Wearable scanner can image your brain while you’re on the move
News
Earth
Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation
News
Earth
Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them
News
Physics
Dark radiation may fix our broken understanding of the universe
News
Environment
Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR
News
Environment
The plan to suck huge amounts of drinkable water out of thin air
News
Mercury’s long-lost cousin found in distant planetary system
News
Earth
Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth
News
Earth
A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males
News
Health
Male balding may be cured by injecting epilepsy drug into scalp
News
Earth
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic
News
Health
鈥婾pgraded Pap test detects two extra cancers before 鈥媡hey spread
News
A star has been seen exploding faster than any other on record
News
Physics
Fresh water can pull stains out of fabric with an electric field
News
Environment
Watch this robotic fish flap its fins in Fiji鈥檚 Rainbow Reef
News
Health
Immune-boosting gel prevents cancer relapse after surgery
News
Analysis
Features
Sponsored
The future of HIV
People all over the world are receiving effective HIV treatments and more treatment options are in the pipeline. Now, global health organisations want to end the AIDS epidemic
Features
Humans
The inequality delusion: Why we’ve got the wealth gap all wrong
Features
Environment
Beetlemania: How a supergroup scuttled to world domination
Features
Environment
Beetlemania: Five amazing beetles from around the world
Features
Space
Mission Icarus: Inside the daring plan to touch the sun
Features
Health
Maverick or monster? The controversial pioneer of brain zapping
Features
