Space
War in space may happen soon, but it won’t be what you expect
News
This week's magazine
14 April 2018
Issue 3173
On the cover
Editor's picks
Life
This year鈥檚 March for Science needs to be even bigger
News
Environment
Why emotional support animals may be a waste of time
Features
Physics
The big fudge: Welcome to the theory of not-quite-everything
Features
Life
Making babies: How to create human embryos with no egg or sperm
Features
Technology
After the Facebook scandal: The grand plan to hold AI to account
Features
Table of contents
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Humans
Internet Health Report shows equality and privacy in trouble
A report by Mozilla, which makes the Firefox web browser, says the internet is in a bad way when it comes to equality of access and online censorship
News
Humans
We can read memories by analysing brain gene activity
News
Earth
Congestion charge can cut childhood asthma attacks by half
News
Humans
US may respond after chemical weapons attack in Syria
News
Health
World鈥檚 first over-the-phone abortion service hailed a success
News
Technology
Need a new look? Facebook’s AI fashion designer has some ideas
News
Earth
The Nile river is at least 30 million years old
News
Technology
Robots don鈥檛 take people鈥檚 jobs – they make new ones
News
Health
Infections during pregnancy affect a child’s brain function
News
Earth
Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity’s path out of Africa
News
Physics
Sticky yet slick material pulls water from foggy or humid air
News
Health
Old people can produce as many new brain cells as teenagers
News
Technology
Suit that gives you electric shocks makes VR more realistic
News
Environment
Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food
News
Space
Astronauts could 3D print tools from their own processed faeces
News
Health
Our eyesight is sharpest at twilight 鈥� and now we may know why
News
Physics
We see neutrinos from the big bang in the way galaxies cluster
News
Environment
Waggle-dancing robot tells bees where to look for food
News
Environment
Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time
News
Health
Eye implant improves vision in people with age-related blindness
News
Space
The centre of our galaxy may be swarming with 10,000 black holes
News
Technology
How you and your friends can fight back against online trolls
News
Health
Miniature human brains with their own blood vessels grown in lab
News
Earth
Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs
News
Physics
Ultrasonic micro-explosions can harvest gold from old SIM cards
News
Sponsored
The hidden powerhouses that drive the UK economy
News
Analysis
Space
War in space may happen soon, but it won’t be what you expect
The US is making noises about increasingly militarising space, but orbital conflict won鈥檛 be a battle of spaceships and bombs
News
Life
Science fans have many reasons to take to the streets again
News
Humans
Killer AI boycott row shows there is research we can鈥檛 accept
News
Spending on renewables in rich countries has halved in six years
News
Features
Life
Making babies: How to create human embryos with no egg or sperm
Artificial wombs and embryos made from skin cells 鈥� remarkable new techniques could revolutionise reproductive biology and help bring an end to infertility
Features
Physics
The big fudge: Welcome to the theory of not-quite-everything
Features
Environment
Why emotional support animals may be a waste of time
Features
Technology
After the Facebook scandal: The grand plan to hold AI to account
Features
Culture
Humans
Your mind is not an iceberg 鈥� there’s nothing under the surface
We make up our minds one thought at a time, according to a new book. But challenging the entrenched idea that our thoughts run 鈥渄eep鈥� will take strong, new arguments
Culture
Humans
The real power of fake goes on show at Dublin鈥檚 Science Gallery
Culture
