Space
Team moon vs team Mars: the battle over the future of NASA
News
This week's magazine
23 June 2018
Issue 3183
On the cover
Editor's picks
Space
Crewed missions to the moon and Mars need dreamers and doers
News
Health
Why the Sicilian Mafia owes its existence to scurvy
Features
Physics
The space-time echoes that point to a new theory of reality
Features
Earth
Capitalism broke the planet. Here鈥檚 how it鈥檚 going to fix things
Features
Humans
Consciousness: How we鈥檙e solving a mystery bigger than our minds
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
快猫短视频
Space
Colony ship to nearest star only needs crew of 100 to survive
A mission to Proxima Centauri b, the closest Earth-like exoplanet, would take over聽6000 years 鈥� but you only need a small crew to get started
News
Humans
脰tzi the Iceman ran out of rock to make his tools before he died
News
Health
UK government to review medicinal cannabis laws
News
Technology
IBM’s debating robot argues it out with human for first time
News
Space
Trump has directed the US military to establish a Space Force
News
Health
HIV prevention drugs could delay diagnosis if you get infected
News
Environment
Male peacocks can make females’ heads vibrate at a distance
News
Health
A robot has performed eye surgery on humans for the first time
News
Life
Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead
News
Health
A huge number of mystery microbes are living on your skin
News
Earth
The first Americans had pet dogs 1000 years earlier than thought
News
Humans
Being a feminist may subconsciously protect you from stereotypes
News
Technology
How authors are gaming Amazon鈥檚 algorithms with 3000-page books
News
Technology
Underwater robot finds second world war bomber plane on seabed
News
Health
Knowing your DNA can help you stick to a healthier lifestyle
News
Earth
Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans
News
Physics
Magnets can make wine taste better by sucking out bad flavours
News
Health
The brain has a special clock that tracks sleepiness
News
Physics
Watch a 3D-printed magnetic critter fold and move all by itself
News
Earth
Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years
News
Technology
How can you tell if a video is a deepfake? Just look at the eyes
News
Spiders can ‘fly’ because they make near-invisible paragliders
News
Physics
Nano-infused black goo is incredibly stretchy and self-repairs
News
Technology
DeepMind鈥檚 AI can 鈥榠magine鈥� a world based on a single picture
News
Health
Your brain absolutely cannot resist doughnuts – here’s why
News
Analysis
Space
Team moon vs team Mars: the battle over the future of NASA
Decades of infighting and political interference have got NASA no closer to landing astronauts on the moon or Mars. Can its new leader spark a relaunch?
News
Earth
Why tidal power won’t solve the world’s renewable energy needs
News
Humans
What can game theory tell us about Trump’s threats of trade war?
News
Health
Mediterranean diet is still good for you but only if you鈥檙e rich
News
Features
Humans
Consciousness: How we鈥檙e solving a mystery bigger than our minds
What is being in love, feeling pain or seeing colour made of? How our brains make conscious experience has long been a riddle 鈥� but we鈥檙e uncovering clues
Features
Physics
The space-time echoes that point to a new theory of reality
Features
Earth
Capitalism broke the planet. Here鈥檚 how it鈥檚 going to fix things
Features
Health
Why the Sicilian Mafia owes its existence to scurvy
Features
Culture
Mind
The Habitat: Podcast power turns us into terraformers
A NASA experiment in terraforming is captured by a powerfully intimate podcast about 6 volunteers spending a year in a tiny dome
Culture
Technology
Game on: Picks from the latest video games at E3
Culture
Environment
Rainforest romanticism is derailing our hunt for new drugs
Culture
