Health
The fading American dream may be behind rise in US suicides
News
This week's magazine
30 June 2018
Issue 3184
On the cover
Editor's picks
Humans
We must try harder to avoid biological bias in clinical trials
News
Humans
How to think about… Consciousness
Features
Environment
Inside the secret military programme that聽uses聽dolphins as weapons
Features
Physics
How to think about… Schr枚dinger’s cat
Features
Humans
How to think about… Scientific truth
Features
Physics
How to think about… Black holes
Features
Technology
How to think about… The blockchain
Features
Humans
How to think about… Gender
Features
Physics
How to think about… Entropy
Features
Physics
How to think about… Time
Features
Life
How to think about… Life
Features
Humans
How to think about… Logic
Features
Life
How to think about… Genes
Features
Physics
How to think about… Particles
Features
Physics
How to think about… The multiverse
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
快猫短视频
Space
Japan鈥檚 Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu
A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at the tiny asteroid Ryugu, where it will drop off landers and explosively take samples of dust to analyse back on Earth
News
Health
First cannabis-based drug approved in the US to treat epilepsy
News
Technology
AI trained on 3500 years of games finally beats humans at Dota 2
News
Life
World鈥檚 first sanctuary for beluga whales to open in Iceland
News
Space
NASA outlines its plans to deal with a large asteroid impact
News
Health
Cannabis oil: what is it and does it really work as medicine?
News
Environment
Mystery gibbon found buried in tomb of ancient Chinese royalty
News
Humans
Calling men by their surname gives them an unfair career boost
News
Earth
An entire Arctic ecosystem could vanish within the next decade
News
Space
We’ve just seen a huge space explosion and don’t know what it is
News
Technology
Just four tweets can reveal the identity of an anonymous troll
News
Technology
Swarm of robot wildlife will check for life in an Italian lagoon
News
Health
Herpes viruses in the brain linked to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease
News
Life
These eerie rock towers may have been built by microorganisms
News
Health
Black men are left out of cancer trials because of their biology
News
Environment
Moths fly 1000 kilometres with Earth鈥檚 magnetic field as a guide
News
Space
Colonists could use genetically modified bacteria to settle Mars
News
Health
First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains
News
Health
Eating less red meat protects against endometriosis
News
Earth
Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles
News
Space
The Milky Way has devoured 15 other galaxies since it formed
News
Physics
Physics of knitting shows why your sweater is so nice and comfy
News
Technology
US Army has made a plastic bandage that swells to patch wounds
News
Environment
The New York bird with a song that may be a thousand years old
News
Health
Special cells could let you control your diabetes with coffee
News
Technology
Robo bomb squads compete to gather evidence after a drone attack
News
Analysis
Health
The fading American dream may be behind rise in US suicides
Shrinking life chances plus lack of a social safety net may have left middle-aged Americans more vulnerable to suicide than peers in other rich nations
News
Technology
Will we ever go on holiday in an electric-powered plane?
News
Humans
More penalty shoot-outs needed to make future World Cups fairer
News
Space
Australia is launching a space agency, but what will it do?
News
Features
Physics
How to think about… The multiverse
The idea of an infinite multitude of universes is forced on us by physics. But the multiverse takes many forms 鈥� and we鈥檙e still finding our place within it
Features
Humans
How to think about… Consciousness
Features
Physics
How to think about… Time
Features
Physics
How to think about… Particles
Features
Life
How to think about… Genes
Features
Physics
How to think about… Schr枚dinger’s cat
Features
Humans
How to think about… Logic
Features
Life
How to think about… Life
Features
Humans
How to think about… Gender
Features
Physics
How to think about… Entropy
Features
Technology
How to think about… The blockchain
Features
Physics
How to think about… Black holes
Features
Humans
How to think about… Scientific truth
Features
Environment
Inside the secret military programme that聽uses聽dolphins as weapons
Features
Culture
Health
Don鈥檛 miss: IVF history, a Jurassic world game and number talk
Visit a new exhibition on in-vitro fertilisation, bioengineer dinosaurs on a game console and listen to a discussion of how numbers and counting shaped our world
Culture
Humans
The clock-maker who helped fashion art from science
Culture
Health
The Inflamed Mind: Big claims over depression need big evidence
Culture
