This week's magazine
Editor's picks
News
Mind
A no-deal Brexit could lead to a catastrophe for science in the UK
News
Health
Autism can bring extra abilities and now we’re finding out why
Features
Physics
Is this our first clue to a world beyond quantum theory?
Features
Environment
What happens when you seal eight people in a giant bubble?
Features
Environment
Thought plastic was bad enough? Here’s another reason to worry
Features
Health
Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too
Features
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Environment
Six pollution policies gutted by Scott Pruitt – and what happens next
Scott Pruitt resigned from the US Environmental Protection Agency, and his successor is likely to continue gutting regulations that limit air and water pollution
News
Health
US said to have resisted breastfeeding resolution at WHO
News
Environment
Rescue efforts underway after more than 130 die in Japan floods
News
Earth
Record temperatures mean ancient forts become visible in fields
News
Health
Novichok poisoning: How could it happen again in Salisbury?
News
Mind
How your personality predicts your attitudes towards Brexit
News
Environment
Prehistoric two-year-old could grip tree branches with her feet
News
Space
Whoops! NASA burned best evidence for life on Mars 40 years ago
News
Health
Apple peel drug makes mice live longer by targeting a cause of ageing
News
Humans
My weekend in the desert trying to experience dream telepathy
News
Technology
Landmine muncher automatically sifts soil and explodes them
News
Humans
Young kids are surprisingly bad at using memory to plan ahead
News
Technology
Delivery drones can learn to see and dodge obstacles in-flight
News
Environment
Hybrid embryos made to save the doomed northern white rhino
News
Health
Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
News
Technology
A swarm of 3D printed cyclists reveals the best position in the pack
News
Space
Our sun grew fat when a sausage collided with the Milky Way
News
Physics
Smart solar windows could power your home and also keep it cool
News
Physics
Rare-earth material lights up with a message when stretched
News
Environment
Cycling race footage highlights climate change effects on trees
News
Life
New dinosaur fossil explains how Diplodocus evolved to be so massive
News
Health
Wearing a tie may be restricting blood flow to your brain
News
Physics
Solar-powered nanotech could automatically defrost your car
News
Health
Cash and competition make doctors prescribe fewer antibiotics
News
Analysis
Technology
Is it too late to stop fake-news bots from taking over the world?
Lawmakers want to clamp down on automated social media accounts before they affect elections, but innocent and benign bots could get caught in the crossfire
News
Health
How to use the £20bn NHS birthday gift: an alternative wish list
News
Environment
Chris Packham: ‘Let’s stop sleepwalking towards mass extinction’
News
Environment
Record heatwaves are here to stay – welcome to our warming world
News
Features
Physics
Is this our first clue to a world beyond quantum theory?
Our best theory of physical reality is exquisite – but inexplicable. A low, unexplained experimental noise could herald a revolution in the making
Features
Health
Autism can bring extra abilities and now we’re finding out why
Features
Health
Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too
Features
Environment
Thought plastic was bad enough? Here’s another reason to worry
Features
Environment
What happens when you seal eight people in a giant bubble?
Features
Culture
Life
Eye of the shoal: Inside the surprising world of fish
Why do some fish sport beautiful colours? Can they feel pain? What’s special about lanternfish? The piscine world is awash with surprises, reveals a new book
Culture
Life
Don’t miss: amateur surgery, aqua-activism and a twisted Turing test
Culture
Humans
A new data-driven idea of warfare doesn’t quite add up
Culture
Humans
London’s Horniman Museum has squeezed a world into a room
Culture