This week's magazine
25 August 2018
Issue 3192
Editor's picks
News
If the cashless dream goes sour, it will be the poorest who suffer
News
Health
How a positive mind really can create a healthier body
Features
Humans
George Church: The maverick geneticist now wants to reverse ageing
Features
Earth
How a janitor wowed Darwin by solving the ice age mystery
Features
Technology
Why the end of cash could cause a new data disaster
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
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Genoa bridge collapse – what went wrong and are other bridges at risk?
A large portion of motorway bridge in Genoa, Italy has collapsed killing 43 people. Here’s what we know so far about what went wrong
News
Health
Record measles outbreak in Europe reaches 41,000 cases
News
Environment
More than 350 people in Kerala have died as a result of flooding
News
Life
Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought
News
Humans
5000-year-old monument was built by a society without leaders
News
Humans
Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species
News
Health
Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O
News
Health
Flint water crisis: How AI is finding thousands of hazardous pipes
News
Space
The galaxy is full of ‘water world’ exoplanets where life could evolve
News
Technology
Paper batteries use electron-harvesting bacteria to make electricity
News
Mind
A drug’s weird side effect lets people control their dreams
News
Space
Oldest galaxies in the universe discovered right on our doorstep
News
Environment
Exposure to insecticide DDT linked to having a child with autism
News
Health
Doctors will grow human tissue on the International Space Station
News
Mind
Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience
News
Technology
Future robot swarms should copy lazy ants who let others do the work
News
Health
An opt-out organ donor system might actually lead to fewer transplants
News
Technology
Replacing your boss with a cruel robot could make you concentrate more
News
Environment
Some clouds are formed when a virus makes algae shed their shells
News
Physics
Watch 4D-printed ceramics form elaborate, shape-shifting structures
News
Health
Eating a low-carb diet may shorten your life – unless you go vegan too
News
Environment
The male fish who eat their eggs because they want better babies
News
Physics
We have finally figured out how to snap spaghetti into two pieces
News
Analysis
Space
Why the US is worried a Russian satellite might be a space weapon
A Russian satellite has been getting closer to Earth without a clear reason and US officials are concerned that it could be a space weapon
News
Humans
The big slowdown: 6 reasons why UK life expectancy growth is stalling
News
Comment
Including population control in climate policy risks human tragedy
News
Humans
New mega-journal will raise the profile of African science
News
Environment
There is no evidence that the weedkiller glyphosate causes cancer
News
Features
Humans
George Church: The maverick geneticist now wants to reverse ageing
He stirred controversy with his plans to bring back the woolly mammoth. But first he's working on editing sperm – and trying out his ageing reversal techniques on dogs
Features
Health
How a positive mind really can create a healthier body
Features
Earth
How a janitor wowed Darwin by solving the ice age mystery
Features
Technology
Why the end of cash could cause a new data disaster
Features
Culture
Life
Preserved ocean creatures make landfall in London
Dissected and preserved sea life specimens give visitors a thrilling, slightly shallow glimpse of a hidden world
Culture
Humans
The Neuroscience of Emotion: time to take our emotions very seriously
Culture
Life
Don’t miss: Video game-making, circus science and unusual brains
Culture
Humans
Sandra: A world where AI is less artificial than it seems
Culture