Technology
AI’s dirty secret: Energy-guzzling machines may fuel global warming
News
This week's magazine
13 October 2018
Issue 3199
Editor's picks
Environment
We鈥檝e missed many chances to curb global warming. This may be our last
News
Humans
Inside the prison experiment that claimed to show the roots of evil
Features
Humans
Traces of mystery ancient humans found lurking in our genomes
Features
Environment
Rewilding: Can we really restore ravaged nature to a pristine state?
Features
Physics
Could the world’s mightiest computers be too complicated to use?
Features
Table of contents
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Technology
Google+ to shut down after 500,000 people’s personal details exposed
The social network Google+ is shutting down for regular users, after it discovered a flaw in March that exposed personal information of up to 500,000 people
News
Earth
Front-runner in Brazil鈥檚 election wants to pull out of climate treaty
News
Environment
Economics Nobel prize given for putting a price tag on climate change
News
Space
Hubble Space Telescope taken out of action by faulty gyroscopes
News
Technology
Three people had their brains wired together so they could play Tetris
News
Environment
What you need to know about the big UN climate report out this week
News
Space
First known exomoon could be a baffling monster the size of Neptune
News
Mind
Naysayers rise to the top because we naturally treat them as leaders
News
Humans
Tree rings reveal plague hit medieval Europe鈥檚 construction industry
News
Health
Colour-changing spray tells you when food is past its best
News
Health
Faecal swaps could help stop heart transplants from being rejected
News
Humans
People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk
News
Technology
Smartphone with a finger crawls across the table to stroke your wrist
News
Space
Cassini revealed three big surprises before diving into Saturn
News
Humans
Idly tapping your fingers can make you think time has slowed down
News
Environment
Home of the gentle giants: How humans live with Galapagos tortoises
News
Ancient ‘living fossil’ fish has scales that act as adaptable armour
News
Space
Jupiter鈥檚 moon Europa may have a belt of 15-metre-tall ice spikes
News
Health
Conquer your fear of public speaking by practising in virtual reality
News
Technology
AI has reimagined nature and it鈥檚 both amazing and terrifying
News
Earth
Falling rocks can explode so hard that only nuclear weapons beat them
News
Health
IVF success boosted by drug that helps embryos implant in the womb
News
Life
T. rex evolved into a monster predator by dumbing down its brain
News
Space
Distant dwarf planet called ‘The Goblin’ could point to Planet X
News
Analysis
Technology
AI’s dirty secret: Energy-guzzling machines may fuel global warming
Advances in artificial intelligence could lead to massive growth in energy use as smart machines push into every corner of our lives
News
Comment
How should we control the power to genetically eliminate a species?
News
Comment
US review of fetal research signals the return of the abortion wars
News
Environment
Wind farms do affect climate – but they don鈥檛 cause global warming
News
Features
Humans
Traces of mystery ancient humans found lurking in our genomes
Prehistoric humans were sexual adventurers, mating with Neanderthals and Denisovans, but DNA studies reveal dalliances with populations we never knew existed
Features
Environment
Rewilding: Can we really restore ravaged nature to a pristine state?
Features
Humans
Inside the prison experiment that claimed to show the roots of evil
Features
Physics
Could the world’s mightiest computers be too complicated to use?
Features
Culture
Environment
Art: Why Tom谩s Saraceno is floating on air
Forget doomy "Anthropocene" ideas, if we're serious about saving Earth we need hope, says Tom谩s Saraceno, the artist whose tetrahedral balloons inspire researchers
Culture
Physics
Don’t miss 鈥� a dance of death, musical exploration and maps from light
Culture
Life
War With the Newts review 鈥� this is smart sci-fi theatre at its best
Culture
