Technology
Your genetic data can be exploited without you ever knowing about it
News
This week's magazine
2 March 2019
Issue 3219
On the cover
Editor's picks
Space
Space exploration needs minnows as much as superpowers
News
Mind
How neuroscience is exploding the myth of male and female brains
Features
Health
I’m travelling the world to collect poo for the good of humankind
Features
Physics
Here’s my favourite element 鈥� what’s yours?
Features
Chemistry
Three reasons why the periodic table needs a redesign
Features
Physics
Inside the Russian factory making the heaviest atoms in the universe
Features
Chemistry
The true story of the birth of the periodic table, 150 years ago
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
快猫短视频
Environment
Millions of fish have been dying in Australia鈥檚 major rivers
Shocking scenes of dead fish lining the rivers in the Murray-Darling Basins, the food bowl of Australia, have been blamed on policy failures and mismanagement
News
Space
Virgin Galactic reaches space again – this time with a passenger
News
Space
Japan鈥檚 Hayabusa 2 bags its first sample from the asteroid Ryugu
News
Environment
Ban gas boilers for new UK homes by 2025, says climate report
News
Physics
Quantum experiment suggests there really are 鈥榓lternative facts鈥�
News
Environment
Light pollution has reached fragile habitats and may threaten wildlife
News
Space
Four stars full of burnt nuclear ash are speeding through the galaxy
News
Health
Engineered yeast can brew up the active ingredients in cannabis plants
News
Technology
Police drones with lasers could help find a murder victim in Australia
News
Environment
Earth could warm by 14掳C as growing emissions destroy crucial clouds
News
Technology
Picture-editing AI lets you easily alter a celebrity鈥檚 face
News
Technology
Google says it can’t fix a security flaw affecting all computer chips
News
Space
First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket
News
Life
Wolves are spreading in Germany by moving into military land
News
Life
World鈥檚 biggest bee rediscovered after decades on 鈥榤ost wanted鈥� list
News
Technology
AIs could debate whether a smart assistant should snitch on you
News
Health
Footballers really are working harder and getting injured more often
News
Humans
We don’t know what a fifth of our genes do 鈥� and won鈥檛 find out soon
News
Health
A 30-minute walk may reduce blood pressure by as much as medication
News
Life
Bees prefer to turn right and it helps them decide where to live
News
Space
Signal of first known exomoon may actually be from Jupiter-like planet
News
Life
Underwater push-ups help hibernating turtles stay alive
News
Earth
Dinosaur extinction lines up closely with timing of volcanic eruptions
News
Life
Squid teeth could help make bioplastics and self-repairing clothes
News
Humans
Ancient humans thrived in rainforests by hunting monkeys and squirrels
News
Analysis
Technology
Your genetic data can be exploited without you ever knowing about it
Your genome literally identifies you, but researchers and genetic firms keep saying that DNA data is anonymous. It's a privacy scandal waiting to happen
News
Comment
Liberals who want a Green New Deal must include nuclear power
News
Comment
Why Samsung鈥檚 folding smartphone might prove more than just a fad
News
Life
How the zebra got its stripes: The problem with ‘just-so’ stories
News
Features
Mind
How neuroscience is exploding the myth of male and female brains
Stereotypes of how biological sex influences ability and behaviour abound 鈥� but the latest research reveals a very different story, says Gina Rippon
Features
Physics
Here’s my favourite element 鈥� what’s yours?
Features
Chemistry
The true story of the birth of the periodic table, 150 years ago
Features
Chemistry
Three reasons why the periodic table needs a redesign
Features
Physics
Inside the Russian factory making the heaviest atoms in the universe
Features
Health
I’m travelling the world to collect poo for the good of humankind
Features
Culture
Technology
An AI has created music based on Bach 鈥� but will an audience notice?
An experiment at London's Barbican will pit an AI composer trained on the works of Bach against the original pieces in a concert called The Eternal Golden Braid
Culture
Physics
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili: Why my debut sci-fi novel is true to science
Culture
Life
Don’t miss: Making science happen, a mega-collider and a hypnotic game
Culture
Physics
Russian Doll: To escape the multiverse, think like Einstein
Culture
