Technology
We have to find a way to stop drones disrupting airports
News
This week's magazine
23 March 2019
Issue 3222
On the cover
Editor's picks
Physics
Quantum theory might be flawed. That’s a cause for celebration
News
Physics
Schr枚dinger鈥檚 kittens: New thought experiment breaks quantum theory
Features
Life
Strange rise of mukbang parents who feed their kids fast food for cash
Features
Earth
Gaia rebooted: New version of idea explains how Earth evolved for life
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
Humans
Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind
Signs that our ancestors reached Australia 120,000 years ago may be "difficult to credit", but recent discoveries have shattered many similar preconceptions
News
Physics
Quantum theory might be flawed. That’s a cause for celebration
News
快猫短视频
Environment
Cyclone Idai wreaks havoc in Mozambique and Zimbabwe
1.7 million people in Mozambique may have been affected by Cyclone Idai, in what may be the worst ever weather-related disaster in the southern hemisphere
News
Technology
Facebook blocked over a million uploads of Christchurch attack video
News
Environment
Protected hen harriers are vanishing under suspicious circumstances
News
Physics
Karen Uhlenbeck is first woman to win prestigious maths Abel prize
News
Life
One in four scientists have experienced harassment or discrimination
News
Mind
Our brains might sense Earth’s magnetic field just like birds do
News
Environment
Thousands of unknown underwater mountains found in Earth鈥檚 oceans
News
Environment
Deforestation in the Amazon could raise local temperatures by 1.5C
News
Humans
Why I believe humans were in Australia much earlier than we thought
News
Humans
Boys and girls may have differing attitudes to risk thanks to society
News
Health
Spread of cancers halted by smart bacteria that trigger immune attack
News
Environment
A third of fish sold is mislabelled 鈥� here鈥檚 how to avoid being duped
News
Space
Earth may be partly made of rocks from elsewhere in the galaxy
News
Technology
Home DNA-testing firm will let users block FBI access to their data
News
Environment
Climate change will make it harder to predict heavy rain and floods
News
Mathematics
Mathematician cracks centuries-old problem about the number 33
News
Space
Toilet on International Space Station gets a bacteria-killing upgrade
News
Life
Sea otter archaeology could tell us about their 2-million-year history
News
Health
Drug-releasing coil in stomach could provide better treatment for TB
News
Environment
Human activity impacts a quarter of the world鈥檚 threatened species
News
Humans
Humans couldn’t pronounce ‘f’ and ‘v’ sounds before farming developed
News
Earth
快猫短视频s chasing waterfalls discovered something they aren’t used to
News
Mind
Brain scans reveal actors lose their sense of self when acting a role
News
Life
Secretive new frog species from ancient lineage discovered in India
News
Analysis
Technology
We have to find a way to stop drones disrupting airports
Drones near airports are grounding flights and leaving people miserable, but can we actually find a way to stop them?
News
Comment
Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away
News
Comment
James Bond is making the switch to an electric car, so when will you?
News
Health
Does air pollution really kill nearly 9 million people each year?
News
Features
Physics
Schr枚dinger鈥檚 kittens: New thought experiment breaks quantum theory
A twist on the famous Schr枚dinger鈥檚 cat thought experiment could undermine quantum physics 鈥� or provide a path to a deeper understanding of how the world works
Features
Earth
Gaia rebooted: New version of idea explains how Earth evolved for life
Features
Life
Strange rise of mukbang parents who feed their kids fast food for cash
Features
Culture
Technology
How surveillance capitalism is changing human nature forever
Firms that turn behaviour into saleable data are reshaping society 鈥� and us, says Shoshana Zuboff as she discusses her book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Culture
Life
Don’t miss: Shark crime, optical games and dairy in the cross hairs
Culture
Environment
The compelling tale of how climate change denial came to grip the US
Culture
