Environment
A four-day work week could improve our health and cut carbon emissions
News
This week's magazine
13 April 2019
Issue 3225
On the cover
Editor's picks
Environment
We have zero tolerance for unclean water. Air should be no different
News
Space
Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar
Features
Life
The forgotten riches of the most densely biodiverse country on Earth
Features
Humans
The science skills most in demand
Features
Life
We contain microbes so deeply weird they alter the very tree of life
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
Space
A mission to Alpha Centauri affirms humanity’s faith in the future
Designing and building spacecraft that can traverse 4.3 light years in just two decades is an unprecedented challenge, but one well worth undertaking
News
Environment
We have zero tolerance for unclean water. Air should be no different
News
快猫短视频
Environment
Earth’s past and future ice
Climate change means that nearly all glaciers in the Alps may disappear, and ancient ice is also involved in a search for climate change clues in Antarctica
News
Technology
UK wants to curb fake news and cyberbullying with new internet laws
News
Space
Japan鈥檚 Hayabusa 2 spacecraft just bombed an asteroid
News
Space
First ever picture of a black hole may be revealed this week
News
Health
Promising treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome fails large trial
News
Health
Doctors in China are using 5G internet to do surgery from far away
News
Humans
New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines
News
Environment
Snowflakes are making the Arctic warm faster by acting like a blanket
News
Humans
The world’s largest stone circle started out as a humble ancient home
News
Health
3D facial analysis could help identify children with rare conditions
News
Mathematics
DeepMind created a maths AI that can add up to 6 but gets 7 wrong
News
Humans
Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human
News
Life
Albino lizards are the world鈥檚 first genetically modified reptiles
News
Space
Curiosity is entering what may be the best area to find life on Mars
News
Technology
Stunningly realistic video game visuals made by simulating light rays
News
Health
Your heartbeat may help you sync up with other people to cooperate
News
Space
A dead planet is orbiting a dead sun in a distant dead solar system
News
Mind
People with autism are less likely to fall for an out-of-body illusion
News
Technology
Windows made of transparent wood could help keep buildings warm
News
Earth
Landslides have increased by 6000 per cent on an Arctic island
News
Technology
AI could monitor farms from space to look for illegal pollution
News
Space
NASA says the International Space Station is covered in bacteria
News
Life
Amazing four-legged fossil shows how walking whales learned to swim
News
Life
Pet cats know their names they just sometimes prefer to ignore you
News
Analysis
Environment
A four-day work week could improve our health and cut carbon emissions
Insight is your guide to the science and technology that is transforming our world, giving you everything you need to know about the issues that matter most
News
Comment
Telling us to stop washing our hands is dangerous and unacceptable
News
Comment
Had a genetic test? You should be told if its implications change
News
Health
ULEZ: London is cleaning up its dirty air but what about other cities?
News
Features
Life
We contain microbes so deeply weird they alter the very tree of life
Newly discovered life forms inside our bodies profoundly affect our health 鈥� and provide a glimpse of the vast and mysterious biological "dark matter" within us
Features
Space
Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar
Features
Life
The forgotten riches of the most densely biodiverse country on Earth
Features
Humans
The science skills most in demand
Features
Culture
Environment
A planet of nearly 8 billion people needs a new kind of green thinking
In two new books, an unsung eco hero and a 鈥渘atural capitalist鈥� plot unique paths to environmental harmony on a crowded planet
Culture
Life
We鈥檙e being overwhelmed by a deluge of insignificant decisions
Culture
Earth
Don鈥檛 miss: Earth from space, asteroid workouts and nature鈥檚 giants
Culture
Environment
David Attenborough’s Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: The pope does his best to minimise the spread of disease
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
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