Environment
The pyrocene has begun: How to tackle a world of raging wildfires
News
This week's magazine
31 August 2019
Issue 3245
On the cover
Editor's picks
Environment
Arctic and Amazon climate tipping points put our future in doubt
News
Space
Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure
Features
Environment
Refreezing the Arctic: How to bring the ice back with geoengineering
Features
Health
The back pain epidemic: Why popular treatments are making it worse
Features
Table of contents
快猫短视频
Technology
Explaining why Reddit posts are removed helps people comply with rules
Social media sites could cut the flow of unsavoury material by a fifth by better explaining their rules, according to a study of 32 million posts on Reddit
News
Environment
Record Amazon rainforest fires spark row between Brazil and France
News
Technology
UK police are using AI to spot spikes in Brexit-related hate crimes
News
Environment
Dorian batters Bahamas with strong hurricane winds for record time
News
Life
City crows may have high cholesterol because they eat fast food
News
Environment
Communities in East Anglia are deciding whether to abandon their towns
News
Physics
Gravitational waves could settle mystery of the universe’s expansion
News
Life
Giving koalas faecal transplants could help them adapt to a new diet
News
Technology
Facebook鈥檚 ad data may put millions of gay people at risk
News
Physics
Quantum teleportation used to send 3D information for the first time
News
Health
Tests at 3 years old could predict how well your brain will age
News
Physics
LIGO may have seen its first black hole and neutron star collision
News
Earth
Volcano behind huge eruption that kick-started mini ice age identified
News
Environment
Is air pollution causing mental health conditions like depression?
News
Space
Asteroid Ryugu has no dust on it and we don鈥檛 know why
News
Earth
Bacteria fly into the Atacama Desert every afternoon on the wind
News
Technology
Gene editing turns cells into minicomputers that can record data
News
Health
A smartphone app can detect tiny amounts of norovirus in water
News
Physics
Stealth glider made out of special polymer self-destructs in sunlight
News
Humans
China鈥檚 two-child policy linked to 5 million extra babies in 18 months
News
Analysis
Health
Wild polio has been eradicated in Nigeria but infections will continue
Nigeria has officially wiped out wild polio, but there have already been 15 cases of infection this year, caused by the live virus used in some vaccines
News
Environment
The pyrocene has begun: How to tackle a world of raging wildfires
News
Health
If I have a disease-causing gene, should my doctor tell my family?
News
Comment
Don鈥檛 go bananas: Should we be cutting down on the fruit we eat?
News
Features
Health
The back pain epidemic: Why popular treatments are making it worse
Chronic back pain is on the rise 鈥� in part because the way we treat it often does more harm than good. It's time to think differently about our aches
Features
Environment
Refreezing the Arctic: How to bring the ice back with geoengineering
Features
Space
Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure
Features
Culture
Mind
How the science of happiness became an industry worth billions
Fuelled by government and corporate dollars, being happy has become near mandatory. A controversial new book, Manufacturing Happy Citizens, explains the rise of positive psychology
Culture
Technology
From driverless cars to AI bridges, are we giving up too much control?
Culture
Don’t Miss: A documentary festival and the nature of life and death
Culture
Life
This month’s top sci-fi reminds us to beware technocrats bearing gifts
Culture
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