Technology
Australia’s anti-encryption law is hurting press and personal privacy
News
This week's magazine
14 September 2019
Issue 3247
On the cover
Editor's picks
Physics
Bye bye space-time: is it time to free physics from Einstein鈥檚 legacy?
News
Earth
Planet Earth has 9 safety limits and we鈥檝e already exceeded 4 of them
Features
Mind
Am I addicted? The truth behind being hooked on gaming, sex or porn
Features
Physics
What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality
Features
Table of contents
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Health
An artificial leg with sensors helps people feel every step
Two people were able to walk better using an artificial leg thanks to built-in sensors connected to their nerves
News
Health
Transplant organs can be supercooled to below zero for longer storage
News
Space
India’s Vikram moon lander appears to have crashed on the moon
News
Environment
Everything you need to know about the UN’s upcoming climate summit
News
Health
Three people have now died from lung disease after vaping
News
Life
Jurassic turtle may have been crushed underfoot by a giant dinosaur
News
Physics
Some physicists still doubt whether LIGO has seen gravitational waves
News
Humans
Ancient footprints show Neanderthals may have been taller than thought
News
Health
Europeans have steadily accumulated mutations for thousands of years
News
Space
Shep Doeleman on the Breakthrough Prize-winning black hole photo
News
Health
Drug cocktail seems to reverse biological signs of ageing in people
News
Environment
Pesticide made from spider venom kills pests without harming bees
News
Mathematics
Mathematicians crack elusive puzzle involving the number 42
News
Life
Goose blood runs cold to carry more oxygen on high altitude flights
News
Technology
Police robot can be flung through windows and distract suspects
News
Space
SpaceX satellite near miss shows need for rules of the road in space
News
Physics
How big is a proton? We may finally have the answer to this puzzle
News
Mind
A single severe head injury can trigger long-term brain damage
News
Life
We can tell where a whale has travelled from the themes in its song
News
Mind
All languages, however different, convey information at the same rate
News
Technology
AI facial recognition software now works for wild chimpanzees too
News
Life
540-million-year-old worm was first segmented animal that could move
News
Analysis
Technology
Australia’s anti-encryption law is hurting press and personal privacy
Many politicians are calling for anti-encryption laws. Australia has already implemented one, and it is damaging tech firms, user privacy and freedom of speech
News
Technology
Facebook must come clean and hand over election campaign data
News
Environment
Brexit makes us question democracy 鈥� and so does climate change
News
Features
Physics
What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality
A bold new perspective suggests space-time isn鈥檛 a fundamental entity but emerges from quantum entanglement, says physicist Sean Carroll
Features
Earth
Planet Earth has 9 safety limits and we鈥檝e already exceeded 4 of them
Features
Mind
Am I addicted? The truth behind being hooked on gaming, sex or porn
Features
Culture
Environment
Climate change: Is capitalism the problem or the solution?
Transforming turbo-charged globalised capitalism into a green force for public good will take the deep thinking of two new books by Naomi Klein and Vaclav Smil
Culture
Mind
Don’t Miss: Interplanetary paranoia, green buildings and anxious art
Culture
Health
Netflix’s Diagnosis is a real-life House with added crowdsourcing
Culture
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Sponsored
Building the battery of the future 鈥� today
As the world becomes more aware of CO2 emissions, new lithium ion batteries are needed to extend the range of electric vehicles. Now Johnson Matthey has developed the special cathode material that will make them work
Advertising
Technology
Make a remote-control pest-proof bird feeder 鈥� part 2
Regulars
Humans
Dean Burnett on why disruptive teens might have saved the human race
Regulars
Regulars
Does nuking hurricanes mean Trump is declaring war on climate change?
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