Humans
Homo floresiensis: The little troublemaker
Features
This week's magazine
18 June 2005
Issue 2504
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Life
Italy’s tough fertility law to stay
The country's population failed to take its chance to overturn restrictive laws on fertility treatment and embryo research due to poor voter turn out
News
Space
The biggest 4th July explosion ever?
News
Space
Earth’s ‘planetary kin’ found nearby
News
Earth
Japan’s tax on plastic sacks
News
Earth
US climate change assessments ‘misrepresented’
News
Life
Mile-high cellphones may block ET’s call
News
Health
Promising TB drug begins clinical trials
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Pressure is on to lift whaling ban
News
Earth
Politics left UK nuclear waste plans in disarray
News
Soundbites
News
Life
Next in line for genome sequencing
News
Physics
No paradox for time travellers
News
Health
Killer fungi could cut malaria deaths
News
Health
Fat speeds ageing more than cigarettes
News
Life
Competent faces win electoral races
News
Earth
Ancient glimpse of seas’ bleak future
News
Life
Butterfly ‘blinks’ scare predatory birds
News
Earth
Satellites see heat kilometres beneath Antarctica
News
Space
Molten rocks zoomed around early solar system
News
Life
How to improve semen quality?
News
Health
Bout of fear boosts immunity
News
Life
Is your personality defined by your jumpers?
News
Life
Junk DNA keeps a vole devoted
News
Earth
Wind turbines a breeze for migrating birds
News
Technology
Notes on the net
News
Technology
Talking heads may replace texts
News
Technology
Digital camera big enough to snap a galaxy
News
Life
Space suits with geology skills built in
News
Technology
Taking a trip down memory-chip lane
News
Physics
Tiny brush cleans up the nano world
News
Physics
Light shines bright from tiny antenna
News
Opinion
Earth
Editorial: How not to deal with nuclear waste
In recent decades, UK policy on nuclear waste has swung between highly secret and scientific to nakedly politicised 鈥� there are still lessons to learn
Opinion
Earth
Editorial: No free-for-all on whaling
Opinion
Dying in the name of fashion
Opinion
Physics
Interview: The final frontier
Opinion
Features
Physics
Discovering the true nature of reality
If Einstein was right, we must sacrifice either free will or reality itself. But there may be an even more extraordinary way out, says Mark Buchanan
Features
Health
Autistic and proud of it
Features
Humans
Homo floresiensis: The little troublemaker
Features
Technology
Flying high with virtual airways
Features
Histories: Desperate measures
Features
More
Life
Why Birds Sing: A journey into the mystery of bird song, by David Rothenberg
If you've ever suspected that birds sing for the sheer pleasure of it, you are not alone 鈥� an ear for beauty may be what brings humans and birds together
Books & Arts
Life
Biomedicine and the Human Condition by Michael Sargent
Books & Arts
Life
The Complete World of Human Evolution by Chris Stringer and Peter Andrews
Books & Arts
The word: Slime mould
Regulars
Where’s the smart money going in biotech?
Careers
Biowar 鈥� Good for Business?
Careers
