Physics
Why time keeps going forwards
Features
This week's magazine
15 October 2005
Issue 2521
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Life
Sexual healing and the wildlife trade
Western medicine is replacing traditional remedies to treat erectile dysfunction, which could save some endangered species
News
Health
Cheap cures for major diseases
News
Earth
Climate change satellite is too good to lose
News
Health
Cervical cancer vaccine should also be given to men
News
60 Seconds
News
Physics
Green chemistry gets the Nobel nod
News
Earth
Nuclear watchdog wins peace prize
News
Life
In a lather over badger brushes
News
Health
Bird flu: kick-start vaccination or face the consequences
News
Earth
Pakistan braced for another quake
News
Life
Feathered flight, so good they did it twice?
News
Health
HIV drugs are the latest recruits in the fight against cancer
News
Life
Where the flying lizards got their lift
News
Health
‘Slumber gene’ brings deep sleep
News
Slumber secrets
News
Technology
Noise fine-tunes nanoscale sensor
News
How new words become part of a language
News
Soundbites
News
Earth
Atmospheric humidity increases global warming
News
Health
Fetal repair kit found in amniotic fluid
News
Life
Don’t trust national stereotypes, especially your own
News
Health
Survival trick of loose cancer cells
News
Life
Sea slugs solve the battle of the sexes
News
Life
More hobbit bones found
News
Life
Varied diet was reptile’s success
News
Ancient noodle rewrites history
News
Space
Mars probe finds rare life on Earth
News
Earth
For global cooling, just spray
News
Technology
Great libraries take to the net
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Even a chatbot can turn nasty
News
Technology
Pocket Braille for people on the move
News
Opinion
Features
Physics
Why time keeps going forwards
What keeps the cosmic clock surging onwards? Curious elliptical patterns in the sky might hold the answer
Features
How to stop the destruction of Amazonia
Features
Space
Smash and grab raid on an asteroid
Features
Health
Lassie and friends come to the rescue
Features
Earth
Histories: The week the climate changed
Features
More
Health
Skin-to-skin contact helps premature babies
The technique of Kangaroo Mother Care benefits babies in many ways, and could even influence brain development
Books & Arts
Life
Monkeyluv: And other lessons on our lives as animals, by Robert Sapolsky
Books & Arts
Physics
The word: Technicolour
Regulars
On the front line
Books & Arts
Light savers
Books & Arts
The hardest path
Careers
Stand up and be counted
Careers
