Health
Belief special: What’s it all about?
Features
This week's magazine
28 January 2006
Issue 2536
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Life
‘Meeting of Minds’ says no to thought police
The police, courts and security services should be banned from using brain-imaging technology, lest they look too closely into our thoughts and desires
News
Life
World’s smallest vertebrate has a big secret
News
Physics
Document reveals Newton’s love of alchemy
News
Space
NASA’s Dawn mission in budget trouble
News
Health
Trust in scientists shaken yet further
News
Health
Face transplant team show off their work
News
Earth
New cloud formations blocking more sun
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
‘Meeting of Minds’ says no to thought police
News
Space
NASA’s Dawn mission in budget trouble
News
Physics
Dark energy enigma just won’t go away
News
Soundbites
News
Health
Healthy cells heal their damaged neighbours
News
Health
Are wild birds to blame for H5N1-flu’s march into Europe?
News
Earth
UK signs death warrant for Ascension wildlife
News
Health
This week 37 years ago
News
Space
Earth-like planet may be first of many
News
Health
Reprieve for ‘risky’ Parkinson’s drug
News
New US supreme court judges will affect us all
News
Life
Monkey cops key to group happiness
News
Health
Antipsychotic drug lessens sick rats’ suicidal tendencies
News
Space
Mars was once a wobbly planet
News
Health
Superbug powers found under foot
News
Health
Viagra may have temporary effect on vision
News
Earth
Cosmic rays linked to cloudy days
News
Life
Live fast, breed young, say apes
News
Life
Sex before stressful events keeps you calm
News
Life
Goodbye paperclip, hello empathetic females
News
Health
Time to take your malaria pills
News
Technology
Google hits back at federal search
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
How to spot states making secret plutonium
News
Health
Missing a few brain cells? Print new ones
News
Health
Robot set loose to film your insides
News
Opinion
Physics
Editorial: Small science is still powerful
Giant detectors and particle smashers are not the only game in town, if new developments in solid-state physics are anything to go by
Opinion
Physics
Editorial: Canada and the Kyoto Protocol
Opinion
Physics
Mathematical photography 鈥� beyond beauty
Opinion
Earth
Interview: Be green, think big
Opinion
Features
Health
Belief special: What’s it all about?
Why did human evolution lead to the invention of God, how does belief affect your brain, and why do we choose to believe in blatant charlatans?
Features
Life
Belief special: How evolution found God
Features
Health
Belief special: When delusion triumphs over truth
Features
Life
Belief special: Glad to be gullible
Features
Physics
Stirring up a quantum cocktail
Features
Earth
Histories: The fire-eater’s island
Features
More
Physics
Decoding the Universe by Charles Seife
It's a brave writer who tries to explain how the law of information underpins our world, says Mark Buchanan
Books & Arts
Lost Cosmonaut by Daniel Kalder
Books & Arts
Life
Tasmanian Devil by David Owen and David Pemberton
Books & Arts
Technology
The word: Timeshifting
Regulars
From lab to market: Commercialising your research
Careers
The man who cleaned up with maggots
Careers
