Humans
The ancestor within all creatures
Features
This week's magazine
13 January 2007
Issue 2586
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Health
Perils of freedom for released criminals
Inmates of Washington state prisons in the US were 3.5 times more likely to die during their first two years after release than other people their age
News
Life
Poets have always loved a waist line
News
Health
Beverage industry funds bias research findings
News
Earth
Crazy world weather blows hot and cold
News
60 Seconds
News
Tall creationist tales from the Grand Canyon
News
Physics
A 3D look at dark matter
News
Physics
The Higgs particle just got lighter
News
Health
Forever young: Operating in whose interest?
News
Health
A subtle key to human diversity
News
Health
Amniotic fluid supplies ‘repair kit’ for later life
News
Soundbites
News
Physics
Lightning balls created in the lab
News
This week 50 years ago
News
Space
Speeding dwarfs upset galactic family picture
News
Life
It pays to be a noisy gene
News
Earth
Insight: Oil giants’ money fuels a climate of suspicion
News
Humans
Best dressed women have babies on their mind
News
Life
How genetic differences keep us together
News
Life
For best fossil DNA, leave it in the ground
News
Health
Send in the clots to kill off cancer
News
Life
Memories are made of this molecule
News
Physics
Gravity gets a quantum boost
News
Earth
Cold facts about ancient eruptions
News
Earth
Barn swallows get broody while world warms
News
Technology
Robot learns to play dirty Scrabble
News
Technology
Airbus eyes iris scanner for pilots
News
Technology
Both sides backed in hi-def DVD war
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Earth
Arctic robots to get first taste of ‘alien’ life
News
Technology
How to leak a secret and not get caught
News
Earth
Setback for safe storage of nuclear waste
News
Opinion
Health
Editorial: Keeping a patient forever young
Should parents be allowed to make decisions for serious surgical interventions if their disabled child is in no position to choose for themselves?
Opinion
Health
Editorial: Donning dark matter glasses
Opinion
Life
The curse of being different
Opinion
Earth
Interview: Win or lose, it’s fighting back that counts
Opinion
Life
Tackling the problem of free will
Opinion
Features
Humans
The ancestor within all creatures
Evolution isn't supposed to run backwards, but when it does it can sometimes represent the future of a species 鈥� even us
Features
Life
Pharaohs from the stone age
Features
Earth
A bank for wind power
Features
Physics
Engaging photons in light conversation
Features
Health
Histories: George Poe’s cure for death
Features
