Physics
String theory: The fightback
Features
This week's magazine
14 July 2007
Issue 2612
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Space
Public to join search for cosmic ‘axis of evil’
Cosmologists want people to help examine a million galaxies and identify if they align themselves along a cosmic axis
News
Life
New Yorkers to get quieter night’s sleep
News
Earth
Amazon dam project gets the go-ahead
News
Health
India’s HIV toll lower than predicted
News
60 Seconds
News
Space
NASA delays launch of DAWN probe
News
Life
Women get the wrong dose of fertility drugs
News
Health
Soil boosts spread of prion diseases
News
Earth
The hidden tragedy of Africa’s HIV crisis
News
Physics
Cosmologists spot a ‘knot’ in space-time
News
Soundbites
News
Life
Weeding out the bad sperm from the good
News
Life
Dog contraceptive signals end to castration
News
Health
Insight: Fear of germs could be misplaced
News
Earth
US deployed nuclear weapons in UK despite warning
News
Space
This week 50 years ago
News
Life
Men talk just as freely as women
News
Life
Hormone spray could banish shyness
News
Earth
Vital ecosystem services threatened by species loss
News
Life
Abortion pill could become daily contraceptive
News
Life
Snake DNA found inside a gerbil
News
Gigantic volcano did not decimate humans
News
Life
Water vapour detected on alien world
News
Earth
Indonesia’s forests could go up in smoke
News
Health
Don’t wear your iPod in a thunderstorm
News
Technology
You can’t trust gender-bending avatars
News
Technology
Lazy robots look more natural on the move
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Online video is transforming perceptions of science
News
Technology
Nanotubes strengthen artificial muscles
News
Technology
Nanoparticles make cancer cells magnetic
News
Opinion
Technology
Editorial: Governments dithering over nanotech safety
Nanotechnology products are flooding onto the market even though governments have no coherent plans for how to monitor any risks they may pose
Opinion
Life
Editorial: The junk DNA we can’t live without
Opinion
Space
Comment: Dark energy search threatens astronomy
Opinion
Technology
Interview: Waiting for an Iranian Chernobyl
Opinion
Features
Physics
String theory: The fightback
It's the theory everyone loves to hate. But now, at last, physicists have discovered how to put it to the test
Features
Life
The lure of the conspiracy theory
Features
Technology
The great nanotech gamble
Features
Health
Genomics: Junking the junk DNA
Features
Earth
Histories: On the road in a giant redwood
Features
More
Technology
Review: The cult of the amateur by Andrew Keen
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, responds to the claim that user-created content on the internet is destroying culture
Books & Arts
Health
Review: Sicko, directed by Michael Moore
Books & Arts
Health
The word: Doctor fish
Regulars
Review: The New Time Travelers by David Toomey
Books & Arts
Health
Review: Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem
Books & Arts
