Physics
Spooks in space
Features
This week's magazine
18 August 2007
Issue 2617
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
Nations scramble for oil in Arctic
Russia, Denmark, Canada and Norway stake claims for territory around the North Pole
News
Earth
Call to save Australia’s great savannah
News
Earth
New Orleans braces for levee test
News
Health
Patients denied access to new drugs
News
Health
Mbeki sacks minister for attending AIDS conference
News
Space
Shuttle damage could delay launch programme
News
America gets cash to boost science education
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Can biofuels rescue American prairies?
News
Physics
Photons flout the light speed limit
News
Health
When it comes to heart health, sex matters
News
Soundbites
News
Physics
Fermilab hot on Higgs trail
News
Earth
Climate tipping points loom large
News
This week 50 years ago
News
Health
Correct address may fix faulty genes
News
Life
‘Life’ in interstellar dust
News
Health
Deadliness of West Nile virus explained
News
Health
HIV stops new brain cells from growing
News
Earth
Vast ancient settlement unearthed in Cambodia
News
Life
Female hyenas prefer wandering males
News
Life
Squirrels’ tails prove too hot to handle
News
Health
Woman hears voices with a speech impediment
News
Physics
How the big bang chilled out
News
Technology
Enter your PIN using only eye movements
News
Health
Brain implant could prevent epileptic seizures
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Health
Modified Tetris has calming effect
News
Technology
Robots surf the web to learn about the world
News
Technology
Human tooth and eggshell can focus light
News
Technology
Your virtual avatar has all your best moves
News
Opinion
US should look to UK for biosafety lessons
When planning its massive new animal diseases lab the US should watch out for the weakest link in the biosafety chain: human error
Opinion
Life
Comment: Racial alchemy
Opinion
Health
Humans can adapt to almost anything, even paralysis
Opinion
Health
Interview: Would you try an untested cancer drug?
Opinion
Features
More
Space
Review: Rocketeers by Michael Belfiore
The growing movement to privatise space travel is fuelled by the personalities of its proponents. Will passion be enough to get these businesses off the ground?
Books & Arts
Health
The Word: Sting pain index
Regulars
Earth
Review: A Natural History of Time by Pascal Richet
Books & Arts
Life
Review: Life in the Soil by James Nardi
Books & Arts
