Earth
Pangaea, the comeback
Features
This week's magazine
20 October 2007
Issue 2626
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
Brazil rides biofuel bandwagon to Africa
Brazil now meets 30% of its demand for automobile fuel with bioethanol 鈥� now its president tells the developing world to follow suit
News
Over 5000 US patents are now state secrets
News
Earth
Arctic expedition to measure shrinking ice
News
Health
Malaria vaccine protects infants against infection
News
Health
Scale of pharma payments to med schools revealed
News
Health
Modern life is making us fat
News
60 Seconds
News
Catalysis pioneer scoops chemistry Nobel
News
Health
Family planning lowers abortion rates
News
Life
Could quantum effects explain consciousness?
News
Health
World is failing on poverty
News
This week 50 years ago
News
Space
Heavyweight black hole is a record breaker
News
Earth
Small-scale fisheries wreak havoc on turtles
News
Life
The swamp fish that loves to live in trees
News
Humans
Getting married saps your testosterone
News
Earth
How El Ni帽o slows the Earth’s spin
News
Health
Blind people tap unused brain to hear better
News
Life
Did oceans on Venus harbour life?
News
Humans
Early modern humans had a taste for seafood
News
Earth
Leaders of cane toad invasion struck down by arthritis
News
Health
Gluttons can blame overeating on the brain
News
Earth
Himalayas created by high-speed impact
News
Life
Wrist sensor lets you conduct a virtual orchestra
News
Health
Super-sensitive test spots cancer virus early
News
Life
Floating body bags could aid disaster recovery
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Earth
‘Total recycling’ aims to make landfill history
News
Physics
‘Half-quantum’ cryptography promises total security
News
Opinion
Health
Editorial: Get ready for synthetic life
Large-scale remodelling of bacterial genomes is coming soon 鈥� what kinds of risks does this pose and what safeguards are needed?
Opinion
Earth
Don’t exaggerate climate change link to conflict
Opinion
Life
Interview: DNA’s messengers
Opinion
Physics
Interview: Sleep when you’re dead
Opinion
Life
Interview: Licence to annoy
Opinion
Features
Earth
Pangaea, the comeback
It's hot, cramped, and there's an extreme hurricane on the horizon 鈥� welcome to the future Earth
Features
Health
Virus traps: Weapons of mass deception
Features
Space
Space diving: The ultimate extreme sport
Features
Health
Knockout gas: Chemical weapons in disguise?
Features
Health
The mutual poisoning society
Features
