Physics
Is dark matter mystery about to be solved?
Features
This week's magazine
8 March 2008
Issue 2646
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
Biofuel blends not as green as they seem
An analysis of blended biofuels on sale in the US reveals that buyers may not be getting what they are paying for
News
Life
Controversial stem cell patent makes a comeback
News
Health
Radiation exposure linked to heart disease
News
Earth
Grand Canyon flushing experiment criticised
News
Bioscience journals ‘too dry’ say linguists
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
African healthcare drain may have benefits
News
Technology
Controversial nuclear club takes shape
News
Health
Autism payout reignites vaccine controversy
News
Physics
Has ‘dark fluid’ saved Earth from oblivion?
News
Physics
Particle race could settle dark matter debate
News
Life
EU puts farmers in a bluetongue catch-22
News
Soundbites
News
Earth
Airborne bacteria make snow to get back home
News
Earth
Dinosaurs were no strangers to climate change
News
Technology
Trident missiles delayed by mystery ingredient
News
Space
Black holes could bump asteroids our way
News
Life
Butterfly ‘stare’ doesn’t intimidate birds
News
Physics
Ancient star may prove supernova-cosmic ray link
News
Life
Alaskan gateway for first American monkey
News
Life
City weeds evolving to stay close to home
News
Health
Brain scans reveal smokers’ clouded judgment
News
Earth
Earthquake activity is frozen by ice sheets
News
Health
Century-old humans reveal ‘long-life’ genes
News
Technology
TVs reinforced for those smashing Wii games
News
Technology
Whistle-blowing website is back in action
News
Technology
High-tech necklace can speak your mind
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Why every home should have a cellphone mast
News
Technology
The microchips that could heat your home
News
Technology
How secure are credit-card devices?
News
Opinion
Editorial: Do bacteria control our weather?
Proteins found in snow add to evidence that bacteria play a role in inducing precipitation. The intriguing question is just how big their influence is
Opinion
Editorial: Not another vaccine scare
Opinion
Health
Comment: The pills that make us fat
Opinion
Physics
Interview: Beyond the BlackBerry
Opinion
Health
Commentary: Don’t talk down antidepressants
Opinion
Features
Physics
Is dark matter mystery about to be solved?
About a quarter of the cosmos is thought to be made of dark matter, yet no one has ever found any. In 2008, that could change
Features
Physics
Dark energy may just be a cosmic illusion
Features
Environment
Did we learn to walk in the trees?
Features
Technology
The cyborg animal spies hatching in the lab
Features
Histories: The military surgeon who hid his female history
Features
More
Review: The Rise of Animals by Mikhail Fedonkin, James Gehling, Kathleen Grey, Guy Narbonne, and Patricia Vickers-Rich
The Ediacaran was the era of the first complex fauna. This book is the definitive account of the period and a potential classic, says Jeff Hecht
Books & Arts
Earth
Review: Confessions of an Eco Sinner by Fred Pearce
Books & Arts
Humans
Review: Big Brain by Gary Lynch and Richard Granger
Books & Arts
