Earth
When crocodiles roamed the Arctic
Features
This week's magazine
21 June 2008
Issue 2661
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Health
Organic pigs breed more bad bugs
Levels of dangerous bacteria and parasitic worms in free-range, organic pork are higher than in farmed pigs given antibiotics
News
Life
Life’s building blocks found on meteorite
News
Health
Competition puts homeopathy on trial
News
Space
Planet Pluto fans rebel against ‘plutoid’ designation
News
60 Seconds
News
‘Zero tolerance’ proposed for lab cheats
News
Earth
Oil companies given right to ‘harass’ polar bears
News
Space
NASA under pressure to extend space shuttle’s life
News
Health
How biological ‘alchemy’ can change a cell’s destiny
News
Life
Gay brains are hard-wired at birth
News
Earth
‘Junk food’ diet may threaten marine populations
News
Humans
Bad guys really do get the most girls
News
Soundbites
News
Space
Could we strip a black hole naked?
News
Health
Smoking gene protects against cocaine addiction
News
Physics
Physicist’s atom-sorting ‘demon’ created with lasers
News
Life
Pulling a face alters sensory perception
News
Earth
Time to go ahead with Nevada nuclear dump?
News
Life
Corrugated wings give dragonflies a lift
News
Health
Gene-altering lifestyle slows cancer
News
Space
Did volcanoes trigger Mars megaflood?
News
Health
Leukaemia virus may protect against stomach cancer
News
Life
Empathetic chimps cuddle their stressed friends
News
Earth
Global warming to spark increase in US wildfires
News
Life
Church provides hope of faithful spouses
News
Health
Growth-boosting genes may extend cancer patients’ lives
News
Technology
Tequila is surprise raw material for diamond films
News
Technology
No way to hide from ‘spit’ web calls
News
Technology
Smart binoculars tell soldiers where the danger lies
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Earth
New technologies promise biofuel ‘plan B’
News
Technology
How to store a picture in a cloud of gas
News
Physics
Photon counter lets quantum messages go the distance
News
Opinion
Editorial: Why homosexuality is not unnatural
Growing scientific evidence suggests that homosexuality is both common in nature and hard-wired from birth
Opinion
Editorial: The blame-China syndrome
Opinion
Comment: Are economic bubbles so bad?
Opinion
Interview: The age of entanglement
Opinion
Life
Commentary: Stop creationists undermining school science
Opinion
Features
Earth
When crocodiles roamed the Arctic
The poles were once covered by lakes and forests instead of ice. Anil Ananthaswamy finds out what the world was like in the last great warming
Features
Life
Forensics ventures beneath the waves
Features
Life
Does the brain feature built-in noise?
Features
Physics
Solving postal problem could win million-dollar prize
Features
More
Review: Solving Stonehenge: The new key to an ancient enigma by Anthony Johnson
A geometrical interpretation of the famous monument is refreshing, but misses a broader discussion of Bronze Age culture, says Nick Saunders
Books & Arts
Review: Strange Fruit: Why both sides are wrong in the race debate by Kenan Malik
Books & Arts
Review: A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the world of atomic weaponry by Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger
Books & Arts
Review: Worlds Before Adam by Martin Rudwick
Books & Arts
Review: 1000 Languages by Peter K Austin
Books & Arts
Review: The Carbon Age by Eric Roston
Books & Arts
