Earth
Mean machines go green
Features
This week's magazine
20 September 2008
Issue 2674
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
UK escapes bluetongue epidemic… for now
Vaccinations and cool weather appear to have kept the cattle virus in check in Britain, but infected imports threaten a last-minute outbreak
News
Creationism overshadows science festival
News
Health
Female circumcision common in Egypt despite ban
News
Earth
North American fish swimming towards extinction
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Turbulent weather ahead for southern US
News
Physics
‘LHC day’ was highest profile physics event in history
News
Earth
Galveston’s 1900 legacy saved it from Ike
News
Earth
Should we legalise hunting of endangered species?
News
Health
Plastic linked to heart disease and diabetes
News
Space
Planet’s strange orbit points to planetary billiards
News
Health
Watch out for the other bird flu
News
Life
Plants’ alarm clock genes found
News
Earth
Insight: What’s driving the Arctic sea ice decline?
News
Health
Condition critical: The medical crisis facing America
News
‘Some pharma companies are dramatically overcharging Americans’
News
Earth
Clearer skies have brought more rain
News
Health
In pain? Take one masterpiece, three times a day
News
Space
Dark matter may string together starry necklace
News
Humans
How genes might pick our mates for us
News
Earth
Climate change gave dinosaurs a lucky break
News
Life
Deaf people feel the correct pronunciation
News
Life
Ancient genetic imprint unites the tribes of India
News
Life
Rats can sniff out the new cat on the block
News
Space
Gas stations in space need protective sunblock
News
Health
Water, water everywhere, and now it’s safe to drink
News
Technology
Robot assistant gives surgeons a cutting look
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Life
Software spots the spin in political speeches
News
Technology
Graphical search engine will cheer sports fans
News
Health
Online gamers are fit 鈥� physically if not mentally
News
Opinion
Earth
Editorial: A helping hand for clean technologies
Consumers will buy clean technologies if given the right incentives 鈥� it's up to governments to help create them
Opinion
Editorial: Hunger and conservation don’t mix
Opinion
Technology
Could non-lethal weapons increase conflict?
Opinion
Life
Interview: The alien hunter
Opinion
Commentary: Misuse of science is a threat to civil liberties
Opinion
Features
Earth
Mean machines go green
Stunning performance, awesome economy, no compromise. Electric cars are coming of age, says Jim Giles
Features
Health
Do supercharged brains give rise to autism?
Features
Physics
Do fly-by anomalies reveal new physics at work?
Features
Earth
Who really discovered the ozone hole?
Features
More
Review: The Lightness of Being by Frank Wilczek
Why do objects weigh what they do? It's all to do with the vacuum, apparently 鈥� Amanda Gefter enjoys an irreverent yet enlightening account of the secrets of mass
Books & Arts
Life
Review: Superdove: How the pigeons took Manhattan… and the world by Courtney Humphries
Books & Arts
Review: Born Digital by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser
Books & Arts
Review: Between Earth and Sky by Nalini Nadkarni
Books & Arts
Fuelling a chemical revolution
Careers
