Physics
Why Einstein was wrong about relativity
Features
This week's magazine
1 November 2008
Issue 2680
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
Time to rank the best ideas to engineer the climate?
There is an urgent need to prioritise the various geoengineering proposals put forward to cool Earth's climate, according to a researcher
News
Health
Is cannabis being doped with Viagra?
News
Space
New NASA rocket has a problem with wind
News
Life
Jury still out on when life begins
News
Health
The yo-yo world of diet drugs
News
Earth
Greenhouse gas from flat-screen TV makers soars
News
Earth
Hunger hotspots of the future revealed
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
‘Menopausal’ men could get sexual boost from HRT
News
Space
Asian space race is great for science
News
Humans
Men have a sharper eye for a love cheat
News
Health
Famine leaves its mark on fetal DNA
News
‘If we can do it, so can you’
News
Life
How to eavesdrop on alien chat
News
Humans
How pet dogs face up to your moods
News
Life
Why sunspots send the financial markets tumbling
News
Space
Stars’ flickers reveal their innermost secrets
News
Health
Purple tomatoes protect against cancer
News
Life
An iron will runs in the family
News
Physics
Tick, tock goes the quantum clock
News
Life
Why sex gets cocks crowing
News
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mouse mind
News
Life
Habitable worlds may hide in gas giants’ wake
News
Humans
Did McEnroe have a point about tennis umpires?
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Humans
Video games don’t train your brain
News
Technology
Silver-screen audio trick could smooth jerky video
News
Technology
‘Cultured’ robots make sweet music together
News
Space
Space tourism flies into a legal black hole
News
Earth
Scanner ‘reads minds’ to spot early signs of dementia
News
Technology
‘Frankenphones’ alert users with pounding heartbeats
News
Opinion
Health
No quick fix for obesity
It makes sense to use drugs to help certain people lose weight, but it's absurd to think it can solve the problem for everyone
Opinion
Space tourism must have safety standards
Opinion
Health
Why psychologists need to ask better questions
Opinion
Perspectives: Mr Medina plants a forest
Opinion
Will reason or unreason prevail?
Opinion
Features
Physics
Why Einstein was wrong about relativity
The special theory of relativity is one of the most successful theories of modern physics - but one of its assumptions is way off-beam
Features
Life
Can animals escape the present?
Features
Earth
Petal power: How flowering plants conquered the world
Features
Physics
In chaotic computing, anarchy rules OK
Features
Health
When doctors battled for medical beer
Features
