What makes the universe tick?
Features
This week's magazine
22 November 2008
Issue 2683
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Green policies may flush water down the drain
Irrigation techniques aimed at saving stretched water resources might waste more than they save
News
Forecast of economic collapse backed by data
News
Will genes play a part in the next US elections?
News
Health
Booze tax stops people drinking themselves to death
News
Life
Ancestral genes are not black or white
News
World ahead of Kyoto emissions targets
News
Gulf war syndrome is real, says US report
News
Add daylight, save energy
News
Enzyme takes us a step closer to eternal youth
News
Earth
Bush to go out with a green bang?
News
‘It does seem weird, being excited about seeing whale shark poo’
News
So this is what other planets look like
News
Health
Light opens up a world of sound for the deaf
News
Humans
Monkey gossip hints at social origins of language
News
Woolly mammoth genome back from the dead
News
Space
What has the Phoenix mission taught us about Mars?
News
Earth’s ‘mineral kingdom’ evolved hand in hand with life
News
‘Flintstones’ bones are earliest known nuclear family
News
Has dark matter signal been found in Antarctica’s skies?
News
Hidden floods beneath Antarctica send glaciers speeding
News
Rare fossil find shows how women drove human evolution
News
Remains of devoured planet discovered
News
How religious people see the world differently
News
Health
Stress-free lifestyle helps fight cancer
News
Health
Brain works better with neurological disease
News
Ants’ practice doesn’t make them perfect
News
Earth
Under construction: The fuel tank of the future
News
Technology
Cellphone clusters give traffic jams away
News
Technology
Artificial diamonds – now available in extra large
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Earth
Plumbing the oceans could bring limitless clean energy
News
Earth
Electric production car just keeps on going
News
Technology
Computer chips give new spin on saving energy
News
Opinion
Save America’s green cars
Even if the Detroit dinosaurs go extinct, their upcoming hybrid and electric cars deserve to survive
Opinion
A tough pill to swallow?
Opinion
The population paradox
Opinion
Physics
Will the next Einstein come from Africa?
Opinion
Physics
The free lunch that made our universe
Opinion
Features
What makes the universe tick?
If you want to understand the universe be prepared to get your moments in a muddle, advises Michael Brooks
Features
Life
Why the universe may be teeming with aliens
Features
Health
Safer sex in a pill
Features
Life
Recipes for life: How genes evolve
Features
A well full of stars
Features
