Physics
Our world may be a giant hologram
Features
This week's magazine
17 January 2009
Issue 2691
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Fresh fears over safety of antipsychotic drugs
Antipsychotics should only be prescribed to elderly patients as a last resort, according to two studies that raise fresh fears over their safety
News
Space
Angry Sun could spell disaster on Earth
News
Blunder let bunnies devastate Antarctic island
News
Earth
Tequila gives Mexico an environmental hangover
News
Toothless NASA watchdog ‘poor value for money’
News
Health
Epidurals in labour safer than thought
News
Iron-seeding ship sets sail
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
DIY stem cells could help us heal ourselves
News
Earth
Climate change to stifle developing nations’ growth
News
Physics
Did dark energy give us our cosmos?
News
“We can’t fire our bears or furlough our sea lions.”
News
Humans
Model of surprise has ‘wow’ factor built in
News
Artificial molecule evolves in the lab
News
Humans
How novels help drive social evolution
News
Earth
Starving bacteria bumped up early Earth’s oxygen
News
Health
Doubts raised over brain scan findings
News
Are good financial traders born, not made?
News
Earth
Humans’ prey species evolving dangerously fast
News
Humans
Tetris to treat the terror of trauma
News
Earth
Rainmaker ritual helps date ancient droughts
News
Pop a pill before taking a drag?
News
Earth
Car exhaust fumes cause lightning strikes
News
Health
Boosted immune system could devour brain tumours
News
How did early black holes get so big?
News
Space
Were Mercury and Mars separated at birth?
News
Earth
Balloon power isn’t just a load of hot air
News
Earth
Flying eye maps rain forest’s health
News
Technology
Soldiers’ kids could get virtual mums and dads
News
Technology
Transparent gadgets and the return of Palm
News
Health
Eyes reveal health secrets of the brain
News
Health
Virtual double flexes your muscles
News
Technology
Grasping nanospirals promise new smart materials
News
Technology
Mini boat travels by bending water
News
Opinion
Editorial: What were the neuroscientists thinking?
Neuroscience has produced some wonderful science, but now it seems that a good chunk of the papers in this field contain exaggerated claims
Opinion
Editorial: DIY stem cells could be on the way
Opinion
Editorial: The upside to being down
Opinion
Space
Why we must save our astronomical heritage
Opinion
Why we need a proper study of mankind
Opinion
Technology
Universities should flag up which websites to trust
Opinion
Features
Physics
Our world may be a giant hologram
Could our three dimensions be the ultimate cosmic illusion? A German detector is picking up a hint that we are all mere projections
Features
Earth
Did life begin in a pool of acidic gloop?
Features
Physics
Nanoplumbing: More than just a pipe dream
Features
Health
Is it really bad to be sad?
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