Physics
A bizarre universe may be lurking in the shadows
Features
This week's magazine
7 March 2009
Issue 2698
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Fish numbers outpace human population
Farms are boosting the global fish population, but at what cost to wild species?
News
Earth
Conservationists deciding which species to survive
News
Health
Bird flu mix-up could have spelled disaster
News
Earth
Race is on to reach Antarctica’s hidden lakes
News
Lifestyle changes could cut cancers by a third
News
Life
Crew chosen for Mars isolation test
News
Cheat test turns athletes’ blood into a passport
News
Forbidden games, Moon crash, and more
News
Obama goes ‘all in’ for science
News
“Fish is marvellous…”
News
Fossil footprints reveal our modern walk in the making
News
Physics
Cannibalistic Jupiter ate its early moons
News
Health
Kill the inflammation, kill the HIV?
News
Earth
Beads get ball rolling on avalanche prediction
News
Health
Instant ‘vaccine’ zaps human cancers in mice
News
Health
Thumbs up for 3D bone printer
News
Ancient supernovae found written into the Antarctic ice
News
Space
Two black holes tango inside distant quasar
News
Health
Fart molecule could be next Viagra
News
First fossil brain found in a bug-eyed fish
News
Health
Bowel gene linked to a type of autism
News
Spider takes food from the mouths of ants
News
Life
‘Vampire’ discovered in mass grave
News
Jumping genes make for cancer-free stem cells
News
Technology
Audio trick lets authorities watch the movie pirates
News
Technology
Wireless Tasers extend the long arm of the law
News
Technology
Digital radio fails the firefighters
News
Health
ER 2.0: Robots team up for surgery
News
Technology
Now the cellphone becomes a sketch pad… sort of
News
Technology
Quantum dots boost power solar cells
News
Technology
Noise could mask web searchers’ IDs
News
Environment
Two recipes for the seafood of the future
News
Opinion
The pitfalls of Obama’s science bonanza
Government investment in science could pay dividends for the US, but might spell trouble for countries like the UK
Opinion
We stand to lose that most human of apes
Opinion
Jellyfish 鈥� food of the future
Opinion
Life
Aiming for a future without animal tests
Opinion
Health
Why Facebook is good for you
Opinion
Technology
Regulate armed robots before it’s too late
Opinion
Environment
Why are orang-utans so like us?
Opinion
Features
Physics
A bizarre universe may be lurking in the shadows
Are we immersed in a shadowy world of dark matter and hidden forces? Anil Ananthaswamy investigates
Features
Humans
East meets west: How the brain unites us all
Features
Life
The selfless gene: Rethinking Dawkins’s doctrine
Features
Health
Japanese pioneer developed first general anaesthetic
Features
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