Humans
10 Mysteries of you
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This week's magazine
8 August 2009
Issue 2720
Editor's picks
10 Mysteries of you: Blushing
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10 Mysteries of you: Laughter
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10 Mysteries of you: Pubic hair
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10 Mysteries of you: Teenagers
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10 Mysteries of you: Dreams
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10 mysteries of you: Altruism
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10 Mysteries of you: Art
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10 Mysteries of you: Superstition
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10 Mysteries of you: Kissing
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10 Mysteries of you: Nose-picking
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Physics
What’s luck got to do with it? The math of gambling
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Health
How to cure diseases before they have even evolved
Features
Technology
How the moving walkway nearly overtook the Metro
Features
Table of contents
News
Wheat plague threatens Afghans with starvation
Having reaped the rewards of the decision not to eradicate poppy fields, the farmers now face an enemy potentially more dangerous than the US military
News
Health
Bad spell for stem cells
News
Clams could stem spread of bird flu
News
Fisheries reap dividends of better management
News
Health
Could recession end cannabis ban?
News
Research ship drills deep into seafloor
News
Return of El Ni帽o, Vampires with SARS, and more
News
Space
Asteroid visits could lead humans to Mars
News
Humans
Found: A pocket guide to prehistoric Spain
News
Health
Can ‘excited delirium’ get cops off the hook?
News
Why the debate over organic food is redundant
News
Physics
Fast-spinning black holes might reveal all
News
Earth
Arctic Ocean may be polluted soup by 2070
News
Health
Defenceless rat proves knockout in lab
News
Health
Doubts over stem cell images prompt new inquiry
News
Health
Dieting could lead to a positive test for cannabis
News
Supercomputer creates supernova images in glorious detail
News
New strain of HIV from gorillas
News
Life
GM maize has built-in SOS chemical
News
Stopping seizures with a simple injection
News
Alaska’s tundra fire sparks climate warning
News
Softening up tumours for the kill
News
Vanishing Mars methane is a blow for alien life
News
Can crows plan their actions?
News
Technology
Wikipedia’s quality under threat by territorial editors
News
Technology
Virtual computer army takes on the botnets
News
Health
Mini-magnet test makes things sticky for TB
News
Technology
Robots to get their own operating system
News
Physics
Miniature gravity detector could peer inside planets
News
Physics
Shedding old light on archaeological artefacts
News
Technology
How to digitally iron out chewed-up photos
News
Opinion
Be careful with those stem cells
Rigour and caution need to replace the culture of hype and haste that threatened to derail the promise of stem cell biology early in this decade
Opinion
The Einsteins of the avian world
Opinion
The wonder of you
Opinion
Earth
Comment: Why China needs help cutting its emissions
Opinion
Health
Comment: Translate the medical ‘bibles’ into plain English
Opinion
Health
Interview: The life-saving shot
Opinion
Opinion: Do you believe in miracles?
Opinion
Features
Humans
10 Mysteries of you
Some of our strangest foibles still defy explanation, but it is becoming clear that behaviours and attributes that sometimes seem frivolous often go to the heart of what it means to be human
Features
10 Mysteries of you: Blushing
Features
10 Mysteries of you: Laughter
Features
10 Mysteries of you: Pubic hair
Features
10 Mysteries of you: Teenagers
Features
10 Mysteries of you: Dreams
Features
10 mysteries of you: Altruism
Features
10 Mysteries of you: Art
Features
10 Mysteries of you: Superstition
Features
10 Mysteries of you: Kissing
Features
10 Mysteries of you: Nose-picking
Features
Physics
What’s luck got to do with it? The math of gambling
Features
Health
How to cure diseases before they have even evolved
Features
Technology
How the moving walkway nearly overtook the Metro
Features
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