Humans
The writing on the cave wall
Features
This week's magazine
20 February 2010
Issue 2748
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
Receding fog may leave redwoods in the lurch
Dwindling coastal fogs may threaten the next generation of California's mighty redwoods
News
Earth
Chagos marine protection plan condemned as unethical
News
Health
Cut-price DNA test ignites genetic discrimination fears
News
Health
Anti-ageing cream as good as drug at reducing wrinkles
News
Life
Drake wants off-world listening post for alien messages
News
‘Climategate’ scientist attacks bloggers
News
60 Seconds
News
Humans
Desmond Tutu leads way for southern African genomes
News
Environment
Hey green spender: The truth about eco-friendly brands
News
Child psychiatric diagnosis on trial
News
Space
Sun’s warmth blows comet’s icy heart apart
News
Humans
Solved: The mathematics of the Hollywood blockbuster
News
Life
Life’s code rewritten in four-letter words
News
Physics
Atom smasher shows vacuum of space in a twist
News
Health
Superbugs blamed on shoddy repairs
News
Life
Full steam ahead for elephants’ unique gait
News
Life
‘Backward’ black holes spew super-powerful jets
News
Health
Damaged brains escape the material world
News
Environment
A headbutt spells danger in bee talk
News
Physics
Atomic fountain reveals ‘gravitational red shift’
News
Health
Linchpin of immune system doubles as stroke protector
News
Earth
Greenland’s glaciers disappearing from the bottom up
News
Technology
Software muse helps bloggers score hits
News
Technology
Robot film crew knows what sports fans like
News
Technology
Silicon wire forest makes wearable solar cells
News
Technology
Who needs banks if you have a mobile phone?
News
Environment
Latex could silence noisy neighbours
News
Humans
Even in the virtual world, men judge women on looks
News
Health
Good vibrations aid mind-controlled steering
News
Opinion
Time for another green revolution
A fog of unreliable information and confusion is hampering efforts to weigh up eco-credibility
Opinion
The scary business of tinkering with life
Opinion
Dawn of neurocinematics
Opinion
Physics
CERN on trial: could a lawsuit shut the LHC down?
Opinion
Humans
Atul Gawande: ‘Lists have saved patients and saved me’
Opinion
Earth
Jane Goodall: ‘There is no problem in having empathy’
Opinion
Features
Humans
The writing on the cave wall
A group of 26 symbols crops up at Stone Age sites throughout the world 鈥� are these the origin of the written word?
Features
Earth
For sustainable architecture, think bug
Features
Earth
Smoke bomb: The other climate culprits
Features
Health
Sight savers: New weapons trained on blindness
Features
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