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Supervolcano: How humanity survived its darkest hour
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This week's magazine
17 April 2010
Issue 2756
Editor's picks
Health
Maxed out: Testing humans to destruction
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Life
Maxed out: What’s the human speed limit?
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Humans
Maxed out: How long can we concentrate for?
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Health
Maxed out: How long could you survive a vacuum?
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Humans
Maxed out: How much can we remember?
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Health
Maxed out: How cold can you get and live?
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Health
Maxed out: How long could you survive without food or drink?
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Health
Randy Gardner, the 17-year-old schoolboy who didn’t sleep for 11 days
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Health
Maxed out: How many gs can you pull?
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Life
Maxed out: How much can a human lift?
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Health
Maxed out: How high can you go?
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Health
Maxed out: How much radiation can we take?
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Life
Maxed out: How long could you hold your breath?
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Physics
Schr枚dinger’s cash: Minting quantum money
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Earth
Competition winners: Your trash tracked
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Table of contents
News
Health
Health worries over antibacterial soap additive
The safety of antimicrobial soaps and toothpastes is being reviewed over concerns that they could disrupt hormones
News
Physics
First blood to Atlas at the Large Hadron Collider
News
Physics
We can help stop nuclear theft, say science groups
News
Physics
World’s largest laser blasted over fusion plan
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
Foreign aid may stymie home-grown healthcare spending
News
Earth
Forensic DNA blow to commercial whaling proposals
News
Environment
First footage from world’s deepest volcanic vents
News
Earth
Quiet sun puts Europe on ice
News
Physics
Dark matter may give neutron stars black hearts
News
Space
‘Dark sun’ is one of our nearest neighbours
News
Life
Do Dartmoor’s ancient stones have link to Stonehenge?
News
Health
Stranger danger at heart of racial bias
News
Physics
Entangle qubits for a true random number machine
News
Earth
How interfering humans helped Amazon diversity
News
Humans
Empathetic mirror neurons found in humans at last
News
Technology
Jackhammer ‘superdrill’ could speed mine rescues
News
Health
It pays to remember what made you sad
News
Health
Nicotine tied to Alzheimer’s risk
News
Health
People pick up pepper virus
News
Environment
Almost human: closest australopithecine primate found
News
Environment
Apes found suffering self-doubt
News
Life
Talking evolved from walking in caterpillars
News
Physics
Atom-grabbing ‘black hole’ created
News
Space
Volcanic double-whammy says Venus still spews
News
Life
Prolific posters are top of the blogs
News
Technology
Touch floors could be next step in computer interfaces
News
Technology
Diamond chips to make meaner, greener electronics
News
Technology
Robots with skin enter our touchy-feely world
News
Technology
Bandwidth hogs eat away at principle of net neutrality
News
Technology
Barcodes help objects tell their stories
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Opinion
Features
Earth
Supervolcano: How humanity survived its darkest hour
A colossal eruption 74,000 years ago supposedly left modern humans struggling to survive in Africa 鈥� so who, or what, was making stone tools in India?
Features
Health
Maxed out: Testing humans to destruction
Features
Life
Maxed out: What’s the human speed limit?
Features
Humans
Maxed out: How long can we concentrate for?
Features
Health
Maxed out: How long could you survive a vacuum?
Features
Humans
Maxed out: How much can we remember?
Features
Health
Maxed out: How cold can you get and live?
Features
Health
Maxed out: How long could you survive without food or drink?
Features
Health
Randy Gardner, the 17-year-old schoolboy who didn’t sleep for 11 days
Features
Health
Maxed out: How many gs can you pull?
Features
Life
Maxed out: How much can a human lift?
Features
Health
Maxed out: How high can you go?
Features
Health
Maxed out: How much radiation can we take?
Features
Life
Maxed out: How long could you hold your breath?
Features
Physics
Schr枚dinger’s cash: Minting quantum money
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Earth
Competition winners: Your trash tracked
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