This week's magazine
23 October 2010
Issue 2783
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Health
Bill Gates’s road map for saving 4 million lives
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda are in London to promote their Living Proof campaign, highlighting the value of development aid
News
Health
Gene therapy proposed to treat depression
News
Physics
Heavy atoms set to collide at the LHC
News
Health
Humans eradicate a disease for only second time ever
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
Synthetic DNA makers warned of bioterrorism threats
News
Physics
Tritium shortage threatens US nuclear disarmament goal
News
Earth
Asia tops climate change’s ‘most vulnerable’ list
News
Earth
Climate change battle moves to courtrooms
News
What the US midterm elections mean for science
News
Earth
Past climate change influenced human evolution
News
Physics
Kitchen sink experiment simulates exotic white holes
News
Life
Creationism lives on in US public schools
News
Life
Should schoolchildren be typecast into science?
News
Health
Vaccines could help elephantiasis spread
News
Health
New protein target for antidepressants
News
Life
T. rex was a cannibal
News
Earth
Ocean asteroid hits will create huge ozone holes
News
Health
Prospective fathers should watch what they eat
News
Low levels of vitamin B12 linked to Alzheimer’s
News
Earth
Green machine: Trees may spell trouble for wind power
News
Life
Stone Age humans liked their burgers in a bun
News
Technology
Now that’s what a tweet should sound like
News
Technology
Virtual faces get some colour in their cheeks
News
Technology
Cyber-security test range to test critical networks
News
Technology
Intruders beware: armed robots on patrol
News
Technology
Brand hack: how to delete corporate logos from view
News
Technology
With this printer, what you see is what you smell
News
Opinion
We deny the inexplicable at our peril
It's the evidence that counts, not our prejudices, even when that means overturning what we thought were fundamental ideas
Opinion
Climate war has a new front: the courtroom
Opinion
Robot sentries: a warning from the movies
Opinion
Health
Bisphenol A is everywhere – is it safe?
Opinion
Life
Evacuation expert: Why Hollywood gets it badly wrong
Opinion
Life
Charming computers can help us understand ourselves
Opinion
Features
Physics
Constant change: Are there no universal laws?
It looks like physics works differently in different places. If so, everything we think we know about the cosmos may be wrong
Features
Earth
Thermogeddon: When the Earth gets too hot for humans
Features
Technology
Ten years to save the touchscreen
Features
Health
Naked and ugly: The new face of lab rats
Features
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Graduate special: Polishing up your act
Competition for graduate jobs is fierce, but don't fear. New ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ is here to help you shine with our guide to bagging your dream job or PhD - and keeping it
Careers
Graduate special: The briefing
Careers
Dream job: Penguin keeper
Careers
Dream job: Cyber-crime expert
Careers
Case study: the environmental consultant
Careers
Dream job: Biotechnology intellectual property lawyer
Careers
Dream job: Science TV presenter
Careers
Dream job: Rare-plant resuscitator
Careers
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