Humans
Night life: This is your brain on dreams
Features
This week's magazine
12 March 2011
Issue 2803
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
WikiLeaks reveals endangered hardwood on sale in US
WikiLeaks has published a leaked cable that reveals the Peruvian government was aware that 70 to 90 per cent of its mahogany exports in 2005 were from illegal sources
News
Claims of meteorite aliens taken with pinch of salt
News
Health
Doctors fail to report incompetent colleagues
News
Space
NASA should bring Mars rocks back to Earth, says panel
News
Glory climate satellite falls out of the sky
News
Health
Half of Germany’s doctors prescribe placebos
News
60 Seconds
News
Environment
Hawass admits Egypt’s ancient heritage is in danger
News
Humans
Key to humanity is in missing DNA
News
Space
Tourists spark era of space science
News
Health
Tumours could be the ancestors of animals
News
Health
One pill or two? The weather can help doctors decide
News
Environment
Lost world hints at life in the Mesozoic
News
Technology
Graphene etching to usher in computing revolution
News
Health
Lack of sleep makes for a more reckless bet
News
Environment
Elephants know when they need a helping trunk
News
Health
Mother’s diet sows seeds of diabetes in the womb
News
Health
Lab-grown neurons might repair Alzheimer’s brains
News
Space
Newly found brown dwarf is ultra-cool
News
Salmon hearts break biological ‘law’
News
Life
Found: fine American fishing tackle, 12 millennia old
News
Physics
Trek-like tractor beam is possible
News
Life
AI lie detection could help crack terror cells
News
Technology
Drama of Formula 1 receives technological boost
News
Technology
Shock wave puts hybrid engines in a spin
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Rubbery muscle motors to make robots more lifelike
News
Opinion
We are the children of the lost DNA
Extra genes did not make us human 鈥� it's what we lost that counts
Opinion
GPS jammers have us at their mercy
Opinion
Right now, science needs the right stuff
Opinion
Life
Removing bodies from display is nonsense
Opinion
Health
Obesity expert: A better fat measure than BMI
Opinion
Life
The self: why science is not enough
Opinion
Features
Humans
Night life: This is your brain on dreams
Every one of us slips into this mysterious state of consciousness every night, yet we are only now waking up to its mind-altering powers
Features
Earth
Pulsating planet: Superhot rocks make the Earth roll
Features
Space
GPS chaos: How a $30 box can jam your life
Features
Humans
Paranormal investigations: why you want to believe
Features
Culture
Didn’t you notice Google’s crown slipping?
The Googlization of Everything by Siva Vaidhyanathan is intelligent and provocative, but fails to see the challenge of the social internet
Culture
The strange tale of the Lebanese space race
Culture
Werner Herzog releases ancient paintings from history
Culture
Your quantum questions answered
Culture
Why futurologists always get it wrong
Culture
