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Grand delusions: Why we’re determined to be free
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This week's magazine
16 April 2011
Issue 2808
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Fukushima crisis raised to level 7, still no Chernobyl
Japan has decided that the situation at Fukushima Daiichi is a level 7 incident, on a par with Chernobyl. What has changed?
News
Health
Cannabis-based drug gets green light worldwide
News
Environment
Aloe vera extract gave rats tumours
News
Earth
Fish ‘ebola’ caused marine mass death in Milwaukee
News
UFO search engine for those who want to believe
News
60 Seconds
News
Space
Hobbyist photos used to recreate comet orbit
News
Mystery signal at Fermilab hints at ‘technicolour’ force
News
Health
Genes from algae allow blind mice to see
News
Health
Polar animals’ antifreeze has a spiky secret
News
Health
Why 30 years of AIDS is only the tip of an iceberg
News
Shipping noise pulps organs of squid and octopuses
News
Health
How antidepressants boost growth of new brain cells
News
Earth
Acidic ocean robs coral of vital building material
News
Life
Hear my chewin’: how jawbones evolved into ear bones
News
The evolutionary significance of sickly bitter tastes
News
Health
Mapping touch to sight takes time to learn
News
Life
Exo-evolution: Aliens who hide, survive
News
Life
Revelations of stars’ ages will be a boon for SETI
News
Environment
Ancient lakes show when eukaryotic life left the sea
News
Health
Junk food ‘inflammation’ may trigger diabetes
News
Health
Psychedelic drug cuts brain blood flow and connections
News
Earth
Evolutionary tug of war inside sweet-potato whitefly
News
Health
Headset gives a voice to the voice box-less
News
Life
Emotional video gaming makes the action real
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Want to stay anonymous online? Don’t share files
News
Technology
Artificial chameleon tongue has bug-catching licked
News
Opinion
Dreams of a technicolour force
A strange signal found at Fermilab could be a new fundamental force, but there is a long way to go before the discovery can be called definite
Opinion
Squid and octopuses need their peace and quiet
Opinion
Earth
Conservation and farming must learn to live together
Opinion
Life
杏吧原创 imam: Muslims need to talk about evolution
Opinion
How to be happy: Putting well-being on the agenda
Opinion
Humans
How to be happy: What is happiness anyway?
Opinion
Life
How to be happy: Act now if you want a revolution
Opinion
Life
How to be happy: Divided we fail
Opinion
Life
How to be happy: Don’t try too hard
Opinion
How to be happy: The optimist manifesto
Opinion
Life
How to be happy: The digital frontier
Opinion
Features
Life
Grand delusions: Why we’re determined to be free
Neuroscience says we don't make our own decisions 鈥� but if we believed that, the world would be full of liars, cheats and losers
Features
Technology
Go reconfigure: Machines that become whatever you want
Features
Life
The secret superpower of the cockroach
Features
Life
One, two, many: The prehistory of counting
Features
