杏吧原创

This week's magazine

27 August 2011

Issue 2827



Table of contents

News

Life

Oldest reliable fossils show early life was a beach

The oldest compelling fossil evidence for cellular life has been discovered on a 3.43-billion-year-old beach in western Australia

News

Briefing: Security fears over plan to enrich uranium with lasers

News

Fukushima neighbourhoods may be uninhabitable for years

News

Earth

End of Libyan war unlikely to affect global oil supply

News

Higgs boson is running out of places to hide

News

‘Racial gap’ found in US science funding

News

Earth

Sustainable fish logos: not all they’re made out to be

News

60 Seconds

News

Surgeons may be adapting to ‘safe’ X-ray doses

News

Health

Empathy enhanced by magnetic stimulation of the brain

News

Physics

Electric ice a shock to the solar system

News

Earth

First link between climate patterns and civil conflict

News

Humans

Ancient Egyptians believed in coiffure after death

News

Physics

Photons made to change colour and shape

News

Health

Closed ‘back door’ linked to sex disorder

News

Health

Swine flu, not vaccine, may trigger narcolepsy

News

Earth

Cloud-making: Another human effect on the climate

News

Space

Gas clouds may have created biggest cosmic explosions

News

Life

Sex at sea lets female elephant seals stay in control

News

Health

Skin cells mimic degeneration in Parkinson’s brain

News

Space

Black hole caught grabbing starry treat

News

Health

Hibernation molecule boosts therapeutic hypothermia

News

Life

One world, 8.7 million species, most still unknown

News

Space

Stars that steal give birth to backwards planets

News

Life

Evidence for Mars floods all dried up?

News

Earth

New power wave heads out to sea

News

Technology

Smart boxing vest will pull no punches

News

Technology

Dumping friends on Facebook helps make you secure

News

Technology

Image searches ‘poisoned’ by cybercriminals

News

Technology

IBM unveils microchip based on the human brain

News