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nudge

Humans

Wise interventions 鈥� when your brain needs a stronger nudge

brain power

Humans

A mind trick that can break down your brain’s barrier to success

plastic shapes

Plastic fantastic: The quest to create the smartest materials

Europe apes

Humans

Key moments in human evolution happened far from our Africa home

shadow

Health

I can tell you how to heal yourself with hypnosis

pills

Health

Tap the placebo effect to unlock your body’s healing powers

Table of contents

Leaders

nudge

Humans

Wise interventions 鈥� when your brain needs a stronger nudge

You鈥檝e probably heard of nudges. You鈥檙e probably been nudged. Now there鈥檚 a new way to make you a better person on the horizon

News

Space

Space X reusable rocket won’t be reused after heavy landing

The private space firm鈥檚 fourth attempt to land a rocket on a barge in the ocean has failed, but at least it keeps trying

Humans

Hands off our health records, say 1 in 6 UK adults

Health

Zika virus disease renamed to reflect range of impacts on fetus

Environment

Orangutan population in Sumatra more than doubles after census

Life

60 Seconds

Health

Banned drug used by Sharapova staved off fatigue in animal tests

Environment

China unveils vision of greener future in its five-year plan

Earth

Many of world鈥檚 lakes are vanishing and some may be gone forever

Environment

Exclusive photos: Clouds seen on Pluto for first time

Space

ExoMars probe set to sniff out signs of life on the Red Planet

Health

Urine from premature babies could repair damaged kidneys

Health

Bionic fingertip gives amputee a feel for different textures

Environment

What do chimp 鈥榯emples鈥� tell us about the evolution of religion?

Space

Billion-light-year galactic wall may be largest object in cosmos

Environment

Farmers may have been accidentally making GMOs for millennia

Life

Dinosaur-era geckos and chameleons perfectly preserved in amber

Humans

Anxious people hear some sounds as more important than they are

Environment

Rare Australian bird farms nourishing manna from trees

Environment

The secret of beetles that waterski so fast they vanish

Space

Mercury once had a graphite crust floating on a sea of magma

Space

Galactic collisions doom entire star systems to black-hole death

Environment

Ghostly deep sea octopus filmed at record depth of 4290 metres

Health

Shock of good news can hurt your heart as much as grief

Technology

A social network built for donating aims to fix slacktivism

Health

Virtual reality could be an ethical minefield 鈥� are we ready?

Technology

One Per Cent

Technology

Blockchain-based microgrid gives power to consumers in New York

Opinion

machine cartoon

Technology

A new wave of tech will test our automatic faith in machines

We often trust critical technologies implicitly, but that relationship will be tested as they increasingly make life-and-death decisions, says Jamais Cascio

Earth

Nature’s fair share? Behind the call to hand back half of Earth

Humans

Female orgasm debates reveal the sexism in sex medicine

Analysis

A field of crops

Earth

Will biggest danger from global warming be the change in diets?

A report claims that eating less fruit and vegetables could have the biggest health impact of climate change in the short term. Here鈥檚 the lowdown

Aperture

toothpaste

Earth

Little mountains of toothpaste highlight the plight of the Alps

A series of photos juxtaposes mountains and the products that come from brutally grinding them up to show how modern mining could soon leave us Alpless

Features

brain power

Humans

A mind trick that can break down your brain’s barrier to success

Stuck in the same old rut? Failing to reach your potential? Throw the right switch in your head to change things for the better

Health

Tap the placebo effect to unlock your body’s healing powers

Health

I can tell you how to heal yourself with hypnosis

Plastic fantastic: The quest to create the smartest materials

Humans

Key moments in human evolution happened far from our Africa home

Culture

soldier

Humans

A Natural History of Human Morality: Why being good is a miracle

Michael Tomasello's account of how humans learned to be good is a challenging but ultimately enlightening read

Health

Animal Electricity: How the forces inside cells actually behave

Technology

Art tries to pass the Turing test

Regulars

soup cartoon

Humans

Feedback: most herbal remedies missing a key ingredient 鈥� herbs

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

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Cold comfort

A drop of hard stuff

Fast cycle

Nocturnal intermission

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