This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Health
Doctors should warn women about the real risks of childbirth
Humans
All about me: How to be a successful narcissist
Environment
Too cute to lose: Saving the rarest mammal from extinction
Earth
Nomad’s land: Journey into the rugged heart of the Sahara
Humans
How to bring out your best to beat narcissistic jobseekers
Space
Cosmic carve-up: Law and plunder on the final frontier
Table of contents
Leaders
Environment
Trying to save ‘doomed’ species isn’t futile if we learn from it
Some argue we should focus conservation where it’s more likely to be a success, but saving extremely rare species will become a more common problem in the future
Health
Doctors should warn women about the real risks of childbirth
News
Earth
Deep-sea alliance set to probe Earth’s final frontier
A new international effort to survey the depths of the ocean will kick off with submersible dives in Bermuda this month
Health
It’s safe to prescribe fewer antibiotics for coughs and colds
NASA’s Juno probe enters near-perfect orbit around Jupiter
Technology
Tesla driver dies in first fatal autonomous car crash in US
60 Seconds
Environment
Zambia to push ahead with controversial plan to cull 2000 hippos
Life
Turtle herpes outbreak hints at Great Barrier Reef contamination
Space
China builds world’s largest radio telescope to hunt for aliens
Health
UK doctors may officially warn women of vaginal birth risks
Physics
Neutrinos hint at why antimatter didn’t blow up the universe
Humans
First evidence that synaesthesia gives colour to sign language
Humans
Illusion makes people ‘feel’ force field around their body
Space
Up close with the awesome power of NASA’s biggest ever rocket
Environment
Rafting allowed this sea slug to conquer the world’s oceans
Environment
Bears turn into couch potatoes thanks to fast food binges
Space
Fiery exoplanet may see a trillion lightning flashes in an hour
Health
Gene editing could destroy herpes viruses living inside you
Space
Impossible vanishing stars could be signs of advanced alien life
Health
Gut bacteria spotted eating brain chemicals for the first time
Environment
Roller-coasting birds soar for months and may snooze while aloft
Humans
Prehistoric tombs may have doubled as star-gazing observatories
Environment
DNA sequencing turns rivers into ecosystem surveillance systems
One Per Cent
Technology
Robot eyes and humans fix on different things to decode a scene
Health
Virtual reality lets you stroll around a breast cancer cell
Life
Wonder what your plants are ‘saying’? Device lets you listen in
Analysis
Health
The unknown effect of the pill on teenage bones and brains
Thousands of teenage girls worldwide take hormonal contraception. But despite changes in legislation, we still don't know what this does to their bodies
Mind
Googly-eyed robots rule: Why it’s vital to make us like them
Life
Rip up the rule book and let NASA’s Mars rover check ‘life’ zone
Earth
Green lining? Five ways Brexit could be good for the environment
Features
Humans
All about me: How to be a successful narcissist
Self-love is a gift that keeps giving in our competitive world – if it’s the right sort. The good news is that we can all learn to blow our own trumpet
Humans
How to bring out your best to beat narcissistic jobseekers
Environment
Too cute to lose: Saving the rarest mammal from extinction
Space
Cosmic carve-up: Law and plunder on the final frontier
Earth
Nomad’s land: Journey into the rugged heart of the Sahara
Culture
Health
Antidepressants on trial: Are they a wonder or a danger?
Argument rages over the benefits and risks of Prozac and other SSRIs. New books from a psychiatrist and a former patient give the cases for and against