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Technology

Do we need to rein in Facebook and Google’s power?

metaphysics

Mind

Metaphysics has much to offer the study of the natural world

Metaphysics 6

Humans

Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?

Metaphysics 8

Humans

Metaphysics special: Is time an illusion?

Metaphysics 1

Humans

Metaphysics special: How do I know I exist?

Humans

Metaphysics special: Can we ever know if God exists?

Metaphysics 4

Humans

Metaphysics special: What is the meaning of life?

Metaphysics 3

Mind

Metaphysics special: Why is there something rather than nothing?

Metaphysics 2

Humans

Metaphysics special: What is consciousness?

Metaphysics 5

Earth

Metaphysics special: Where do good and evil come from?

Carl Jones

Environment

How a young maverick’s grit saved the world鈥檚 rarest bird

bullfighters

Humans

Metaphysics special: What is reality made of?

Table of contents

Leaders

metaphysics

Mind

Metaphysics has much to offer the study of the natural world

The branch of philosophy known as metaphysics overlaps with modern science and the two can push the boundaries of knowledge together

News

Zika virus remains in semen three times longer than we thought

For the first time, a man with no Zika symptoms has transmitted the virus through sex, while other data suggests it can persist in semen for at least six months

Earth

Court rules in favour of Queensland mega-mine

Environment

Slow-to-breed elephant hurtles towards extinction

Earth

Italy to test earthquake predictor to reduce deaths and damage

60 Seconds

Space

Crew emerges from year-long simulated Mars mission

Health

Drug-induced abortion less safe in Ohio after 2011 law

Life

Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling

Technology

Revealed: Google’s plan for quantum computer supremacy

Life

Proxima b鈥檚 star could be blasting away the planet鈥檚 atmosphere

Health

Semen reshapes immune system to boost chances of pregnancy

Health

Mind-controlled nanobots could release drugs inside your brain

Environment

Elephants’ footprints leave behind tiny oases for aquatic life

Health

Ultrasound brain zap wakes man from minimally conscious state

Environment

The fish that have bellies full of mice 鈥� but we don鈥檛 know how

Physics

Supersized molecules stretch a thousand times further than usual

Life

Rewinding memories may help us recall where the good stuff is

Physics

Gang of gas giants may have tilted distant planet system

Life

Monster slugs are devouring defenceless baby birds in nests

Space

Ghost galaxy is 99.99 per cent dark matter with almost no stars

Health

Babies鈥� health could be affected by variation in IVF nutrients

Health

Smart medicine is coming of age, but will doctors bite?

One Per Cent

Health

Instagram posts can reveal depression before doctors diagnose it

Technology

Soft robot octopus uses chemical fuel gut to explore untethered

Analysis

faces

Technology

Do we need to rein in Facebook and Google’s power?

The power of global information companies has raced ahead of society's ability to hold them to account. Is it possible to take back control?

Health

Putting healthcare first can save festival drug users from harm

Environment

Wildlife hero Chris Packham: anti-conservationists will not win

Health

Failure of fake babies: Why it doesn’t pay to go with your gut

Aperture

caribou carcass

Earth

See the Alaskan village that voted to flee climate change

The island dwellers of Shishmaref could soon be hunting on the mainland: the whole village may shift there to escape worsening coastal erosion and thawing

Features

Metaphysics 1

Humans

Metaphysics special: How do I know I exist?

Could you be living inside a simulation created by a more advanced intelligence? Where does your unerring belief that you are not come from?

Humans

Metaphysics special: What is consciousness?

Mind

Metaphysics special: Why is there something rather than nothing?

Humans

Metaphysics special: What is the meaning of life?

Earth

Metaphysics special: Where do good and evil come from?

Humans

Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?

Humans

Metaphysics special: What is reality made of?

Humans

Metaphysics special: Is time an illusion?

Humans

Metaphysics special: Can we ever know if God exists?

Environment

How a young maverick’s grit saved the world鈥檚 rarest bird

Culture

Colorado river

Environment

How water shortages flow into collaboration not war

Water fuels human life everywhere, so shortages should spell disaster. But three new books exploring the complexities of water politics reach surprising conclusions

Humans

Britain’s first lumberjacks have long tales to tell

More

Pig-footed bandicoot

Life

Tiniest grazing mammal was a pig at the front, horse at the back

Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals 鈥� and occasionally other organisms 鈥� from around the world

Regulars

cactus cartoon

Feedback: A spiky solution to the thorny problem of radiation

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

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Spider shroud

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