Environment
Tonnes of food are thrown away daily 鈥� could meal kits be the answer?
News
This week's magazine
8 December 2018
Issue 3207
On the cover
Editor's picks
Environment
World leaders now have a rare opportunity to actually save the world
News
Life
We’ve added letters to the genetic code 鈥� and the results are amazing
Features
Space
We don鈥檛 need stars to navigate space – black holes work way better
Features
Environment
Seven steps to save the planet: How to take on climate change and win
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
Life
Gene editing is so easy to do that we couldn鈥檛 stop it if we wanted to
杏吧原创s worldwide were shocked by the announcement of the world鈥檚 first gene-edited babies last week. Better regulation is necessary 鈥� but will be difficult
News
Environment
World leaders now have a rare opportunity to actually save the world
News
News
Sponsored
A sea change for shipping efficiency
BP is reducing the carbon footprint of its shipping fleet by making engines more efficient, streamlining hulls and even using LED lighting, says Gopal Hariharan
News
Life
The gene editing revelation that shocked the world
News
Life
Why was HIV chosen as the first target for embryo gene editing?
News
Life
Gene-editing experiment widely criticised for safety and ethics issues
News
Life
Genetic disorders should be the focus of CRISPR gene editing trials
News
Life
There won’t be many more gene-edited babies just yet – here’s why
News
Health
Baboons live for months after getting genetically modified pig hearts
News
Space
LIGO found four more pairs of black holes, including the biggest yet
News
Space
NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx set to start mission at asteroid Bennu
News
Environment
Roadkill deaths halved on Australian road thanks to a fence of sound
News
Technology
Almost everything we know about social media and health could be wrong
News
Environment
EU set to resist air industry attempts to limit climate change action
News
Technology
Is visiting a robot brothel ok? Most people say yes, if you are single
News
Humans
Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers
News
Technology
Green car tyres can generate energy while monitoring road conditions
News
Space
Epic history of light reveals the universe peaked 10 billion years ago
News
Humans
Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa
News
Life
Prehistoric whales used to simply suck their food out of the ocean
News
Environment
Extinct ‘Denisovan’ people may have lived on Earth’s highest plateau
News
Life
Some spiders produce milk 鈥� and it鈥檚 more nutritious than cow鈥檚 milk
News
Health
Gene therapy eases Parkinson鈥檚 symptoms by rewiring parts of the brain
News
Life
Some honeybees have four parents or no mother 鈥� and we don鈥檛 know why
News
Analysis
Environment
Tonnes of food are thrown away daily 鈥� could meal kits be the answer?
The scale of food waste is shocking, with almost 30 per cent of US food ending up in the bin. Firms like Blue Apron and HelloFresh could offer a surprising solution
News
Comment
Let’s cheer workers at Google who are holding their bosses to account
News
Comment
New medical implants need a higher approval bar than toothbrushes
News
Space
Space art could be so much more than a shiny satellite in the sky
News
Features
Space
We don鈥檛 need stars to navigate space – black holes work way better
If you want to find your way across the universe, forget using stars or GPS. The light from quasars billions of light years away can guide us and even help here on Earth
Features
Environment
Seven steps to save the planet: How to take on climate change and win
Features
Life
We’ve added letters to the genetic code 鈥� and the results are amazing
Features
Culture
Mind
Alan Moore interview: Magic and science feed Middle England Watchman
The creator of cult comics Watchmen and Halo Jones is an occultist, but his love of science shows in the way he plays with quantum characters and consciousness
Culture
Life
Don’t miss: a game to make you suffer and a new post-apocalyptic film
Culture
Bacterial World review 鈥� celebrating how bacteria made life on Earth
Culture
