Technology
Do we need to rein in Facebook and Google's power?
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Editor's picks
Physics
Metaphysics has much to offer the study of the natural world
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Humans
Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: Is time an illusion?
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Humans
Metaphysics special: How do I know I exist?
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Humans
Metaphysics special: Can we ever know if God exists?
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Humans
Metaphysics special: What is the meaning of life?
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Physics
Metaphysics special: Why is there something rather than nothing?
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Humans
Metaphysics special: What is consciousness?
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Earth
Metaphysics special: Where do good and evil come from?
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Life
How a young maverick's grit saved the world’s rarest bird
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Humans
Metaphysics special: What is reality made of?
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Table of contents
Leaders
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Health
Babies’ health could be affected by variation in IVF nutrients
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Technology
Soft robot octopus uses chemical fuel gut to explore untethered
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Technology
Mind-controlled nanobots could release drugs inside your brain
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Health
Ultrasound brain zap wakes man from minimally conscious state
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Life
Rewinding memories may help us recall where the good stuff is
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Technology
Supersized molecules stretch a thousand times further than usual
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Space
Ghost galaxy is 99.99 per cent dark matter with almost no stars
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Earth
Italy to test earthquake predictor to reduce deaths and damage
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Life
The fish that have bellies full of mice – but we don’t know how
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Health
Semen reshapes immune system to boost chances of pregnancy
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Life
Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere
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Life
Monster slugs are devouring defenceless baby birds in nests
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Life
Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling
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Technology
Smart medicine is coming of age, but will doctors bite?
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One Per Cent
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Technology
Instagram posts can reveal depression before doctors diagnose it
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Health
Drug-induced abortion less safe in Ohio after 2011 law
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Life
Slow-to-breed elephant hurtles towards extinction
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Earth
Court rules in favour of Queensland mega-mine
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Zika virus remains in semen three times longer than we thought
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Space
Crew emerges from year-long simulated Mars mission
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60 Seconds
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Technology
Revealed: Google's plan for quantum computer supremacy
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Space
Gang of gas giants may have tilted distant planet system
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Life
Elephants' footprints leave behind tiny oases for aquatic life
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Analysis
Aperture
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: What is reality made of?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: Is time an illusion?
Features
Humans
Metaphysics special: Can we ever know if God exists?
Features
Life
How a young maverick's grit saved the world’s rarest bird
Features
