Life
Cape Town is about to run out of water – how did this happen?
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Editor's picks
Earth
We all need to take our heads out of the sand
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Physics
Quantum time machine: How the future can change what happens now
Features
Humans
Real-life Lord of the Flies experiment led us up the warpath
Features
Life
Dirty talk: How pollution is snuffing out plants' scent messages
Features
Earth
World without sand: The race to save a precious resource
Features
Humans
Meet the mafias making buckets of cash from illegal sand
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
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Physics
Weird ice found on Neptune and Uranus has now been made on Earth
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Life
Beetles escape alive after almost 2 hours in a toad’s stomach
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Technology
Online chatter could give warning of incoming cyber attacks
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Earth
The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation
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Technology
Chinese police use face recognition glasses to catch criminals
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Health
Training parents to work in hospitals benefits premature babies
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Health
A much better asthma drug has shown promise in early experiments
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Life
Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm
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Health
Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time
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Life
Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets
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Technology
App guesses your emotions to target you with adverts
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Health
First glimpse of how genes may cause mental health problems
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Health
Deadly superbugs are evolving to beat alcohol hand sanitisers
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Space
We should use nukes to deflect asteroids, says astro algorithm
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Life
Birds 'dream sing' by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep
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Physics
Dark matter could be produced by twisted gravitational waves
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Earth
Australia’s deadly 1800s storms help us predict future extremes
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Physics
Super-accurate atomic clock used in real world for first time
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Space
NASA may lose a major space telescope and space station funding
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Technology
Face-recognition software is perfect – if you’re a white man
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Life
Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean
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Earth
Expedition to uncover hidden life in mystery Antarctic realm
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Health
Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England
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Space
Was SpaceX launch about progress in space, or just a giant ad?
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Technology
The best way to take down a drone is with another drone
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Analysis
Aperture
Features
Life
Dirty talk: How pollution is snuffing out plants' scent messages
Features
Earth
World without sand: The race to save a precious resource
Features
Humans
Meet the mafias making buckets of cash from illegal sand
Features
Humans
Real-life Lord of the Flies experiment led us up the warpath
Features
Physics
Quantum time machine: How the future can change what happens now
Features
