Technology
How a dedicated cyber-court could halt the rise of online crime
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Editor's picks
Humans
Human genome sequencing is starting to live up to the hype
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Health
Maverick or monster? The controversial pioneer of brain zapping
Features
Life
Beetlemania: Five amazing beetles from around the world
Features
Health
The future of HIV
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Life
Beetlemania: How a supergroup scuttled to world domination
Features
Space
Mission Icarus: Inside the daring plan to touch the sun
Features
Humans
The inequality delusion: Why we've got the wealth gap all wrong
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
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Physics
Dark radiation may fix our broken understanding of the universe
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Technology
Watch this robotic fish flap its fins in Fiji’s Rainbow Reef
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Health
​Upgraded Pap test detects two extra cancers before ​they spread
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Health
Immune-boosting gel prevents cancer relapse after surgery
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Earth
Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them
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Life
Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth
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Technology
The plan to suck huge amounts of drinkable water out of thin air
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Earth
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic
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Life
A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males
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Health
Male balding may be cured by injecting epilepsy drug into scalp
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Health
Calorie restriction may extend lifespan by changing your sleep
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Physics
Fresh water can pull stains out of fabric with an electric field
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Life
Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR
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Technology
US wants first drones that can kill people truly independently
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Earth
Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too
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Space
Astronaut pee could keep plants alive in space for decades
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Health
Computers made from human cells could tell you when you’re sick
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Life
Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation
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A star has been seen exploding faster than any other on record
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Health
Three critically ill children helped by speedy genome sequencing
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Humans
US Congress spending bill includes more money for research
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Technology
Facebook backlash continues as users find call data logged too
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Humans
Chemical weapons treaty put to test over Novichok spy attack
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Wearable scanner can image your brain while you're on the move
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Mercury's long-lost cousin found in distant planetary system
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