This week's magazine
16 May 2015
Issue 3021
Editor's picks
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Everyday drugs: Are we taking too many preventive pills?
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Everyday drugs: The great statins debate
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Everyday drugs: The truth about testosterone
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Everyday drugs: The rise and fall of HRT
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Everyday drugs: Problems with the pill
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Everyday drugs: What’s the latest on aspirin?
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Everyday drugs: 7 you should know about
Life
Martian Magna Carta: Justice and freedom on the final frontier
Environment
Chainsaw sharks: The plight of the world’s weirdest fish
Table of contents
News
Little to celebrate at review of nuclear disarmament treaty
Countries that have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are meeting this weeks. Despite the Iran deal, little has changed since they met in 2010
Earth
UK’s Conservatives to fight climate change but shun wind power
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First baby born with IVF that uses stem cells to pep up old eggs
Space
A new Hope: first Arab Mars probe given mission to track water
60 Seconds
Earth
Bjørn Lomborg’s proposed Australian research centre sparks row
Earth
Nepal hit by second huge earthquake and more are still to come
Earth
Sri Lanka first nation to promise full protection of mangroves
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Pill of super-protective ‘heavy’ fat may be key to eternal youth
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Brain-eating amoebas kill by turning your body against you
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City living in Roman Britain meant longer lives but worse teeth
Space
Millions of missing galaxies found hiding in plain sight
Physics
Corkscrew planets spiral back and forth between two stars
Earth
Extreme El Niño expected to wreak havoc on weather this year
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Measles leaves you vulnerable to a host of deadly diseases
Earth
Uganda’s forests dwindle as illegal settlers hollow them out
Technology
Robots can count apples on a tree – as long as it’s night
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Genes have seasonal cycles that can play havoc with your health
Earth
Apparent slowing of sea level rise is artefact of satellite data
Life
Zoologger: Necrophiliac spider mite prefers its mate dead
Environment
Mysterious beautiful blue crayfish is new species from Indonesia
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Hold your breath to dampen the pain of an injection
Space
Mars volcanoes launch dust storms like a skate ramp
Space
Mercury’s magnetic heart was beating soon after its birth
Humans
Say hello to machines that read your emotions to make you happy
Technology
One Per Cent
Technology
Robot cleaner can empty bins and sweep floors
Technology
Autonomous truck cleared to drive on US roads for the first time
Opinion
Amanda Knox legal fight highlights fallibility of DNA forensics
In the wake of the Amanda Knox case, a DNA expert for the defence says greater scrutiny of crime labs is needed to avoid further injustice
Technology
Pop history’s pivotal moments: Has big data settled the debate?
Earth
I’m building airships to fly over the Amazon
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Panic, depression and stress: The case against meditation
Features
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Everyday drugs: Are we taking too many preventive pills?
As lifespans stretch, many of us are popping at least one pill a day. But all this medicine could be harming rather than helping your health
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Everyday drugs: The great statins debate
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Everyday drugs: The truth about testosterone
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Everyday drugs: The rise and fall of HRT
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Everyday drugs: Problems with the pill
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Everyday drugs: What’s the latest on aspirin?
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Everyday drugs: 7 you should know about
Life
Martian Magna Carta: Justice and freedom on the final frontier
Environment
Chainsaw sharks: The plight of the world’s weirdest fish
Culture
Life
Mixed Messages: Are our genes and culture at cross purposes?
Why privilege genes over culture when people like South America’s Mbaya, who eschew sex and pass on their culture through adoption, seem to argue the opposite?
Humans
Case of the Rickety Cossack reveals unease about our fossil past
Life
Life before death: How dying affects living minds
Regulars
Feedback: Showbiz returns a topological compliment
Scepticism on a school standard, the wonderful power of neuroscience, pretty persuasive pictures and more