Issue 2926 | Magazine cover date: 20 July 2013

20 July 2013

Issue 2926

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Features

Particle puzzle: Honey, I shrunk the proton

News

Solar system has a tail shaped like a four-leaf clover

Opinion

Hands on the wheel, mind on the road – not cyberspace

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Physics

Particle puzzle: Honey, I shrunk the proton

Features

Earth

Storm warning: The winds of climate change

Features

Life

A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck

Features

Life

How the 'youth bulge' can make or break a country

Features

News

Space

Solar system has a tail shaped like a four-leaf clover

Looking down along the line of the tail, the rough four-leaf clover shape can be seen, its lobes false-coloured in red and yellow. The sun is the dot in the centre of the wider circle, which represents the 'termination shock' at which the solar wind abruptly slows down Side view of the sun as it …

News

Life

Zoologger: Traitorous fish throw friends to the wolves

News

Space

Astrophile: Searing hot exoplanet is an unearthly blue

News

Earth

Volcano's screams may explain eruption's awesome power

News

Earth

Sun's quiet spell not the start of a mini ice age

News

Health

People in their 90s are getting smarter

News

Space

NASA urged to seek live Martians with 2020 rover

News

Health

Supplements fingered in sprinters' positive dope tests

News

Health

Obesity gene makes you fat by keeping you hungry

News

Technology

Virtual avatar lets you experience being a 4-year-old

News

Technology

Sound waves levitate and mix floating drops of liquid

News

Space

Neptune's strange new moon is first found in a decade

News

Life

Inside the industry supplying millions of mutant mice

News

Earth

Fight to preserve pristine Antarctic ecosystem stalls

News

Earth

China and the US agree a deal on slowing emissions

News

Earth

Air pollution kills over 2 million people each year

News

Thirsty clean energy may add to water stressed world

News

60 Seconds

News

Life

First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

News

Life

Go-carting babies reveal origin of fear of heights

News

Life

Chimps have experimented with sex more than humans

News

Health

Chromosome that causes Down's silenced for first time

News

Technology

Digital camera add-on means the light's fantastic

News

Technology

Lines on the face help pick out the twin who dunnit

News

Technology

Biometric touchscreen recognises prints for first time

News

Technology

One Per Cent

News

Physics

Fragility of entanglement no bar to quantum secrets

News

Life

Fungus foray: Which London tube line is mouldiest?

News

Earth

Dam! Beavers have been busy sequestering carbon

News

Opinion

Technology

Hands on the wheel, mind on the road – not cyberspace

In-car connectivity that uses hands-free technology is an accident waiting to happen

Opinion

Life

To create a robot with common sense, mimic a toddler

Opinion

Life

Rules of evolution go a bit random if you're small

Opinion

Technology

Don't think and drive or you'll crash

Opinion

Health

No evidence behind British cigarette pack decision

Opinion

Life

Gene breakthrough shows Neanderthals in new light

Opinion

Analysis

Technology

$25 gadget lets hackers seize control of a car

After journalist Michael Hastings's death, there were rumours that his car had been hacked. Now two researchers say they can do it for real

News

Aperture

Life

Skull shots: When Irving Penn peeled away the skin

(Image: The Irving Penn Foundation, courtesy Hamiltons Gallery, London) WHEN I was a kid I found a roe deer's head, still partially covered in flesh and fur. I wasn't allowed to keep it, so this image – simple, clean, hygienic – is the next best thing. (I wanted the skull as much for its resemblance …

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Features

Physics

Particle puzzle: Honey, I shrunk the proton

Curious goings-on at the heart of the atom may be pointing to a new force of nature

Features

Earth

Storm warning: The winds of climate change

Features

Life

A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck

Features

Life

How the 'youth bulge' can make or break a country

Features

Culturelab

Space

Holiday reading: The dark glamour of astronomy

Those seeking certainty in the heavens are likely to miss vital human operations around them (Image: Ben Hobbs/Millennium) If your holiday takes you under dark skies, you might want a novel with astronomy at its heart: try The Movement of Stars , Equilateral or The Falling Sky Enter our prize draw: Click here for a …

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CultureLab

Holiday reading: The latest scientific must-reads

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Regulars

Feedback: Sneakers made of stingrays

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Regulars

This week's magazine

20 July 2013

On the cover

Physics

Particle puzzle: Honey, I shrunk the proton

Earth

Storm warning: The winds of climate change

Life

A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck

Life

How the 'youth bulge' can make or break a country

Table of contents

News

Space

Solar system has a tail shaped like a four-leaf clover

Life

Zoologger: Traitorous fish throw friends to the wolves

Space

Astrophile: Searing hot exoplanet is an unearthly blue

Earth

Volcano's screams may explain eruption's awesome power

Earth

Sun's quiet spell not the start of a mini ice age

Health

People in their 90s are getting smarter

Space

NASA urged to seek live Martians with 2020 rover

Health

Supplements fingered in sprinters' positive dope tests

Health

Obesity gene makes you fat by keeping you hungry

Technology

Virtual avatar lets you experience being a 4-year-old

Technology

Sound waves levitate and mix floating drops of liquid

Space

Neptune's strange new moon is first found in a decade

Life

Inside the industry supplying millions of mutant mice

Earth

Fight to preserve pristine Antarctic ecosystem stalls

Earth

China and the US agree a deal on slowing emissions

Earth

Air pollution kills over 2 million people each year

Thirsty clean energy may add to water stressed world

60 Seconds

Life

First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

Life

Go-carting babies reveal origin of fear of heights

Life

Chimps have experimented with sex more than humans

Health

Chromosome that causes Down's silenced for first time

Technology

Digital camera add-on means the light's fantastic

Technology

Lines on the face help pick out the twin who dunnit

Technology

Biometric touchscreen recognises prints for first time

Technology

One Per Cent

Physics

Fragility of entanglement no bar to quantum secrets

Life

Fungus foray: Which London tube line is mouldiest?

Earth

Dam! Beavers have been busy sequestering carbon

Opinion

Technology

Hands on the wheel, mind on the road – not cyberspace

Life

To create a robot with common sense, mimic a toddler

Life

Rules of evolution go a bit random if you're small

Technology

Don't think and drive or you'll crash

Health

No evidence behind British cigarette pack decision