Issue 2977 | Magazine cover date: 12 July 2014

12 July 2014

Issue 2977

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Features

Should you eat wheat? The great gluten debate

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Health

Time for some grains of truth about wheat and gluten

Opinion

Health

Should you eat wheat? The great gluten debate

Features

Technology

Phone invaders: The rise of mobile malware

Features

Earth

Snail trail: How to expel the gardener's biggest enemy

Features

Physics

Rogue elements: What's wrong with the periodic table

Features

Leaders

Health

Time for some grains of truth about wheat and gluten

The current epidemic of gluten intolerance says more about our psychology than our physiology

Opinion

News

Life

Frisky flower uses bellows to blast pollen at birds

Video: Frisky flower uses bellows to blast pollen at birds The bulbous male parts of Axinaea For one group of plants, having brightly coloured flowers isn't enough to guarantee being pollinated. When birds rip bits out of the flowers to eat them, special bellow-like organs blast pollen onto their feathers. The male parts of flowers …

News

Space

First life-friendly exoplanet may not exist after all

News

Space

Cool planet hints at potential for life in double stars

News

Technology

Magnetic messages let smartphones receive secret data

News

Technology

Tiny waves could build livers on a 'liquid template'

News

Earth

Stopping harmful climate change is surprisingly cheap

News

Life

Idle minds succumb to temptation of electric shocks

News

Earth

Iran to spend $500 million to save shrunken Lake Urmia

News

Life

Oldest case of Down's syndrome from medieval France

News

Health

How magic mushrooms induce a dreamlike state

News

Health

Stem cell treatment causes nasal growth in woman's back

News

Health

Simple blood test gives early warning of Alzheimer's

News

Space

Next generation of space cowboys get ready to fly

News

Health

Master plan hatched as African Ebola deaths pass 500

News

Health

Skin's ability to 'smell' seems to help it heal itself

News

Life

Boycott threat is headache for human brain project

News

Environment

60 Seconds

News

Life

Killer frog fungus could be its own nemesis

News

Life

Evolution of placentas upended fish sexual politics

News

Earth

Swimming, climbing robots explore the hostile Arctic

News

Technology

Medical app amasses evidence against war-zone rapists

News

Technology

One Per Cent

News

Technology

Virtual body-hack lets you become someone else

News

Technology

Colour-changing metal to yield thin, flexible displays

News

Earth

Australia's epic scheme to farm its northern wilds

News

Space

First data from space megacamera delayed nine months

News

Opinion

Health

Know this: the latest psychotherapy transforms lives

Economist Richard Layard and psychologist David Clark champion evidence-based therapies for depression and anxiety. They tell how their mission has just begun

Opinion

Health

US bioterror fears are driving Ebola drug development

Opinion

Health

Fighting fear, denial and death on Ebola frontline

Opinion

Life

I'm homing in on the genetic essence of life

Opinion

Analysis

Technology

ButtonMasher: Photorealism takes gaming deeper

ButtonMasher is our column about video games and gaming culture – from the offbeat fringes to the cutting-edge innovations behind the latest blockbusters

News

Aperture

Earth

The earth eaters mining 'Europe's biggest hole'

(Image: Bernhard Lang/Gettty) WHEN something is referred to as " Europe's biggest hole ", it's not likely to be a pretty sight. The Hambach opencast mine in Germany's Lower Rhine basin sprawls across 85 square kilometres. Giant excavators mine lignite – aka brown coal – at a rate of up to 240,000 tonnes a day …

Regulars

Features

Health

Should you eat wheat? The great gluten debate

A staple food for millennia, wheat is now accused of causing everything from gut ailments to mental disorders. Linda Geddes separates the facts from the chaff

Features

Technology

Phone invaders: The rise of mobile malware

Features

Earth

Snail trail: How to expel the gardener's biggest enemy

Features

Physics

Rogue elements: What's wrong with the periodic table

Features

Culturelab

Technology

Acoustic art and industrial architecture make music

Wind tunnel or sound funnel? (Image: Shaun Jackson/ shaunjpics.wordpress.com ) For six weeks this summer, coinciding with the Farnborough International Air Show , gigantic, unprepossessing buildings with names like Q121 and R52 are humming, droning and singing in celebration. It's all part of an installation created by sound artist Thor McIntyre-Burnie that utilises the buildings' …

CultureLab

Life

Reaping the whirlwind of Nazi eugenics

CultureLab

Technology

Revealing all: A history of secret writing

CultureLab

Technology

Nanoscale Monet is world's tiniest masterpiece

(Image: American Chemical Society) This is a copy of Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise , the painting that gave the name to the impressionist movement. But it is no idle knock off. At just 300 micrometres across it is the world's smallest recreated masterpiece, closely reproducing the vibrant colours of the original thanks to careful nanotech …

Regulars

Environment

Feedback: These are prescient vintners

These are prescient vintners CLIMATE change is of great concern to Trevor Dudley. He appreciates that global warming will result in a rise in sea level, and that Venice will flood more often. But how can Majestic Wine stores be privy to precise information on the timing and extent of the effects, so far withheld …

Regulars

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12 July 2014

On the cover

Health

Time for some grains of truth about wheat and gluten

Health

Should you eat wheat? The great gluten debate

Technology

Phone invaders: The rise of mobile malware

Earth

Snail trail: How to expel the gardener's biggest enemy

Physics

Rogue elements: What's wrong with the periodic table

Table of contents

Leaders

Health

Time for some grains of truth about wheat and gluten

News

Life

Frisky flower uses bellows to blast pollen at birds

Space

First life-friendly exoplanet may not exist after all

Space

Cool planet hints at potential for life in double stars

Technology

Magnetic messages let smartphones receive secret data

Technology

Tiny waves could build livers on a 'liquid template'

Earth

Stopping harmful climate change is surprisingly cheap

Life

Idle minds succumb to temptation of electric shocks

Earth

Iran to spend $500 million to save shrunken Lake Urmia

Life

Oldest case of Down's syndrome from medieval France

Health

How magic mushrooms induce a dreamlike state

Health

Stem cell treatment causes nasal growth in woman's back

Health

Simple blood test gives early warning of Alzheimer's

Space

Next generation of space cowboys get ready to fly

Health

Master plan hatched as African Ebola deaths pass 500

Health

Skin's ability to 'smell' seems to help it heal itself

Life

Boycott threat is headache for human brain project

Environment

60 Seconds

Life

Killer frog fungus could be its own nemesis

Life

Evolution of placentas upended fish sexual politics

Earth

Swimming, climbing robots explore the hostile Arctic

Technology

Medical app amasses evidence against war-zone rapists

Technology

One Per Cent

Technology

Virtual body-hack lets you become someone else

Technology

Colour-changing metal to yield thin, flexible displays

Earth

Australia's epic scheme to farm its northern wilds

Space

First data from space megacamera delayed nine months

Opinion

Health

Know this: the latest psychotherapy transforms lives

Health

US bioterror fears are driving Ebola drug development

Health

Fighting fear, denial and death on Ebola frontline

Life

I'm homing in on the genetic essence of life

Analysis