Issue 3046 | Magazine cover date: 7 November 2015

7 November 2015

Issue 3046

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On the cover

Features

Entangled universe: Could wormholes hold the cosmos together?

Why insects are the real rulers of the world

Can mental health apps replace human therapists?

News

Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

Police forces turn to science to put their tactics on trial

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Technology

UK surveillance bill makes a scientific ass out of the law

Opinion

Space

Entangled universe: Could wormholes hold the cosmos together?

Features

Technology

Can mental health apps replace human therapists?

Features

Earth

Why insects are the real rulers of the world

Features

Leaders

Technology

UK surveillance bill makes a scientific ass out of the law

Counter-intelligence: The UK government's proposed surveillance and drugs bills are deeply flawed. Is it being scientifically illiterate, or wilfully ignorant?

Opinion

News

Space

Salt flats on Europa mean moon's ocean may come to surface

Forget drilling through the ice – Europa's buried ocean might come to us. In a cracked region of Jupiter's frozen moon (pictured below), salty ice has been spotted that doesn't match anything seen before. Europa has been a perennial favourite in the search for alien life, thanks to its probable subsurface ocean. NASA plans to …

News

Life

Fossil discovery could be the last common ancestor to all apes

News

Space

Bright light may not be dark matter's smoking gun after all

News

Technology

Smart glasses translate video into sound to help the blind see

News

Technology

Breath sensor quickly warns when pilots are low on oxygen

News

Space

Mars is ripping its beanbag moon Phobos apart

News

Space

First images of Enceladus's icy breath from closest ever fly-by

News

Earth

The climate fact no one will admit: 2 °C warming is inevitable

News

Space

Molten metal storms rage on orphan planet that lost its star

News

Life

Vitamin supplements could save critically endangered kakapo

News

Technology

AI tool scours all the science on the web to find new knowledge

News

Health

Death rates rise among white middle-aged US citizens

News

Technology

Confusion reigns over mid-air break up of Russian flight 7K9268

News

Life

Crows might meet up for big dinners to exchange cutlery tips

News

Earth

Indonesian wildfires are releasing gigatonnes of carbon dioxide

News

Health

Losing sense of smell could be linked to poor health

News

Life

NASA debates where to land on Mars – but are we ready to go?

News

Life

Leading theory of consciousness rocked by oddball study

News

Life

Sharp-eared T. rex may have stalked the night like today's owls

News

Earth

Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

News

Technology

Google cars used to sniff city air and make pollution maps

News

Life

New IVF calculator is best way yet to predict fertility success

News

Life

Police forces turn to science to put their tactics on trial

News

Earth

Australia can go green and have economic growth – if it wants to

News

Technology

Lie-detecting algorithm spots fibbing faces better than humans

News

Technology

One Per Cent

News

Cyclone Chapala may bring three years of rain in a day to Yemen

News

60 Seconds

News

Opinion

Space

The doctor in Antarctica creating medicine fit for space

To keep people healthy on missions to deep space and other planets, we need to monitor those in extreme, isolated conditions, says ESA medic Beth Healey. This week, she will talk live from Antarctica at the World Extreme Medicine Expo in London.

Opinion

Health

To kill off cancer, the US needs a second National Cancer Act

Opinion

Space

Settle the question of life on Mars before conquering Red Planet

Opinion

Technology

Brain expert: Why I jumped ship to Google

Opinion

Aperture

Earth

Branching patterns in mud make even puddles beautiful

A SPOOKY forest, stripped of life by a natural disaster? Not exactly. Spanish photographer Fran Rubia snapped this scene on a trip to Iceland. He set out to capture the colossal ice walls of the country's biggest glacier, Vatnajökull, which holds about 3300 cubic kilometres of ice. Instead, he fell for these branch-like formations in …

Regulars

Features

Space

Entangled universe: Could wormholes hold the cosmos together?

Weird connections through space-time might make reality real, giving us a promising new route to a theory of everything

Features

Earth

Why insects are the real rulers of the world

Features

Technology

Can mental health apps replace human therapists?

Features

Culturelab

Physics

Periodic Tales: all the elements of a splendid failure

An exhibition of contemporary art gets the chemical elements to speak for themselves – but it's hard to understand their message

CultureLab

Earth

The Elements of Power makes a green case for rare metals

CultureLab

Technology

Data protection is complex and costly, finds Obfuscation

CultureLab

Health

Big data, better health

Powerful cloud-based computers can crunch medical records to predict and prevent painful – and expensive – health issues

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Regulars

Feedback: the Illuminati wizards of CERN

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more Dark energy haunts CERN EARLIER this year, CERN announced that it had discovered a new form of matter ( 18 July, p 7 ). Yet even more incredible occurrences inside the supercollider have come to light. The Express newspaper reports …

Regulars

This week's magazine

7 November 2015

On the cover

Technology

UK surveillance bill makes a scientific ass out of the law

Space

Entangled universe: Could wormholes hold the cosmos together?

Technology

Can mental health apps replace human therapists?

Earth

Why insects are the real rulers of the world

Table of contents

Leaders

Technology

UK surveillance bill makes a scientific ass out of the law

News

Space

Salt flats on Europa mean moon's ocean may come to surface

Life

Fossil discovery could be the last common ancestor to all apes

Space

Bright light may not be dark matter's smoking gun after all

Technology

Smart glasses translate video into sound to help the blind see

Technology

Breath sensor quickly warns when pilots are low on oxygen

Space

Mars is ripping its beanbag moon Phobos apart

Space

First images of Enceladus's icy breath from closest ever fly-by

Earth

The climate fact no one will admit: 2 °C warming is inevitable

Space

Molten metal storms rage on orphan planet that lost its star

Life

Vitamin supplements could save critically endangered kakapo

Technology

AI tool scours all the science on the web to find new knowledge

Health

Death rates rise among white middle-aged US citizens

Technology

Confusion reigns over mid-air break up of Russian flight 7K9268

Life

Crows might meet up for big dinners to exchange cutlery tips

Earth

Indonesian wildfires are releasing gigatonnes of carbon dioxide

Health

Losing sense of smell could be linked to poor health

Life

NASA debates where to land on Mars – but are we ready to go?

Life

Leading theory of consciousness rocked by oddball study

Life

Sharp-eared T. rex may have stalked the night like today's owls

Earth

Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

Technology

Google cars used to sniff city air and make pollution maps

Life

New IVF calculator is best way yet to predict fertility success

Life

Police forces turn to science to put their tactics on trial

Earth

Australia can go green and have economic growth – if it wants to

Technology

Lie-detecting algorithm spots fibbing faces better than humans

Technology

One Per Cent

Cyclone Chapala may bring three years of rain in a day to Yemen

60 Seconds

Opinion

Space

The doctor in Antarctica creating medicine fit for space

Health

To kill off cancer, the US needs a second National Cancer Act

Space

Settle the question of life on Mars before conquering Red Planet

Technology

Brain expert: Why I jumped ship to Google

Aperture