Issue 3078 | Magazine cover date: 18 June 2016

18 June 2016

Issue 3078

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On the cover

Features

Dark energy must die – these rebel physicists can take it down

How faulty crime-scene forensics can make you a murderer

How an unreliable eyewitness can make you a murderer

How an aggressive interrogation can make you a murderer

How biased judges and juries can make you a murderer

How an expert witness's say-so can make you a murderer

Is news of the US's changing racial mix increasing racism?

Analysis

Is proton beam therapy really a game-changing cancer treatment?

News

LIGO discovers new gravitational wave – and new era of astronomy

'Monkey archaeology' reveals macaque's Stone Age culture

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Health

Is proton beam therapy really a game-changing cancer treatment?

News

Humans

Why we all need to fight the irrational fear of outsiders

News

Humans

Is news of the US's changing racial mix increasing racism?

Features

Humans

How an expert witness's say-so can make you a murderer

Features

Humans

How an unreliable eyewitness can make you a murderer

Features

Humans

How an aggressive interrogation can make you a murderer

Features

Humans

How biased judges and juries can make you a murderer

Features

Health

Command and cure: We don't need to edit genomes to control them

Features

Humans

How faulty crime-scene forensics can make you a murderer

Features

Space

Dark energy must die – these rebel physicists can take it down

Features

Making you a murderer: How bad science can put you behind bars

Features

Leaders

Life

Monkey experiments are a necessary evil for better medicine

Like it or not, primates are an essential part of biomedical research. But we must ensure the sacrifice is worthwhile, and carefully consider animals' welfare

News

Humans

Why we all need to fight the irrational fear of outsiders

News

Personal silhouetted against big display of periodic table

Physics

Four new element names to be added to the periodic table

Just when you thought you'd got it right Forget earth, wind, water and fire – there are four new elements in town. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has announced that recently discovered elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 will now be known as nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson, pending a public …

News

Technology

Algorithm knows when corporate money is pushing memes online

News

Health

Souped-up ‘gene drives’ may help eliminate pests and diseases

News

Health

If antidepressants don't work well, why are they so popular?

News

Earth

Artificial dome world set for largest indoor weather experiment

News

Life

Ancient enzyme resurrected from the ancestor of all bacteria

News

Space

Supernovae 2 million years ago may have changed human behaviour

News

Earth

CO₂ injected deep underground turns to rock – and stays there

News

Space

Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

News

Technology

Sonar to listen for moving icebergs near Arctic oil platforms

News

Technology

Carbon nanotubes too weak to get a space elevator off the ground

News

Health

Orlando massacre prompts call to ease gay blood donor rules

News

Technology

We now have the tech to fingerprint babies – but should we?

News

One Per Cent

News

Life

Human flesh found in stomach of bear shot after fatal attacks

News

Life

Doing it froggy style: Kermit Sutra’s seventh position revealed

News

Earth

Was Kyoto climate deal a success? Figures reveal mixed results

News

Life

Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

News

Health

Hormone injection lets ageing muscles run harder and longer

News

Life

On the trail of a missing elephant with latest surveillance tech

News

Health

Radical MS treatment is cure or kill

News

Space

Milky Way obscured by light pollution for a third of the world

News

Life

US gives cautious go ahead to controversial gene drives

News

60 Seconds

News

Space

LIGO discovers new gravitational wave – and new era of astronomy

News

'Monkey archaeology' reveals macaque's Stone Age culture

News

Life

First monkey genetically engineered to have Parkinson's created

News

Analysis

Health

Prince's overdose: How painkillers unleashed a deadly epidemic

With prescription opioids, tolerance to painkilling effects can rise faster than resistance to an overdose. It's a deadly catch-22, says Samantha Murphy

News

Health

Is proton beam therapy really a game-changing cancer treatment?

News

Earth

A slow revolution in the skies will transform life on the ground

News

Aperture

Earth

National parks at 100: Images of changing US landscapes

WISH you were here? To mark the centenary of the US National Park Service this August, the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, is hosting an exhibition that looks back on photographers' depiction of the parks, from the early days to their tourist-laden present. Photos from the late 1800s invited people to visit the …

Regulars

Features

Space

Dark energy must die – these rebel physicists can take it down

Has an expansionist power ruled the cosmos for the past 5 billion years – or is dark energy just an illusion created by a curvy cosmos?

Features

Health

Command and cure: We don't need to edit genomes to control them

Features

Making you a murderer: How bad science can put you behind bars

Features

Humans

How faulty crime-scene forensics can make you a murderer

Features

Humans

How an unreliable eyewitness can make you a murderer

Features

Humans

How an aggressive interrogation can make you a murderer

Features

Humans

How biased judges and juries can make you a murderer

Features

Humans

How an expert witness's say-so can make you a murderer

Features

Humans

Is news of the US's changing racial mix increasing racism?

Features

Culture

Technology

Theatre and dance are full-on and fearless at Click festival

From fluctuating point clouds to reactive bubbles and writhing dancers, theatrics dominate one of Europe’s most unmissable festivals

Culture

Humans

Perfect people: How tomorrow’s children will make babies

Culture

Humans

Stolen penises and other exotic psychological tales

Culture

Regulars

Feedback: Straight to the stars on a heterosexual space ark

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

Regulars

This week's magazine

18 June 2016

On the cover

Health

Is proton beam therapy really a game-changing cancer treatment?

Humans

Why we all need to fight the irrational fear of outsiders

Humans

Is news of the US's changing racial mix increasing racism?

Humans

How an expert witness's say-so can make you a murderer

Humans

How an unreliable eyewitness can make you a murderer

Humans

How an aggressive interrogation can make you a murderer

Humans

How biased judges and juries can make you a murderer

Health

Command and cure: We don't need to edit genomes to control them

Humans

How faulty crime-scene forensics can make you a murderer

Space

Dark energy must die – these rebel physicists can take it down

Making you a murderer: How bad science can put you behind bars

Table of contents

Leaders

Life

Monkey experiments are a necessary evil for better medicine

Humans

Why we all need to fight the irrational fear of outsiders

News

Physics

Four new element names to be added to the periodic table

Technology

Algorithm knows when corporate money is pushing memes online

Health

Souped-up ‘gene drives’ may help eliminate pests and diseases

Health

If antidepressants don't work well, why are they so popular?

Earth

Artificial dome world set for largest indoor weather experiment

Life

Ancient enzyme resurrected from the ancestor of all bacteria

Space

Supernovae 2 million years ago may have changed human behaviour

Earth

CO2 injected deep underground turns to rock – and stays there

Space

Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

Technology

Sonar to listen for moving icebergs near Arctic oil platforms

Technology

Carbon nanotubes too weak to get a space elevator off the ground

Health

Orlando massacre prompts call to ease gay blood donor rules

Technology

We now have the tech to fingerprint babies – but should we?

One Per Cent

Life

Human flesh found in stomach of bear shot after fatal attacks

Life

Doing it froggy style: Kermit Sutra’s seventh position revealed

Earth

Was Kyoto climate deal a success? Figures reveal mixed results

Life

Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

Health

Hormone injection lets ageing muscles run harder and longer

Life

On the trail of a missing elephant with latest surveillance tech

Health

Radical MS treatment is cure or kill

Space

Milky Way obscured by light pollution for a third of the world

Life

US gives cautious go ahead to controversial gene drives

60 Seconds

Space

LIGO discovers new gravitational wave – and new era of astronomy

'Monkey archaeology' reveals macaque's Stone Age culture

CO₂ injected deep underground turns to rock – and stays there