Life
Cape Town is about to run out of water – how did this happen?
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Editor's picks
Earth
We all need to take our heads out of the sand
News
Physics
Quantum time machine: How the future can change what happens now
Features
Humans
Real-life Lord of the Flies experiment led us up the warpath
Features
Life
Dirty talk: How pollution is snuffing out plants' scent messages
Features
Earth
World without sand: The race to save a precious resource
Features
Humans
Meet the mafias making buckets of cash from illegal sand
Features
Table of contents
Leaders
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Physics
Weird ice found on Neptune and Uranus has now been made on Earth
News
Life
Beetles escape alive after almost 2 hours in a toad’s stomach
News
Technology
Online chatter could give warning of incoming cyber attacks
News
Earth
The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation
News
Technology
Chinese police use face recognition glasses to catch criminals
News
Health
Training parents to work in hospitals benefits premature babies
News
Health
A much better asthma drug has shown promise in early experiments
News
Life
Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm
News
Health
Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time
News
Life
Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets
News
Technology
App guesses your emotions to target you with adverts
News
Health
First glimpse of how genes may cause mental health problems
News
Health
Deadly superbugs are evolving to beat alcohol hand sanitisers
News
Space
We should use nukes to deflect asteroids, says astro algorithm
News
Life
Birds 'dream sing' by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep
News
Physics
Dark matter could be produced by twisted gravitational waves
News
Earth
Australia’s deadly 1800s storms help us predict future extremes
News
Physics
Super-accurate atomic clock used in real world for first time
News
Space
NASA may lose a major space telescope and space station funding
News
Technology
Face-recognition software is perfect – if you’re a white man
News
Life
Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean
News
Earth
Expedition to uncover hidden life in mystery Antarctic realm
News
Health
Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England
News
Space
Was SpaceX launch about progress in space, or just a giant ad?
News
Technology
The best way to take down a drone is with another drone
News
Analysis
Aperture
Features
Life
Dirty talk: How pollution is snuffing out plants' scent messages
Features
Earth
World without sand: The race to save a precious resource
Features
Humans
Meet the mafias making buckets of cash from illegal sand
Features
Humans
Real-life Lord of the Flies experiment led us up the warpath
Features
Physics
Quantum time machine: How the future can change what happens now
Features
