Earth Acid lakes may be a false alarm but we can’t afford complacency Freshwater acidification might turn out to be a trivial problem but we don’t know how much danger aquatic life is in unless we can track down more data News
Space NASA has launched a new space telescope to hunt for exoplanets NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will hunt for exoplanets Update 18 April 2018: After a two-day delay, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Now, operators will use the satellite's onboard boosters to push it into its final orbit before beginning its observations of distant worlds. … News
Technology Big tech can digitally erase us – do we need new protections? In an age when a person's online presence can be quickly removed by technology corporations, there's a case for a new right… to be remembered, says Jamais Cascio News
Earth Join NASA's Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission Baffin Bay ONE day soon, much of the icy polar landscape could be water. Among the first people to know will be NASA researchers who monitor the melting ice sheets and frozen seas by flying long missions over them to check their thickness. These vital efforts are known as Operation IceBridge. For the past decade, … Regulars
Humans Origin of our species: Why humans were once so much more diverse The idea that all humans evolved from a small population in East Africa turns out to be wrong. Our beginnings were far stranger and more colourful Features
Health The Heart of the Matter: An artful show helps heal broken hearts A new show that lets you hold a heart in your hands may help people suffering from complex conditions get a much better feel for them Culture
Why better data laws will change the nature of business A new set of laws governing personal data is the game-changer that all businesses need, says Sam Handfield-Jones of Octopus octopus
Feedback: World's largest bird feeder to save peckish flocks Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more Regulars