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Can geoengineering avert climate chaos?

Truth decay: The half-life of facts

Humans

Warmonger or idealist: the roots of human conflict

Table of contents

News

Earth

Stop fishing in the Atlantic and reap the rewards

Paying the fishing industry to keep its boats high and dry for 10 years while stocks recover makes good economic sense

Lack of Arctic ice no help to Shell

Human-safe robot could revolutionise manufacturing

Space

Orbital Sciences set to launch from private spaceport

60 Seconds

Earth

Ape researcher suspended amid welfare concerns

Earth

Oil reserves at heart of Japan-China island dispute

Space

Sizing up a new measuring ruler for the solar system

Health

Neural implants could spark better decisions

Life

El futuro del sueño americano depende de la educación de los jóvenes latinos

Life

America 2050: population change threatens the dream

Physics

Only in 3D are spheres the worst packers

Health

A real fMRI high: My ecstasy brain scan

Humans

Climate change determined humanity’s global conquest

Physics

New maths triggers a call to iron out quantum world

Life

Worker bees reboot brain genes to suit the task

Space

Astrophile: The pride and fall of warrior comet Lovejoy

Life

Dead sons may explain killer whale menopause

Environment

Zoologger: Spinster queens become commoners

Police could create image of suspect’s face from DNA

Technology

Tiniest trickle will speed all-electronic lab-on-a-chip

Health

Brain growth depends on shapely neurons

Physics

First images of chemical bond differences captured

Life

Cameras know you by your walk

Earth

Solar-powered desalination will transform Navajo life

Technology

Video mash-ups give you personalised memories

Technology

Lane-keeping app makes any car smarter

Opinion

Earth

Moon? Mars? No, it’s seaward ho!

Ocean is the far frontier for rugged individualists, aka seasteaders, who want to build floating cities at sea

Health

MDMA TV: Turn on, tune in, do the research

Life

Animals are conscious and should be treated as such

Space

Meet the man who gave the Mars rover its eyes

Earth

Brave new sea worlds to redefine society

Analysis

Technology

Playing PC games on TV opens up new world of gaming

A new PC interface for TV screens is set to change gaming – and could herald future smart TVs with the power of modern PCs

Aperture

Capturing the finest light show on the planet

The sky is lit up by the glorious Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, when charged particles from space collide with atoms in our high atmosphere

Features

Earth

Can geoengineering avert climate chaos?

From sunshades to algal blooms, there are plenty of ideas for cooling the planet. But are there hidden dangers?

Truth decay: The half-life of facts

Humans

Warmonger or idealist: the roots of human conflict

Physics

Big bangs theory: Unlocking the secrets of great hair

Culture

Humans

Is love just chemical trickery?

In The Chemistry Between Us, neuroscientist Larry Young and journalist Brian Alexander examine the neurobiological roots of love

Humans

Is 8 hours a night right for everyone?

The links between trade, disease and economic warfare

Humans

Is hearing more important than seeing?

Technology

Liberating cyberspace

Earth

The sad disappearance of Antarctica

More

Enigma Number 1716

Where are all the black women in science?

Study physics if you want a ticket to ride

Roads less travelled for physics graduates

Regulars

Feedback: Those very expensive platinum particles

Expensive skin cream manufacturer explains not quite all, the truth about cholera pie, an official invitation to rewrite history, and more

This Week’s Letters

Feel the heat

On the line

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