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This week's magazine
27 October 2012
Issue 2888
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
‘Geoengineering’ project was about salmon fishery
Controversial dumping of iron into the Pacific was done to boost salmon populations, not to hack the climate, says the project's chief scientist
News
Health
Pioneering Geron stem cell work may get back on track
News
Earth
UK badger cull to curb TB is postponed
News
Earth
Seismologists found guilty of manslaughter
News
60 Seconds
News
Space
Exoplanet ‘paparazzi’ to stalk worlds for habitability
News
Health
US tainted drug deaths are symptom of wider problem
News
Environment
No signs of life from Lake Vostok – so far
News
Health
Paralysis breakthrough: spinal cord damage repaired
News
Humans
Dinosaurs were sexy, airborne and very hungry
News
Earth
Localised sunshade could stop Arctic melting
News
Physics
Tractor beam built from rings of laser light
News
Earth
Thirst for groundwater caused fatal earthquake
News
Health
Hormone boost lets mice live longer without fasting
News
Life
First analysis of beluga whale mimicking human speech
News
Earth
Roasting Triassic heat exterminated tropical life
News
Space
Fast-spinning Earth settles mystery of moon’s make-up
News
Health
Bitter taste of infection is good for health
News
Physics
Recycled photons set fresh quantum computing record
News
Space
Astrophile: Moon melding made Titan a chimera
News
Life
Zoologger: ‘Wolverine frog’ fights with retractable spikes
News
Environment
Robots get around by mimicking primates
News
Technology
Bouncy-ball cameras scout out dangerous situations
News
Technology
Need a hand? Wearable robot arms give you two
News
Technology
Paste augmented-reality video graffiti on the streets
News
Humans
Ping-pong robot learns to play like a person
News
Earth
The big question mark over gasoline from air
News
Opinion
We will succeed in creating magnetic miracles
The hunt is on for new magnets, but calling the hunt a miracle makes it a challenge to be overcome, not a statement of defeat
Opinion
Humans
Dinosaurs help dispel male existential fears
Opinion
Italian earthquake case is no anti-science witch-hunt
Opinion
Humans
Gay ‘cures’ don’t work but banning them helps nobody
Opinion
Health
Crowdsourcing a cure for my brain cancer
Opinion
Humans
Mind transfer: human brains in different materials
Opinion
Features
Space
The universe: the full story
The grand sweep of cosmic history is about to be revealed in the crackle of giant radio waves
Features
Earth
Costing the Earth: The value of pricing the planet
Features
Earth
Loss of attraction: We’re running out of magnets
Features
Environment
Farmerbots: a new industrial revolution
Features
Culture
Humans
Thinking up a world ruled by neuroscience
See more: An illustrated version of this article will be published within the next two weeks on our CultureLab books and arts blog
Culture
Maverick mathematician looks back
Culture
Health
Is there an upside to anxiety?
Culture
Humans
Mental imagery gives language meaning
Culture
