Life
The hologenome: A new view of evolution
Features
This week's magazine
12 January 2013
Issue 2899
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Fact and fiction blur as Captain Kirk tweets astronaut
Truth got stranger than fiction in low Earth orbit when the crew of the starship Enterprise exchanged messages with the crew of the International Space Station
News
Space
US no longer lists satellites as weapons
News
Space
‘Exocomets’ abound in alien solar systems
News
Earth
Australia faces another week of ‘catastrophic’ heat
News
Life
Global banking rules won’t stop next meltdown
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
Flu moratorium to be lifted imminently
News
Earth
Carcinogen levels soar in Canada’s tar sand lakes
News
Life
Bubbles of fat hint at origin of reproduction
News
Life
Only the toughest would survive on Tatooine worlds
News
Earth
Sea level rise could lead to cooler, stormier planet
News
Health
Sperm dance to calcium’s tune en route to egg
News
Health
Mock Mars mission reveals salty surprise
News
Life
DNA ‘identichip’ gives a detailed picture of a suspect
News
Physics
Cloud of atoms goes beyond absolute zero
News
Earth
Life will find a way, even in the midst of a hurricane
News
Health
Abnormal timing in the womb may cause miscarriage
News
Environment
Zoologger: She’s mine! Wasps tag virgins for future sex
News
Space
Unique meteorite hints Mars stayed moist for longer
News
Life
Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater
News
Health
World’s oldest pills treated sore eyes
News
Physics
Light hits near infinite speed in silver-coated glass
News
Earth
Titan holds clue to faint young sun paradox
News
Humans
3D print a fossil with virtual palaeontology
News
Environment
Smartphones make identifying endangered animals easy
News
Technology
Personal assistant for your emails streamlines your life
News
Technology
Silent Skype calls can hide secret messages
News
Opinion
Health
Time to get serious about curbing drinking
Responsibility for reducing the harmful consumption of alcohol can no longer be left to the industry that produces the stuff
Opinion
Earth
A climate of cautious prediction
Opinion
Humans
Give video games a sporting chance
Opinion
Health
Poison pill: Not all mercury is toxic
Opinion
Earth
Why we called off hunt for ancient Antarctic life
Opinion
Life
What Westerners can learn from tribal societies
Opinion
Features
Life
The hologenome: A new view of evolution
Far from being passive hangers-on, symbiotic microbes may shape the evolution of the plants and animals that play host to them
Features
Humans
Freaky feeling: Why androids make us uneasy
Features
Space
Good to glow: Auroras hide array of planetary secrets
Features
Health
Battle of the bottle: How to curb overindulgers
Features
Culture
Space
Mariko Mori: From stone circles to stardust
See more: An illustrated version of this article will be published within the next two weeks on our CultureLab books and arts blog
Culture
Answers to the Christmas Photo Puzzle
Culture
Tinkerers are the real movers and shakers
Culture
Selling the appeal of statistics
Culture
The hottest places on Earth
Culture
What’s the economic value of nature?
Culture
More
Careers Guide 2013: What are you worth?
How are you supposed to know whether you're getting a fair deal if you don't know what your colleagues earn, or what the going rate is?
Careers
Careers Guide 2013: The state of pay
Careers
Careers Guide 2013: The lab diaries
Careers
Careers Guide 2013: I, scientist
Careers
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