This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Features
Life
The night: What happens at night, stays at night
Features
Life
The night: Your nocturnal transformation revealed
Features
Health
The night: Why they call it the graveyard shift
Features
Humans
The night: When sleep breaks and consciousness leaks
Features
Humans
The night: When darkness falls, fear rises
Features
Life
The night: Things that go bump…
Features
Humans
The night: Full moon mayhem is for real
Features
The night: Blooms in the night garden
Features
Earth
The night: The heat of the night is intensifying
Features
Health
The night: Hello darkness, my old friend
Features
Table of contents
News
Technology
Threatwatch: Iran deal allows first total uranium count
A historic nuclear agreement contains a little-noticed feature that should allow inspectors to determine if uranium is being diverted to secret plants in Iran
News
Technology
Lunar thyme lords: can NASA bloom the moon?
News
Space
China launches Jade Rabbit rover to the moon
News
Health
23andMe ordered to stop selling $99 genetic test
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
UK sex survey highlights tolerance, diversity and abuse
News
Earth
High US methane emissions blamed on leaks
News
Earth
Typhoon Haiyan: baby girl death toll will rise
News
Health
Are Alzheimer’s and diabetes the same disease?
News
Humans
Inbreeding shaped the course of human evolution
News
Space
Ambitious Mars joy-ride cannot succeed without NASA
News
Physics
Quantum lab is dazzling vision of computer chip future
News
Life
Earliest Buddhist shrine found at Buddha’s birthplace
News
Physics
Mathematical crime-fighter helps hunt for alien worlds
News
Earth
Who should pay for climate change disasters?
News
Health
Despite the deaths, cycling in London is getting safer
News
Health
Only two genes maketh the man… or mouse
News
Life
Fire ants writhe to make unsinkable rafts
News
Life
Dwarf seahorses are stealth hunters of the oceans
News
Health
Waiting for pain can cause more dread than pain itself
News
Environment
Zoologger: The world’s most skilful predator
News
Arctic storms speed up release of methane plumes
News
Earth
First survey shows which grape bacteria improve wine
News
Space
Brightest cosmic burst has record-breaking stamina
News
Health
Gut bacteria may help combat cancer
News
Technology
Smart software uses drones to plot disaster relief
News
Technology
‘Soft’ biometrics is the new way to monitor people
News
Technology
LED carpet turns the floor into a screen
News
Technology
Beer brewing could help make better bricks
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Bitcoin moves beyond mere money
News
Opinion
Health
If diabetes causes Alzheimer’s, we can beat it
Evidence is growing that Alzheimer's could actually be a late stage of type 2 diabetes – if it is, we all have another big reason to live healthier lives
Opinion
Technology
Cleaned-up Bitcoins could change commerce forever
Opinion
The night: A surprisingly strange place to visit
Opinion
Life
Mega delusional: The curse of the megaproject
Opinion
Health
‘We need to find ways to help more women breastfeed’
Opinion
Humans
The benefits of realising you’re just a brain
Opinion
Features
Life
The night: What happens at night, stays at night
Night is more than a separate time, it's a separate place altogether, freed from the constraints of our daytime lives. Step with us into darkness
Features
Life
The night: Your nocturnal transformation revealed
Features
Health
The night: Why they call it the graveyard shift
Features
Humans
The night: When sleep breaks and consciousness leaks
Features
Humans
The night: When darkness falls, fear rises
Features
Life
The night: Things that go bump…
Features
Space
The night: When lights go out, the sky comes alive
Features
Humans
The night: Full moon mayhem is for real
Features
The night: Blooms in the night garden
Features
Earth
The night: The heat of the night is intensifying
Features
Health
The night: Hello darkness, my old friend
Features