LATEST OPINION
Feedback: 'Treated' chocolate makes you happier
FEEDBACK: 10:00 17 November 2012
Chocolate imbued with good intentions, the all-new Poppleton University, and is your salary over 70,000k?
Is schizophrenia more than one disease?
THE BIG IDEA: 08:00 16 November 2012 | 4 comments
Schizophrenia wrecks the lives of millions worldwide – and has defeated researchers looking for a single cause. Time for complex new thinking, says Aiden Corvin
Abortion providers are motivated by conscience, too
17:19 15 November 2012 | 2 comments
The recent death of a woman in Ireland after allegedly being refused an abortion highlights the ethical case for the procedure, says a US obstetrician
Experimenting with drugs in the US
EDITORIAL: 13:12 15 November 2012
A bold move by two US states to legalise cannabis may mark the beginning of the end of a counterproductive war on drugs
California genetic food vote is no victory for science
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 11:36 15 November 2012 | 3 comments
Researchers hailing the Californian vote against proposals for mandatory labelling of genetically modified food are missing the bigger picture, says Michael Le Page
Is telepresence the next big thing?
EDITORIAL: 09:00 14 November 2012 | 2 comments
Telepresence may soon give us all a physical presence in a remote location. Expect the unexpected
Time to think beyond the Large Hadron Collider
EDITORIAL: 09:00 13 November 2012 | 14 comments
To truly understand the Higgs we will need yet another massive particle accelerator – physicists are starting to dream, and now's a good time to start
'Palaeo-porn': we've got it all wrong
INTERVIEW: 08:00 13 November 2012
The idea that curvaceous figurines are prehistoric pornography is an excuse to legitimise modern behaviour as having ancient roots, says archaeologist April Nowell
Beta blockers are busted – what happens next?
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 08:00 12 November 2012 | 1 comment
They have treated heart disease for 40 years, but it now seems that beta blockers don't work. Josh Bloom explains what went wrong
Oliver Sacks: I want to de-stigmatise hallucinations
INTERVIEW: 12:14 09 November 2012 | 44 comments
The neurologist who wrote The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat lifts the lid on hallucinations – including his chat with a spider
OPINION
Will intensified farming save the rainforests?
The idea that you can save the natural world by increasing the efficiency of agriculture is very appealing. But Fred Pearce is far from convinced
THE BIG IDEA
The Frankenstein syndrome: Why fear making humans?
From IVF to artificial wombs, why does each advance in reproductive technology still conjure up visions of monsters or Hitler clones, asks Philip Ball
