The recent headlines of Russian spies being caught in the US goes to show that the spy network is still alive and kicking. This month's cover feature takes a look at the tech that caught the spies out, and the spy-worthy gadgets we all have in our pockets.

Ghosts in your genes

The human genome carries more than just genes, it remembers the environment and experiences from before you were born - the ghosts of your ancestors. Evolutionary geneticist JV Chamary explores the epigenome

The God Particle is Dead

Or is it? The Higgs Boson is considered so important to our understanding of the Universe that it's been called the God Particle. But, like God, no-one's really sure whether it exists at all.

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Be a genius

Escape a black hole

Disarm a bomb

Survive a lightning strike

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