LATEST GALLERIES
Misguided medicine, from bloodletting to radium
GALLERY: 10:53 15 November 2012
Some medical practices of the past were not exactly evidence-based
Memories of extinct birds, real and imagined
GALLERY: 18:00 14 November 2012
Take a journey through the land of extinct boids, flocking with birds that no longer exist, or never did
The reality and the fantasy of 'palaeo-porn'
GALLERY: 16:35 12 November 2012
Were ancient feminine figurines pornographic? April Nowell and Melanie Chang present the evidence – and the arguments
Telepresence today: How you can live by remote control
GALLERY: 15:01 07 November 2012
Telepresence is changing how we interact with one another, from the military to schools – see how in our gallery
Portraits of life, one cubic foot at a time
GALLERY: 13:00 01 November 2012
Photographer David Liittschwager visited ecosystems worldwide to snap any life he found within a single cubic foot. Here are our favourite images
Healing arts riff on open-source medical records
GALLERY: 13:01 30 October 2012
Salvatore Iaconesi revealed details of his brain cancer online to crowdsource a cure – one that would be cultural as well as medical
Robot farm workers take to the fields
GALLERY: 16:21 25 October 2012
Six systems, real and imagined, which could help farmers of the future feed the world's growing population
Kuhn's heroes: Five paradigm-busting revolutions
GALLERY: 15:40 24 October 2012
Get a flavour of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions as we look at the four big revolutions that he wrote about – and one that he didn't
Alien beauty wins Small World prize
GALLERY: 18:19 23 October 2012
See our favourite visions of the world in microscopic pieces from this year's Nikon Small World competition
The best of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012
GALLERY: 00:01 18 October 2012
From rocketing penguins to microscopic skeletons, our favourite images from this year's Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
D-day for Bloodhound car's rocket engine
GALLERY: 17:44 04 October 2012
The Bloodhound SSC team has successfully tested a rocket engine they hope will power their car past the land speed record – New Scientist snapped the action
Floating cities: The dream and the reality
GALLERY: 14:45 27 September 2012
Is seasteading – building settlements at sea – a pipe dream or a practical way to house the population? Here are six ocean homes, real and imagined
The pros and cons of geoengineering
GALLERY: 18:02 20 September 2012
With time running out to cut emissions, take a look at the main technological planet-cooling methods proposed – and find out their pros and cons
Chimps' bottoms and dead salmon: 2012 Ig Nobel prizes
GALLERY: 16:11 21 September 2012
Take a look at some winners of the prize that celebrates the science that "makes you laugh and then makes you think"
A wide-eyed view on being high inside an fMRI
GALLERY: 16:48 18 September 2012
Follow our reporter Graham Lawton as he takes pure MDMA and enters a brain scanner in the first ever experiment of its kind
Best of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest
GALLERY: 00:01 20 September 2012
Our favourite celestial beauties from the fourth Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition
Highs and lows from 50 years of human-powered flight
GALLERY: 12:46 12 September 2012
With the Icarus Cup encouraging a new generation of human-powered aircraft, we take a look at some of the extraordinary machines that have already gone aloft
The world's mightiest neutrino detectors
GALLERY: 16:12 11 September 2012
Take a look at the heavyweight tech that the world's laboratories are using to pick out neutrinos, the needles in physics's haystack
Five worthless species in need of saving
GALLERY: 14:13 11 September 2012
They're pretty, but are they worth saving? See five unusual animals and plants that offer no benefit to humanity and decide whether they have value anyway
Photo time capsule aiming for orbit
GALLERY: 13:20 04 September 2012
Satellites orbiting Earth may be among the longest-lasting things humans have created, so artist Trevor Paglen is launching into space a time capsule of 100 key photos. See our selection
