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Follow us to an insect festival, see some ultra-realistic dinosaurs and a huge camera obscura.
What would happen if everyone on the planet was allowed a carbon footprint of the same size?
The Planck spacecraft is building the most accurate map to date of the first light.
A bee tells its friends about nectar sources by dancing in the hive. But are they bothered?
A simulation has revealed that a galaxy stole stars from its neighbour and could devour it in the future.
Heathrow travellers will soon be able to summon driverless pods to get around the airport.
A fly-through of the Milky Way shows what a recent survey of its neighbourhood revealed.
A psychologist has written this song based on an analysis of David Bowie's lyrics.
A study let participants loose in the Sahara desert to see how they found their way.
Spacecraft could soon use inflatable devices to protect themselves from the Martian atmosphere.
A biologist comments on Walking With Dinosaurs and shows us his virtual dinosaur models.
A robot is preparing to be sent to the moon in 2011 to compete for a 20 million dollar prize.
Robots inside Mount St Helens can communicate without routing data through a base station.
See whalers catch and kill a rare whale whose meat is often sold in Japanese supermarkets.
All robots are now designed with specific software but that could soon change.
For the first time, a crow has used a sequence of three tools to achieve a goal.
When jellyfish swim, they could be stirring up the oceans as much as winds or tides.
A new animation illustrates the mechanism inside the world's oldest computer.
New Scientist takes a scientific look at why a reform of the US healthcare system is needed
See different views of the universe from the most detailed simulation to date.
The space shuttle Endeavour blasted into space successfully at 2203 GMT on Wednesday.
Artist Simon Faithfull's obsession with gravity culminates with the launch of an office chair tied to a balloon.
Cats can trick owners by purring with similar frequencies to babies when they want food.
New software can stabilise shaky camera footage to make it look professionally shot.
By watching TV shows with subtitles and a signer, a computer has mastered sign language.
Brain scans converted to music by software could give insight into patterns of brain activity.
A modified headset makes it possible to control a wheelchair or computer with your tongue.
Computer animators are now tracing the path of light rays to add realism to virtual worlds.
A hacked Guitar Hero console is being used by hand amputees as a way to exercise arm muscles.
A concept car unveiled in London, UK, today releases nothing more toxic than water.
A salamander that looks like ET and a bat are among the species recently discovered in Ecuador.
Male water striders have to perform an elaborate mating ritual if they want females to reveal their genitals.
A simulation of the possible future of our solar system shows Venus and Earth colliding.
Personalised simulations used to test treatments could soon be integrated into an entire virtual human.
A heart has been made to beat again by stripping its cells and recoating it with foreign stem cells.
A team of robots with one brain that migrates into different bodies will soon live with humans.
Researchers investigated whether cobras vary their spit depending on their target.
A new gadget that turns liquid drugs into tiny droplets could help asthma sufferers.
Astronomers have observed a space storm in the Earth's upper atmosphere for the first time.
Simulations of the black hole at the center of our galaxy are preparing astronomers for their first view.
A new alarm fitted onto ships has prevented marine mammals from getting crushed.
A simulation is helping researchers programme robots to fall when they're playing soccer.
A new wave energy converter can generate electricity from bulge waves that travel down a rubber tube.
The most realistic heart simulation to date allows you to view its anatomy from different perspectives.
A robotic wheelchair designed for paralysed people can be navigated using thoughts alone.
Astronomers have spotted the afterglow of a self-destructing star 13.1 billion light years from Earth.
A new mathematical model can predict how fluid flow around algae will affect their movement.
A gel has been found to grow and shrink in response to a chemical, enabling it to 'walk'.
