19:38 13 November 2009

NASA's LCROSS mission has confirmed an icy store of water at the moon's south pole

10:00 14 November 2009

Ray Mears is Mr Bushcraft. He wants people to be confident about surviving in the wild, but reckons most of us won't make it through a global climate crisis

18:00 13 November 2009

Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: why you shouldn't mix cocaine and pepper spray, a green makeover for piezoelectronics, and a joyride through the nanoworld

15:24 13 November 2009

Residents of Second Life have spent one billion hours in this digital world. Now its founder has plans to push the concept much further in a new virtual venture