Wrens may have salmon to thank for breeding boost
The Pacific wren nests more densely along streams that carry more salmon, perhaps because the fish enhance the entire food chain nearby
D-day for Bloodhound car's rocket engine
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
The Singularity is upon us? Not so fast
History offers little support for the claim that technological ability will soon outstrip our ability to understand it
Robot builds intricate tools from sticky plastic
A new robot can add new parts by "growing" them using a special type of adhesive, perfect if you need to adapt quickly to a new situation
How do you make a good prediction?
The power of prediction in economics and science, PLUS Will we save the Earth for our own happiness?
Secure crypto-algorithm wins gold-standard status
The Keccak algorithm has won the SHA-3 cryptography contest - but existing techniques appear sound and may not need replacing
World's most northerly lake comes back to life
Some 2400 years after Kaffeklubben S? was entombed beneath ice, a slight thaw at this lake in Greenland is allowing algae to return
The gunshot that kills birds slowly
Waterbirds have more to fear from hunters' guns than a quick death. X-rays show how leftover lead shot poisons them slowly
It is misguided to cut funding for polar research
There are fears that the result of a merger of the British Antarctic Survey and National Oceanography Centre will be a pale shadow of its predecessors
Fraud in biomed research higher than thought
Are biomedical scientists becoming more dishonest? Research retractions for fraud or suspected fraud have increased tenfold since 1975
The real Tron: IT security as a shoot 'em up
Turning network analysis into a video game could make it much easier to keep computer networks secure
Exploitation of the Arctic must be reined in
Rampant economic activity in one of our last wildernesses is a disaster in the making. The world needs the Arctic and we have a responsibility to protect it
Photon reaches from beyond the grave in quantum trick
We can only imagine Einstein's horror at an experiment in which a pair of photons that never coexisted still become entangled
Busted! The myth of technological progress
The history of technology holds some salutary lessons for anyone who blithely believes there is a high-tech fix for all our 21st-century problems
Quantum measurements leave Schr?dinger's cat alive
Physicists have probed a delicate quantum state without destroying it - the equivalent of taking a peek at the metaphorical cat without killing it
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