Oldest chordate spawned everything with backbones
A strange eel-like creature from half a billion years ago is a forerunner of all modern vertebrates, from fish to reptiles and humans
The future of space food
What might space tourists eat for breakfast? New Scientist samples the Mars Breakfast Bar, a cosmic cocktail and more
Tevatron collider's mighty boost for Higgs hunt
Posthumous revelations from the late, great US particle-smasher look good for Higgs and the standard model of particle physics
Brain 'X-ray' exposes broken connections after injury
See how a new imaging technique can reveal broken brain connections in detail for the first time
Why I want to give hackers a career break
Cybersecurity guru Jay Abbott on hacking attacks, his childhood lesson on computer security and being a failed DJ
The future is bright for humanity
The more optimistic we are about the future of our species the better we can focus on today's challenges
Planet-sized video game gets its first release
Outerra lets players fly all the way from space down to ground level, before driving through forests and soaring over mountain ranges
First Americans: were they Iberian, not Siberian?
The first people to settle America may have come from Europe across the Arctic ice, rather than across a land bridge from Siberia to Alaska
Forget fittest, it's survival of the most cultured
Evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel enters tricky terrain to argue that social structures are key to human evolution in Wired for Culture
Wild bear uses a stone to exfoliate
A brown bear in Alaska was seen scratching its skin with rocks - the first bear definitively known to use a tool
100,000 AD: Living in the deep future
Our species may endure for at least 100,000 years. So what's in store? New Scientist tours the coming epoch, from new language to archaeological remains
Shrink-wrap a bridge to make it stronger
Shape memory alloys can be wrapped around damaged bridge columns and then shrunk to fit for rapid repairs
Anonymous members tricked into giving up bank details
Hacktavists downloading software to join attacks on websites were actually installing dangerous malware
'Snake the Planet' lets you play on buildings
A group of Australian artists have created a projected version of the classic game Snake that can be played on any surface
Snakes on an inclined plane control scales to climb
Snakes - both sedated and awake - were slid down a slope to reveal an unknown power to boost their grip on rough surfaces
Darkness visible in galactic train wreck
It looks like classic Star Trek meets golden-era disco dance floor, but actually we're looking at dark matter and hot gas
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