How to train a canine conservationist 
Could your pet be a super-sleuth? Hyperactive canines are using their noses to help conserve rare and endangered species
Virtual reality resurrects a defunct exhibition
Using laser-scanning techniques, the Science Museum in London has created a faithful virtual tour of its shipping gallery, which shut last year
UK farmers start shooting badgers to prevent TB spread
A controversial pilot trial to cull badgers has begun in England, in the hope that it will prevent the animals from spreading bovine tuberculosis
Health myths: We should live and eat like cavemen
Our bodies evolved for eating the food our ancestors could catch or gather, not stuff grown on farms. So the "paleo diet" has got to better for us, hasn't it?
Strike blinds the world's largest radio telescope
The ALMA observatory has stopped taking data due to a worker's strike spurred by the extreme conditions in Chile's remote Atacama desert
Japanese probe to sniff out why planets lose gases
Sprint-A will be the first satellite designed to study planets from Earth's orbit, figuring out the conditions that let a world hold on to its atmosphere
Health myths: Being a bit overweight shortens life
Carrying just a few extra pounds, far from being a one-way ticket to an early grave, seems to deter the grim reaper
Brown dwarfs: From zeroes to astronomical heroes
The most unloved, drab objects in all of space are fast becoming the new cosmic "it" objects, providing insights into exoplanets and a lot more besides
Health myths: Antioxidant pills help you live longer
The evidence is in: popping pills containing antioxidants such as vitamin A and E doesn't help you and may be harmful
Exploring our love/hate relationship with Gaia
Why did the public love James Lovelock's Gaia theory so much while scientists hated it? The Gaia Hypothesis by Michael Ruse gets to the heart of the question
Health myths: Our bodies can and should be 'detoxed'
There are all kinds of programmes and products designed to help us "detox". Do we need them and do they work?
Can we make a national heritage site on the moon?
Space archaeologist Beth O'Leary has long advocated protecting the Apollo lunar landing site. Now there is a bill in the US Congress that proposes to do just that
Health myths: Sugar makes children hyperactive
Many parents are utterly convinced that eating sugary foods makes their kids bounce off the walls. They're wrong
State of innovation: Busting the private-sector myth
Forget Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. It is government that should be credited for backing wealth-creating technology, says economist Mariana Mazzucato
Health myths: Drink eight glasses of water per day
This myth just won't go away, but the truth is no one even knows where it came from. And why pure water, not tea or juice?
Fish need no refrigeration in Earth's coldest city
Bone-chilling photographs of the Siberian city Yakutsk, where winters hit -40 °C, have prompted the creation of an extreme cities exhibition
Old Scientist: 50 years battling the waves
From the August archives of New Scientist: how we learned to say "tsunami", battling back the sea, and the downside of a perfectly smooth Earth
Acidifying oceans will heat the planet more
Carbon dioxide stored in the ocean will accelerate climate change rather than slow it, thanks to phytoplankton
X Prize for genomes cancelled before it begins
The $10 million prize, intended to spur a revolution in human genome sequencing, has been withdrawn just weeks before it was to be put up for grabs
NASA seeks takers for moon-mission launch pads
Three 3700-tonne mobile launch platforms first used during the Apollo era are up for grabs as museum artefacts, artificial reefs – or scrap metal
Black hole ejects 'space slinky' in Hubble movie
For the first time, a series of images captured over 13 years has revealed the spiral motion of a jet of superheated gas shooting from a black hole
What forensics can say about Syria chemical attack
As the political pressure ramps up, science can help us pinpoint the chemical agent used in Syria, but time is running out
Should Fukushima's radioactive water be dumped at sea?
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has upgraded the severity of the situation at Fukushima, reopening questions about how to deal with the radioactive water accumulating at the plant
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