2014 preview: Google Glass for the masses
Many of us will have our view of the world transformed if Google Glass, due to launch in 2014, proves to be a hit
Magical giant: The story of a much-loved museum whale
Created in the 1930s, the life-size model blue whale at London's Natural History Museum has lost none of its ability to thrill crowds
Snow monkey leaps into hell
Macaques love Jigokudani monkey park in Nagano prefecture, Japan. "Jigokudani" means "hell valley", although it is actually a rather heavenly place
The great white lie: What snowflakes really look like
The classic image of a symmetrical, six-sided snowflake is everywhere at this time of the year. But that's not what you'll see falling from the sky
2014 preview: Private internet to beat the spooks
The after-effects of the NSA spying revelations could lead to fragmentation of the internet
All spruced up: Breeding a better Christmas tree
If you're pining for a real tree but not for its needles in your carpet – or green just isn't your colour – Andy Coghlan has glad tidings for you
2014 preview: Hydrogen SUV ready to hit the road
Hyundai's Tucson Fuel Cell can drive for almost 500 kilometres on a single tank of hydrogen – and may be safer than an ordinary, gasoline-powered car
Christmas Eve spacewalk a success for NASA
A "mini blizzard" of toxic ammonia was the only hiccup for NASA astronauts, who have repaired a damaged cooling pump on the International Space Station
Feedback: Positive beauty of laboratory tests
The positive beauty of laboratory tests, cyclic sense, the need for olfactorithmetic qualification and more
Why whisky makes you frisky (and gin makes you sin)
What's your poison? How it affects you depends on much more than the amount of raw alcohol it contains. Kat Austen distils the truth
2014 preview: The key to surviving climate change
Bye bye bigger dams, hello versatile crops: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's next report will emphasise versatility over fine-tuned mitigation
Kalahari trackers who read ice-age life in footprints
Generations of archaeologists puzzled over ice-age footprints in French caves – but these three men can read them like a book
Short story: Images of Undiluted Love
In the bunker is an unsettling world, where we must face our past, present and future selves. A short story by Joanna Kavenna
Goodwill hunting: Random ants of kindness
It's the season of selflessness, so meet some unlikely altruists – the ants that work tirelessly to rescue their sisters
2014 preview: Lost world under Antarctica uncovered
Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice, Lake Vostok has long fascinated. Now we might find out what lives down there
2013 review: The best features of the year
Dig deeper, look closer and think harder – these articles are perfect for curling up with a glowing tablet for a good long read
2013 review: Top 10 Aperture pictures of the year
The picture's the story in our weekly Aperture series – here are 10 of our favourites from this year
New Scientist 2013 holiday quiz
Test your friends' and family's knowledge of Neanderthal shortcomings, offbeat IT, celestial portents, lurid headlines and more with our end-of-year quiz
Kissing by numbers: Party like it's n = 1999
Want the formula for a perfect party? Michael Brooks meets the mathematicians who can solve your social problems, from who to kiss to bathroom etiquette
2013 review: The year in health research
From the first interspecies telepathy to the first interview with a dead man and hopes of a cure for HIV, it has been a busy year for health sciences
2014 preview: First million-year-old genome
Be it mammoth, penguin or a distant human ancestor, the first genome sequence to pass this milestone will be a triumph
How to train your Komodo dragon
What do you do when a giant carnivorous lizard heads straight for you? Try giving it a good scratch behind the ears
2014 preview: The ships that could take us to Mars
The maiden flights of two spacecraft could make or break plans to put humans on the Red Planet within the next few decades
Dawkins: 'I'd rather be remembered for science'
The world's pre-eminent atheist speculates about why he polarises people, what prompts him to take on religion and whether humans are built to be irrational
2013 review: Top ten breakthroughs in physical science
From time-travel movies to the most accurate map of the big bang's afterglow, 2013 brought mind-boggling ideas and long-awaited results in equal measure
Dream Job: Scientific glass-blower
Steve Ramsey describes how glass-blowing can take you to labs, museums and TV studios, and makes us a festive bauble
Chocolab: The secret recipe for low-fat chocolate
They said it couldn't be done – but tasty half-fat chocolate is here. And we have a recipe that you can try at home
The great ideas hiding under the invisibility cloak
Physicist John Pendry talks about the profound physics obscured by his invisibility cloak and how metamaterials could help realise the perfect lens
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