First carnivorous-plant fossil is 40 million years old
The find challenges previous assumptions of an African origin for the plant's unusual family
Ebola burials target met as number of cases plateaus
The WHO has achieved its 1 December target for safe burial of people who have died of Ebola. Now efforts need to focus on isolation facilities in Sierra Leone
I helped build Apollo and the shuttle – Orion is next
NASA called on aerospace engineer Owen Morris to consult on its latest spacecraft – he's also dreaming of a space station on the far side of the moon
Strange love for cold-war-era slide rules
There's a certain scary fascination in circular slide rules designed to calculate environmental conditions following a nuclear holocaust
HIV evolves into less deadly form
A form of HIV that first hit in the 1980s now seems slower and less aggressive, suggesting that the virus may be evolving to be less fatal
Lassie text home: Pooches get technological
Dogs that help humans in danger can do so much more when they have technology designed especially for paws and noses
Hypnotising patterns created in electric soap films
Applying an electric field to soap films creates controllable swirling patterns, a technique that could make precise manipulation of liquids easier
Random no more: Evolution isn't down to chance alone
Where do evolution's adaptations come from? Arrival of the Fittest by Andreas Wagner has some surprising answers
Synthetic enzymes hint at life without DNA or RNA
First ever enzymes made from XNA, an artificial alternative to DNA and RNA, reveal how life could have started and may work as long-lasting therapies
If you would like to reuse any content from New Scientist, either in print or online, please contact the syndication department first for permission. New Scientist does not own rights to photos, but there are a variety of licensing options available for use of articles and graphics we own the copyright to.
