Space tourism: the ultimate boarding pass
Tourist trips into space are poised for take-off. New Scientist prepares you for boarding
Butterfly-wing wafers to clad iridescent buildings
This might look like a pretty lily pad but it is actually a wafer created with lasers to mimic the iridescent colours of a butterfly's wings
Patent could shackle 3D printers with DRM
The ability to make anything you like in a 3D printer could be constrained by a method for checking whether you're using protected intellectual property
Eye-contact detector found in the brain
A study in macaques has identified a set of neurons that fire only when the monkey makes eye contact with another macaque
Take that, Tatooine: First planet with four suns found
PH1 orbits a pair of stars that are in turn orbited by a binary system, giving the exoplanet two more suns than Tatooine in Star Wars
Experience supersonic free fall in complete safety
We hope you've fully digested your lunch. Here is the latest video Red Bull has released of Felix Baumgartner's supersonic free fall on Sunday
Bedsores no match for shocking underpants
Treating bedsores in people with mobility issues costs the US billions each year - underwear that stimulates the gluteal muscles could help
The five most promising new cancer treatments
A host of experimental therapies are emerging that could dramatically improve our chances of curing cancer, say Shaoni Bhattacharya and Clare Wilson
Ada Lovelace: My brain is more than merely mortal
The creator of the first recognised algorithm talks, via her letters, about her colleague Charles Babbage, the Analytical Engine and what the future holds
'Tired' fat cells might trigger obesity
If you are not getting enough sleep, your fat cells may malfunction, causing you to pile on the pounds
Tidal records expose surge in hurricanes
An examination of historical storm surges shows that Atlantic hurricanes are worsening
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