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The northward migration of monarch butterflies is triggered by a spell in cool conditions - so the vast migration could get smaller if climate warms

Graphics are peaking. That means Sony had to show off everything else. One of the oddest moments of last night's PlayStation 4 announcement came when developer David Cage explained why the new console would blow everythi...

An app that listens to your tone of voice to work out your state of mind aims to replace fallible "mood diaries", helping to treat conditions like depression

Bumblebees can sense the electric fields surrounding flowers and may rely on them to pick the sweetest nectar

A new long-range force - mediated by curious "unparticles" - could be detected by letting electrons in the mantle affect particles at ground level

All the latest stories on newscientist.com, including: human manure's fertile future, your brain-scanning overseer, monarch migration, Pistorius, and more

An award-winning photograph of burning waste in Bangladesh shows how environmental degradation has personal and unpredictable consequences

Last week's events pushed the obscure subject of infrasound into the news. That was music to my science-obsessed ears.

Last week was a busy one for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, a detection agency set up to identify nations when they test nuclear weapons banned by treaty. On Tuesday, the organization's seismographs dete...

The time has come for Google Glass to drop its "Project" moniker and move into the hands of the public. No, the wirelessly connected eyewear hasn't hit the shelves just yet, but Google has taken the next step in bringing...

We shouldn't pooh-pooh the idea of fertilising crops with our urine and faeces, says Fred Pearce - it's safer than it sounds and the benefits would be huge (full text available to subscribers)

Growing crystals through a murderer's sliced-up body - an exhibition in Washington DC invites you to participate in its gruesome beauty

An interactive map of Apple suppliers around the world In an interview with Tim Cook last December, Bloomberg Businessweek asked the Apple CEO what it would take to "get Apple back to building things in the U.S." The que...

Jaguars are large cats that can be found in North, Central and South America. They are identified by their yellow or orange coats, dark spots and short legs.

Turning the whirling images from an in-ball camera into a steady stream of video lets spectators get closer to the action

Staten Island's New York Wheel differs from the usual design of supertall observation wheels. When it's finished, the New York Wheel will stand 625 feet above Staten Island, making it the tallest observation wheel in the...

A glimpse into plasma physics and fusion research at MIT

The console itself wasn't there, but last night's Sony press conference told us what the PlayStation 4 will contain - and hinted how we'll use it

Experts at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting tell New Scientist how the right analysis can recreate events in Oscar Pistorius's home

Watch a synthetic membrane pulse thanks to the action of live yeast

British American Tobacco aims to turn electronic cigarettes into medicines in the UK. It's a welcome move, but leaves a bitter taste in the mouth

We're here live at Sony's PlayStation 4 launch event in Manhattan, and we'll be updating this post with to-the-minute information on what Sony's got up their sleeves. In reverse-chronological order--so, newest updates fi...