Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: a robot arm that opens doors for wheelchair users, the last bastion of Antarctic ice that now seems to be melting, and a competition to win a special edition of Origin of Species
Climate scientists are reeling from the discovery that someone has hacked into the email archive of one of their most prestigious research centres
The first debate on science policy between the current spokesmen of the three mainstream British political parties took place last night, but it was surprisingly good-natured
The East Antarctica ice sheet, which was thought to be stable, is losing billions of tonnes of ice a year – climate change may be the culprit
Touch-screen devices could be smaller if they could read how you use your fingers
Research on the causes of sleepwalking may make it easier to identify whether those who commit crimes in their sleep should bear the responsibility
A pulsar that is forming a massive guitar-shaped wake in interstellar gas has been tracked back to its origin
The effects of climate warming are clearly visible in the Arctic – see for yourself
A judge has ruled that the US federal government was to blame for much of the flooding caused by hurricane Katrina in 2005
Enter our competition to incorporate Darwin's famous concluding sentence into a new work of art, and win a special edition Origin of Species featuring a cover by artist Damien Hirst.
The arm can grip all sorts of handles and knobs while pushing or pulling to open a door
With Marty Crump's precise yet jolly prose, Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers puts soap operas to shame
The particle accelerator is now officially a collider – it will attempt to break the world record for collision energies before the end of the year
Africa is set to experience a surge in civil wars, causing nearly 400,000 additional battle deaths by 2030 – all as a direct result of rising temperatures, a study suggests
Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how violence shaped the night sky, why we should put human self-interest first when we think about climate change, and an exclusive interview with Charles Darwin
Bags of cash are being thrown at high-risk, high-reward research by the Department of Energy. New Scientist takes a look at the lucky recipients
Climate change is transforming the Arctic so fast that many species could be gone within our lifetimes. But the important thing is to put human self-interest first, says Alun Anderson
Being caked in germs sounds unpleasant, but bacteria living on our skin may play a vital role in keeping inflammation from running amok
An HIV virus modified to infect monkeys could be a big step forward for HIV research
A ring of bright stars surrounds us, giving us some of our most familiar constellations. But where did it come from?
Humans haven't been reading long enough for our brains to evolve the ability – in Reading in the Brain, Stanislas Dehaene explains how we managed it
Death is no barrier to New Scientist. 150 years after the publication of On the Origin of Species, we have obtained an interview with its author*
Lakes on Saturn's moon Titan are loaded with acetylene, a chemical some scientists say could serve as food for cold-resistant organisms, a new study suggests
A cloud of hydrogen crashing into our galaxy now appears be a galaxy itself, packed with dark matter – many more may be out there
Report claims that the country can get all its new energy from renewable and nuclear power by 2050 while boosting economic growth