A compound that slows the proliferation of triple-negative breast cancer cells in lab tests could lead to drugs to target this aggressive tumour

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A compound in anti-wrinkle creams used to stimulate collagen growth may do so by providing the ideal molecular surface for the collagen to grow

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Black holes weighing 2 to 5 times as much as the sun are conspicuously absent in a survey of 16 of the galaxy's black holes

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The vast ice sheets of the Antarctic may be more stable than we thought, because a key piece of physics has been overlooked

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The idea of health has become too much of a sacred cow to challenge. Time to slaughter the beast, say Jonathan M. Metzl and Anna Kirkland

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The truly multi-disciplinary scientist Frank Fenner, whose work ranged from disease germs to ecology, has died in Australia at the age of 95

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A new timelapse video zooms through the building of Fermilab's Dark Energy Camera

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You don't need to set the universe in a spin to see time travel in action ? so what happened when a photon with a quantum gun went back to kill itself? (full text available to subscribers)

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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: quantum time travel, the Milky Way's smallest black holes and a new stem cell trial or blindness

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The highest resolution satellite in operation took this shot of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the highest structure ever built

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The global financial crisis caused carbon emissions to drop in 2009, but not by as much as expected as China and India kept growing

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In the race to make the greatest supercomputers on the planet, speed isn't everything – environmental impact matters, too

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Twelve people in US are to get an embryonic stem cell treatment for a hereditary form of blindness

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The legendary musician, artist and producer who has worked with everyone from David Bowie to Coldplay shares his love of innovation and play

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Sleights of Mind is a fascinating look at a new branch of cognitive research: "neuromagic"

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A competition for striking images of animals revealing an interesting aspect of their behaviour has been judged ? New Scientist looks at the best

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More than two years after a rocket failure destroyed a new experimental solar sail, NASA has successfully launched a spare into orbit

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The exchange of fire between North and South Korea today comes hard on the heels of revelations of a new North Korean uranium enrichment facility

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As the 13 countries with wild tigers struggle to agree how to protect them, $50 million is pledged to protect the animals, and Leonardo DiCaprio adds his support

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The first robot arm inspired by an elephant's trunk has just gone on show in Germany

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To mark the first search engine's 20th birthday, New Scientist examines the wonders and woes of web search and asks whether it could work even better

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Drinks dubbed 'blackout in a can' are deemed 'unsafe' by US Food and Drug Administration and removed from sale

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It's an ingenious solution for keeping track of embryos during IVF: identification numbers embedded into eggs

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Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov on the importance of play and the prospects for graphene, the wonder material that brought them global fame (full text available to subscribers)

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From dancing DNA to an immune system in action, we bring you the top science videos posted online this month

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