Best videos of 2012: Spiderman skin stops a bullet
Watch reinforced skin stop a speeding bullet, at number 4 in our countdown of the top videos of the year
Gastrophysics: Some said 'more', others said 'meh'
Network theorists model everything from internet traffic to disease spread. But can they tease out titillating new taste combos? New Scientist gets cooking
Best videos of 2012: Sea lice reduce pig to bones
Watch a microscopic mob devour a pig carcass underwater, as we reach number 5 in our best videos of the year.
2012 review: The year in space
A Mars rover's daredevil landing, a private space-flight boom, and a man leaping from the stratosphere were among the top space news events this year
Photo puzzle: Can you make the connection?
Correctly match up 16 pairs of science-inspired images and enter a draw to win a state-of-the-art Olympus E-PL5 digital camera
Shiver me timbers: The coolest warship ever made
Unsinkable and bulletproof, battleships made from icebergs were the great hope of the second world war, says Stephen Battersby
2013 Smart Guide: Next-generation video games
The upcoming round of consoles promises to deliver a far more immersive video-gaming experience, with super-high-definition and multi-screen action
Dangerous liaisons: Animals' tangled love lives
The surprising mate choices of certain animals are forcing us to reconsider our views of evolutionary theory
Three gods: The hardest logic puzzle ever
Tackle this logisticians' parlour game and you may be a bit closer to understanding the nature of truth itself, says Richard Webb
2012 review: The year in environment
From the devastation wrought by superstorm Sandy to vanishing Arctic sea ice, we round up the biggest environment stories of the year
Feast for the senses: Cook up a master dish
Trick your dinner guests into thinking you're a master chef by manipulating all their senses
2013 Smart Guide: Hot computing for a cool billion
Six mega-projects, from a supercomputer brain simulation to a real-life SimCity on a global scale, are vying for two prizes, each worth $1 billion
New Scientist 2012 holiday quiz
Anatomical incongruities, why men are like fruit flies, a boson by any other name, and much more in our end-of-year quiz
2013 Smart Guide: Supercomet to outshine the moon
A gas cloud crashing into the black hole at the centre of the galaxy and a naked-eye comet promise celestial fireworks in 2013
Dangerous liaisons: Fatal animal attractions
Humans aren't the only animals that can run into trouble when choosing a mate, discovers David Robson
2012 review: Zoologger's 12 beasts of Christmas
Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals - and occasionally other organisms - from around the world. Here are this year's 12 best
Prehistoric cinema: A silver screen on the cave wall
With cartoon frescoes, shadow theatre and a rudimentary form of animation, our ancestors knew how to bring their stories to life, says Catherine Brahic
Review of 2012: The year's biggest news at a glance
Halt to bird flu experiments, Greece's economic crisis, the Stuxnet computer worm, Curiosity arrives on Mars, and more
How does a traffic cop ticket a driverless car?
Rapid progress means self-driving cars are in the fast lane to consumer reality. Is the law up to speed too, asks legal expert Bryant Walker Smith
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