Greek crisis: How to prevent a humanitarian disaster
Economic catastrophe has left Greece facing a humanitarian disaster. New Scientist looks for lessons from previous financial collapses (full text available to subscribers)
Our cosmic neighbourhood contains no dark matter, according to a recent study. But a re-analysis suggests there's actually more of it than physicists thought
Getting hands on with Microsoft's new So.cl network
A mash-up of Pinterest, Facebook and even Google+, So.cl feels very much like Microsoft's attempt at a new social network – despite claims to the contrary
A cruel new strategy for the classic game-theory problem shows how exploitation can prove successful, but only if the exploited rolls over and takes it
Weight-loss surgery cures food cravings. But it also makes some minds sharper, others duller. Find out why – from someone who's been through it (full text available to subscribers)
The lead scientist of the SPICE project called off a long-awaited field test after discovering that a patent had been filed by some members of the research team
Tyrannosaur auctioned despite protests from Mongolia
A tyrannosaur skeleton has been sold for $1 million – but it's a dinosaur that has never been found outside Mongolia, where exporting fossils is illegal
Release of Arctic methane could accelerate warming
Melting Arctic permafrost could put even more methane – a potent greenhouse gas – into the atmosphere than previously thought, and accelerate global warming
Humans are poor at assessing probability, but psychologist Dylan Evans has found an elite group with genius scores on a scale he calls risk quotient (full text available to subscribers)
Oil production may fall in 10 years – not because it is running out but because electric cars will be cheaper and gas engines will be better (full text available to subscribers)