LATEST GALLERY
High-tech remixes vs low-tech originals: You decide
See what happened when Intel commissioned 13 artists to reinterpret 13 masterpieces, using new technologies to bring them into the digital age
LATEST GALLERIES
Nathan Myhrvold's world-changing inventions
16:10 07 March 2011
From finding aliens to preventing climate change, the Microsoft tech master turned master chef isn't short of big plans
Space superlatives: The universe's extreme performers
12:16 07 March 2011
From a puffed-up planet to a galaxy cloaked in dark matter, New Scientist rounds up some of the biggest, darkest, fastest and hottest players in the cosmos
February photo competition winners: Water
16:02 04 March 2011
This month's photo competition focused on water. Our readers entered a mouth-watering array of images. Take a look for yourselves.
Sonic doom: Noise in pictures
10:13 01 March 2011
From ear-deafening occupations to the quietest place on Earth, New Scientist takes a look at the problem of noise – and some solutions
Natural beauty: Wellcome Image Awards gallery
17:19 24 February 2011
More winners from the Wellcome Image Awards that combine visual appeal with scientific stimulus
PICTURES OF THE YEAR
2010 review: 12 best pictures of the year
Our picture editors take a look at some of the most striking images of the year
MORE GALLERIES
Visualization Challenge: Making unseen worlds visible
11:07 18 February 2011
Winners of the International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge imaginatively render everything from molecules to colliding galaxies
January photo competition winners: Renewal
11:31 14 February 2011
Bringing in the New Year, January's photo competition theme was renewal. We have put together a fantastic selection of our favourite entries, which includes interpretations using birth, death, recycling and more
At it like rabbits: Bizarre animal sex in pictures
10:56 14 February 2011
From 75-centimetre penis bones to sex that makes a male lose its brain, New Scientist takes a tour of the weird sexual fringes of the animal kingdom
Expect the unexpected at Kinetica Art Fair 2011
14:44 04 February 2011
Fallen angels and illuminated eggs make for a Smorgasbord of kinetic art entertainment
Visceral stimulation: Life comes to art
12:02 02 February 2011
The artworks on show at Visceral: The Living Art Experiment in Dublin, Ireland, challenge our assumptions of what life is – and what it means
LIFE
Mammal rush: furry new kids on the block
Over 400 new mammal species have been identified since 1993 – and we take a look at some of the most striking of them