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Planets orbiting one star in a stellar pair could get bounced from star to star repeatedly – until they fall into the great beyond

The hacktivist group managed to a listen in on a call between the FBI and law enforcement officials from several different European countries

All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: high time to welcome the friendly drones and malaria may kill far more people than we thought

Stuff spewed out of Io's hyperactive volcanoes make the rings of auroral light on Jupiter's poles grow and shrink

See how circles made up of tilted squares can warp your perception

Do you have the willpower to resist our survey? Take it and the results will be analysed by Roy F. Baumeister to check your self-control

A projection-based touchpad demonstrates the wide range of uses for a foldable touchscreen that can act like an iPad, or a book

Mind-reading technology notwithstanding, there is no prospect of anyone looking inside your skull without your consent

Attempts to fly drones in civilian airspace are a classic example of an irresistible force (innovation) meeting an immovable object (the law)

An exhibition at London's Hunterian Museum demonstrates how good design can combat human errors in the hospital.

A new procedure holds promise for swift recovery of people paralysed by nerve injuries

Law changes mean uncrewed aerial vehicles aren't just for the military any more – civilian uses are taking off, too

Models suggest that malaria kills eight times as many adults in Africa as the World Health Organization estimates

A cloud of interstellar matter envelops the solar system – new observations reveal just how alien it is

Graphene is hailed for its astonishing conductivity but a way to kill this easy flow of electrons brings superfast computers closer

Watch the first high-resolution images of mouse brain cells sending and receiving signals

The oniony layers of an eyeball and the crevices of a new material are among the winners of the 2011 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge

A potentially rocky planet has been found smack dab in the middle of its star's habitable zone – its host star orbits a pair of more distant suns

All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Facebook goes public, exploring technology's dark side and launch escape rocket roars into life

Solar power has long had a reputation for being expensive, but the falling costs of making panels could change that