Today on New Scientist: 8 June 2012

Neutrinos don't outpace light, but they do shape-shift

OPERA collaboration reports second-ever instance of a muon neutrino morphing into a tau neutrino

Flame virus used world-class cryptographic attack

Only world-class cryptographers could have designed the new computer worm that hijacked the Windows Update system

Qubits live long, silicon quantum computers prosper

The "bit" of quantum computing, or qubit, has been trapped inside a sliver of silicon for over 3 minutes, a world record

Going over the edge, gecko style

Cockroaches and geckos have a cartoon-like trick for getting away from their pursuers - run straight off a cliff. Now mini robots have got the hang of it too

How to hack a snail to create a living battery

Watch an exclusive video that shows how the first cyborg snail to generate electricity was recently created

The deep space of coral reefs

Coral: Rekindling Venus is a film for planetariums, a superb foray into endangered reefs tinged with cosmic allegory

Mitochondrial disorder treated by targeting nucleus

Cells carry many mitochondria, making it hard to treat mitochondrial disorders. A study in mice shows it may be possible to target the cell nucleus instead

Software knows what makes Paris look like Paris

A new algorithm identifies the unique architectural features that make cities special - and it's not about plonking the Eiffel Tower in every scene

Saturn moon spouts plasma unlike any seen before

The geyser moon Enceladus is pouring a new type of charged particle into space, creating a "backwards" plasma

Uterus tweak shields fetus from mother's immune attack

How a fetus avoids attack from its mother's immune system is a long-standing mystery - a study in mice brings us a step closer to an answer

Feedback: The elephant connection

Using elephants as measuring units, sodium sinking in bottled water, ear dye implants, and more

Watching surgeons expand a baby's skull

Rowan Hooper scrubs up at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital to watch a pioneering operation to give a baby's brain room to grow

Plants may be able to 'hear' others

Controversial new experiments suggest chilli seeds can sense neighbouring plants even if those neighbours are sealed in a box

Stone Age long barrows housed living as well as dead

Did Neolithic people really use earthen long barrows as cemeteries, or did the structures have a living purpose, asks Julian Thomas

Plankton under sea ice may disrupt Arctic food chain

Warmer poles and thinning ice may cause light-loving phytoplankton to bloom earlier than usual - and throw off feeding times in the Arctic ecosystem

Zoologger: Shrimp wields strongest club in the world

Call it the Thor of the animal kingdom. But what is it about the hammer of the mantis shrimp that makes it so tough?

CT scans in kids slightly raise leukaemia risk

A small but significant rise in cancer risk from CT scans in children raises questions about the safety of annual whole-body scans in healthy adults

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