Today on New Scientist: 25 May 2012

Solar Impulse plane prepares to go intercontinental

Solar-powered plane Solar Impulse is well into its first intercontinental journey from Payerne in Switzerland to Rabat in Morocco

Astrophile: The outermost ocean in the solar system

Triton, the largest moon of Neptune, has a surface temperature of -235 ?C. But below the surface, conditions could be warm enough to support a liquid ocean

Robot arm plugs SpaceX Dragon spacecraft into the ISS

The space flight venture of PayPal and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk has achieved its first major success for a paying customer: docking at the ISS

Outback to outer space: The world's largest telescope

We now know where the Square Kilometre Array will be built. Back in March, Anil Ananthaswamy explained what's at stake for the biggest telescope ever

Friday Illusion: Control this animation with your mind

See how shifting your focus can alter the direction of a moving object

Augmented reality offers a new layer of intrigue

Augmented reality - overlaying the real world with digital information - creates challenges but will enrich our lives visually and culturally

Feedback: Chemistry without the chemicals

Chemistry without chemicals, a phone for talking commercial rubbish on, why we should be wary of the chef's surprise, and more

Speedy pH changes detected in brain for first time

By tweaking magnetic resonance imaging, we can now visualise changes in the brain's pH - providing new insights into learning, memory and disease

Goldilocks planets captured in glass

Artist Angela Palmer has turned our search for Earth-like planets that could harbour life into a stunning glass sculpture at her new London exhibition

Drunk birds had one-too-many berries to blame

Flocks of cedar waxwings died en masse outside Los Angeles after overdoing it on berries from the Brazilian pepper tree

Fukushima-exposed children and workers 'OK for now'

Independent UN experts say radiation doses to children low, but some highly exposed workers face a more uncertain future

Greek crisis: Losing Greece won't save euro network

The laws that govern networks in nature suggest that a Greek exit from the euro will not save the remaining countries

Reality respray: The hidden digital world uncloaked

In your home town, layers of digital graffiti have been daubed on buildings and even people. What happens when augmented reality makes it visible?

Bottled carbon from Mars bodes well for ancient aliens

Carbon found in Martian rocks came from magma not alien life forms - but the presence of reactive carbon raises hope for signs of life on Mars

Healing weaving wins Bio-Art image competition

A woven fabric of biomaterial that will form a scaffold to help injured cartilage heal impressed judges of a new contest for images of experimental biology

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