Today on New Scientist: 24 January 2013

'If the Royal Institution is sold, that's the end'

We must find a way to save the Royal Institution from having to sell its historic London home, says Nobel laureate Harry Kroto

Fastest-turning legged robot uses tail to take corners

Watch a super-fast robot alter its direction at a variety of angles without slowing down

The real lesson from the bird flu storm

The controversy over whether work on airborne bird flu can be published shows that transparency is vital to upholding public trust

Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

Many of our genes have no obvious relatives or evolutionary history. So where did they come from?

Dwarf planet Eris may reveal quantum gravity

The Pluto-killer is at it again: studies of the small world and its moon may also knock down popular theories of dark matter and dark energy

Environmental crises may threaten pensions

Growing environmental problems, from climate change to water shortages, could wipe out many pension funds within decades

A glittering introduction to the night sky

Mark Thompson's A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos does what its title says - it shows how to locate stars in the night sky and explains how they work

Prophylactic progress: The story of the condom's rise

Contraceptive coverings have come a long way from the animal guts Renaissance men wore - follow their history in our gallery

To spot a fit partridge, check its fractal necklace

What do birds communicate through their complex markings? Fractal mathematics could help us understand what our feathered friends see in each other

Ford's open-source kit brings era of smart car apps

OpenXC will set the hacker community loose on Ford's car computer systems - expect a host of apps to improve vehicles' performance and efficiency

Wallace: Wonders of nature have been solace of my life

As the letters of Alfred Russel Wallace, a co-discoverer of natural selection, are published online, he reveals what he really thought about Darwin

Snaps from space: Bleak landscapes become abstract art

New photos just tweeted from the International Space Station reveal the abstract beauty waiting in nature

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