All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Electric ice a shock to the solar system, stupid robots, and elephant seal sex at sea
Electric ice a shock to the solar system
Space may be awash with this strange form of water, changing our understanding of solar system formation and the emergence of molecules necessary for life
Stupid robots take to the stage
Bacarobo, the Stupid Robot Championship, aims to showcase the most useless robots around
Black hole devours a star
Watch a black hole swallow up a star in a simulation of an event that occurred earlier this year
End of Libyan war unlikely to affect global oil supply
Crude oil prices fell on the expectation that Libya's six-month civil war will soon end - but the numbers suggest Libya plays a limited role in the global market
Sex at sea lets female elephant seals stay in control
Female elephant seals belie the long-held belief that they are submissive players in a highly chauvinistic mating game
Recharging the battery
A new generation of multitalented materials could herald the end of the battery as we know it. James Mitchell Crow reports
When all you can smell is your brain
Culinary student Molly Birnbaum tells New Scientist how she lost her ability to smell - and then began sniffing the phantom aroma of her own brain
Germ detectors: Unmasking our microbial foes
Superfast tests for germs could save thousands of lives. So why aren't doctors using them? Debora MacKenzie investigates
Zoologger: The amphibious fish that mates with itself
It seems a bit much to ask a population of clones to be flexible about how they behave, but that's what mangrove killifish have to do
Crittervision: What a dog's nose knows
For a dog, with a sense of smell thousands of times more sensitive than ours, burying its face in a trash can is like diving into a multilayered landscape
Briefing: The Virginia earthquake and unexpected quakes
Yesterday's quake took people up and down the East Coast of the US by surprise. But many dangerous faults in the region bear watching
Russian rocket failure to ground human launches
The crash of a Soyuz rocket and robotic cargo ship will temporarily halt all launches of the Soyuz, the only rocket used to get people to the space station
Software 'journalists' pump out stories in seconds
New start-up MarketBrief promises to publish over 1000 financial stories per day
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