New Scientist is devoted to innovation, and occasionally we need to turn the mirror on ourselves. It is more than a decade since the magazine has seen significant changes, and even we had to admit that parts of it were looking bit jaded.

A note on today's new-look magazine.

Palaeontology often finds itself embroiled in debates about the buying and selling of fossils.

Conflict amber : some fossils may be scientifically priceless, but is the human price too high?