The decision to take the Galapagos off UNESCO's danger list suggests the islands are in the clear – but conservationists say that's far from true

The oldest reptile prints ever found suggest that reptiles were the first creatures to venture into continental interiors

Reports suggest that meat and dairy products from the offspring of cloned cattle are already on sale in Europe, says Jessica Griggs

Thanks to thousands of years of skull morphing, the brains of some domestic dogs have shifted and a key component relocated

Electrons trapped inside strain bubbles in graphene act as if they were in an incredibly powerful magnetic field – good news for future electronics

Combining radio transmissions can help robots maintain communications, confounding hostile jammers and overcoming obstacles

A collection of asteroids that orbit the sun along roughly the same path as Neptune may be a source of comets that could hit Earth

A study of the energetic value of food wasted in the US each year shows the scale of the problem

The personal genomics industry has been bruised by the US Congress, but embracing sensible regulation could shift it to the heart of clinical medicine

Genetically modified bacteria that munch on sugar to produce refinable oil could bring down the cost of switching to cleaner liquid fuels

All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: doubts over shaken baby syndrome, a new take on Alzheimer's and the decline of Phytoplankton

The World Heritage Committee has taken the Galapagos off its Danger List, says Michael Marshall. In other news, mice have nothing to fear from cats

A trick used in 3D-movie theatres could enable totally secure quantum communication with satellites

Tiny marine plants that help support life in the oceans are declining in numbers – and that's worth worrying about, says Michael Marshall

A new robot called TRAK has been programmed to map its surroundings – but it could also tell us more about the human brain

If a potential dark matter particle – the axion – exists, it could reveal itself in explosions around black holes

A pathologist in the UK who argues that symptoms of "shaken baby syndrome" can have an innocent cause has been prevented from testifying in court

Attempts to treat the world's most common form of dementia may have been attacking its symptoms, not its root cause

Two satellites that were doomed to die if they remained in orbit around Earth are heading to the moon for a life extension

An online talk by a member of NASA's Kepler mission fuels speculation that the telescope has found Earth-like planets