Watch our countdown of the most viewed videos of the year. For all our latest videos visit: http://www.newscientist.com/projects/misc/video Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: "top 5" science "New Scientist" videos 2008 Added: December 24, 2008

It's very rare to find an egg within an egg, but find out how this can happen. More here: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/lastword/2008/12/video-double-egg-dilemma.html Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: egg double shell anomaly hen Added: December 19, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026861.600 A working model of an ancient computer was recently recreated in London. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: ancient computer model working recreated Added: December 12, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16247?DCMP=youtube Sixteen years of observations of stars around the galactic centre are assembled in this video. The real motion of the stars has been accelerated by a factor 32 million. The individual images have been shifted and stretched to the same scale and orientation (Courtesy of ESO/R Genzel and S Gillessen)

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16247?DCMP=youtube Over a period of 16 years, astronomers tracked stars as they orbited the Milky Way's central region, which is thought to harbour a colossal black hole. One star, called S2, was observed over its complete 15.8-year-long orbit. The star approached the black hole to within one light day, which is only about five times the distance between Neptune and the Sun. (Courtesy of ESO)

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16130?DCMP=youtube New research has found that the Antarctic islands are home to a greater diversity of species than the Galapagos. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: Antarctic climate change animals biodiversity Added: December 2, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16130?DCMP=youtube New research has found that the Antarctic islands are home to a greater diversity of species than the Galapagos. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: Antarctic climate change animals biodiversity Added: December 2, 2008

Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14878?DCMP=youtube A whirlpool of plasma about the size of a hurricane is filmed on the Sun (Courtesy of Bonet et al./IAC/UV/SST) Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: space sun Added: November 24, 2008

A new X-Prize competition is challenging people to come up with alternative energy ideas. Find out more in this video.

See the first movies of moving atoms: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16100?DCMP=youtube The peculiar movement of knifefish explained and a cheap and easy way to mix and unmix liquids: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16073?DCMP=youtube