Cory Doctorow:
The “Guardian Angel” bag is embossed with the outline of a handgun, so it looks like you’re packing heat. Great photo.

Oxford University scientists will carry out experiments on hundreds of people in a bid to understand how the brain works during states of consciousness.

Boeing engineers unveiled a seamless, rivetless, one-piece barrel of carbon-fiber composite that has the unmistakable profile of a jumbo jet’s back end.

A number of banking customers have become concerned about the apparently random methods used by some banks to contact them, with unsolicited calls singled out as a source of confusion in these days of phishing, where criminals, typically posing as banks attempt to trick users into divulging details such as passwords and log-ins.

Should robots eat? Should they carry weapons, or win patents? These are the questions we need to answer as automation advances.

Imagine a home with “smart” walls responsive to the environment in the room, a digital camera sensitive enough to work in the dark, or clothing with the capacity to turn the sun’s power into electrical energy. Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented an infrared-sensitive material that could shortly turn these possibilities into realities. [...]

Filming of the new series of Doctor Who has been hit by a shortage of dwarf actors.

Astronomers have identified the three biggest stars known to science.
If they were located in the same place as our own Sun – at the centre of the Solar System – the stars would stretch out further than the orbit of Jupiter.

A study published Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat, and experts said it’s time find if more sleep will fight obesity.

Thomas Sowell: Of all the phony arguments for gay marriage, the phoniest is the argument that it is a matter of equal rights. Marriage is not a right extended to individuals by the government. It is a restriction on the rights they already have.

A crucial genetic difference has been discovered that gives some monkeys but not humans HIV immunity, suggesting a new gene therapy for treating AIDS.

One mislaid credit card bill or a single dangling e-mail message on the home computer would have ended everything: the marriage, the big-time career, the reputation for decency he had built over a lifetime.

Zoologists have answered the intriguing question of why swordfish keep their eyes warm while the rest of the body remains resolutely cold-blooded: it’s all the better to see their prey with.

The jukebox is overdue for an upgrade. Once a technical marvel, it started losing popularity about the time disco was the rage.