The June 27, 2005 issue of “Fortune” published an article asking when China will protect Intellectual Property (I found the article thanks to this commentary on The Register). The MPAA claims that 95% of DVDs and other recorded entertainment sold in China are pirated.

A steady diet of spam — the electronic variety — can be good for you.

This week, an international project to build a nuclear-fusion reactor came a step closer to reality when politicians agreed it should be constructed in France rather than in Japan, the other country lobbying to host it.

A drug that relieves the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease – but was controversially withdrawn over toxicity fears – has now been shown to stimulate growth of the nerve fibres damaged by the disease.

The blogosphere provides a feast of investment Web sites, some of which are tasty treats and others half-baked. Here, we’ve identified some of the most worthwhile investing blogs.

Taking a cue from technology that looks to biological systems for inspiration, Garnet Hertz has constructed a three-wheeled robotic vehicle that lets a Madagascan hissing cockroach navigate a room while perched atop a ping-pong ball.

A collection of notes by Sir Isaac Newton, thought by experts to be lost forever, have recently been rediscovered at the Royal Society and goes on display to the public for the first time next week at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition.