According to an article at New Scientist, DARPA is developing a plasma shield that would allow troops to stun and disorientate enemies. The system will use a technology known as dynamic pulse detonation (DPD), which involves producing a ball of plasma with an intense laser pulse creates, and then a supersonic shockwave within the plasma […]

We don’t quite know what to make of this story but the people in China are flocking to see a pet cat which has reportedly given birth to a puppy. (w/pic)

DARPA now has their first prototype done, and they say they’re on track to "provide, by 2009, a mechanical arm that closely mimics the properties and sensory perception of a biological limb." (w/pics)

A 143-year-old Beijing roast duck restaurant may be closing for renovations but it is not about to let its ovens go cold.

This piano piece was created by assigning notes to the digits 0 through 9 in the constant known as pi.

Gartner predicts that 80% of active Internet users and Fortune 500 companies will have an avatar or presence in a virtual environment like Second Life by the end of 2011.

Social networking increases Internet usage, according to a Marketing Evolution study commissioned by MySpace called "Never Ending Friending."

On April 26, 2007, World Intellectual Property Day, a total of 120,000 illegal discs were destroyed in a public show in China.  (w/pics)

With a tiny, high-tech scale, researchers can now weigh living bacteria and immune cells for the first time.

About one in five adults in monogamous relationships, or 22 percent, have cheated on their current partner. The rate is even higher among married men. And nearly half of people admit to being unfaithful at some point in their lives, according to the results of an MSNBC survey.