China’s 1,200-mile railway crosses some of the planet's harshest terrain. Plug in your oxygen supply for the high passes, which are cruising altitude for some commuter flights. By David Wolman from Wired magazine.
Could climate change spell catastrophe for the world's glaciers? Wired News talks with paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson about what long-frozen ice cores stored within the world's highest peaks can tell us about global warming. By John Gartner.
Proper cookie detection is essential for keeping your user sessions running smoothly. Webmonkey's latest tutorial demonstrates cookie-sniffing strategies using JavaScript, PHP and ASP.NET. In Monkey Bites.
A tidy new handheld that uses a camera to capture text, then reads it aloud is an intriguing alternative to Braille. But it's a little pricey. In Gear Factor.
Google Checkout is the search giant's first push into web payments. But can Google muscle in on PayPal's turf? Webmonkey editor Michael Calore doesn't think so. Not yet, anyway.
Scientists have discovered a clean and efficient way to make soda bottles, computers and clothes from sugar instead of petroleum-based plastics. By Griffin Wright.
