Bands like Duran Duran and rapper Talib Kweli are starting to play concerts in Second Life. Are rock stars destined to become jerky, stiff-limbed avatars? By Robert Andrews.
Japan Railways' plans to harvest electricity from its passengers' bipedal locomotion points to a possible future where no step goes to waste. Commentary by Momus.
The animal kingdom can be more fun than a barrel of monkeys, according to the author of a book about the emotional lives of various species. Book review by John Gartner.
An international conclave of astronomers meets to decide whether or not Pluto is actually a planet. And if it is, what does that make Xena? And just what qualifies as a planet, anyway?
Weeks after an internet speculator agrees to buy Wiki.com for $2.8 million, the site is finally live. And guess what. It really is a Wiki site. By Joanna Glasner.
A 79-year old British retiree named Peter is suddenly one of the video site's most popular contributors. Plus: Microsoft's WYSIWYG blog editor is a slam dunk. In Monkey Bites.