Try Out Bollywood's Casting Couch Filling jobs with foreigners isn't a one-way street. India's prolific movie industry is always looking for Western extras and bit actors. Scott Carney reports from Chennai, India.
Power Up With Magnetic Bacteria A high school student's science fair project demonstrates a unique new renewable energy source with zero emissions. By Stephen Leahy.
Mark of the Beasts Searching for a "bar code of life," Smithsonian scientists use DNA to catalog the entire animal kingdom. By Jonathon Keats from Wired magazine.
The Myth of Cybersexual Losers I'm often asked about the "millions" of social failures living in an online sexual utopia, but I can't find them. Can you? Commentary by Regina Lynn.
Debugging and Flying Toasters Readers respond to tips on better JavaScript debugging. Plus: Another lesson on why fancy animations shouldn't be considered part of a quality user experience. In Webmonkey Mailbox.
NSA Using Social Network Analysis NSA focuses on social networks in American's phone calls. Plus: Philidelphia approves Earthlink provided Wi-Fi.... Chinese company launches a censored Wikipedia clone.... and more.
Sneakers Get a Geek Injection High-tech advances like silver linings and built-in computers cause athletic footwear's popularity to surge. From Forbes.com.