WIRED Using a nanoscale drum, scientists have built a laser that uses sound waves instead of light like a conventional laser. Because laser is an acronym for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation,” these new contraptions...

Disinfo If you’ve witnessed the fetishization of “new Apple smell”, this makes perfect sense. Via the BBC: In public spaces all over the world, companies are gunning for consumers’ attention, intruding through their ears, nose and eyes,...

RT The Pentagon’s standard operating procedure might have called at one time to fight fire with fire. Their Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, is changing that, though, right before our eyes — and ears. Darpa...

Earlier, we broke the news that P.J. Clarke’s legendary bow-tie wearing bartender Doug Quinn, who was dubbed the “Bartender of Your Dreams” by The NYTimes, said he was fired this week and customers left the Midtown saloon in...