Robot guards to patrol shops and offices - Yahoo! News

Robot guards to patrol shops and offices - Yahoo! News: "In an idea straight out of science fiction, robots could soon begin patrolling Japanese offices, shopping malls and banks to keep them safe from intruders. Equipped with a camera and sensors, the 'Guardrobo D1,' developed by Japanese security firm Sohgo Security Services Co., is designed to patrol along pre-programed paths and keep an eye out for signs of trouble."

Pentagon Creating Student Database

Pentagon Creating Student Database: "The Defense Department began working yesterday with a private marketing firm to create a database of high school students ages 16 to 18 and all college students to help the military identify potential recruits in a time of dwindling enlistment in some branches.

The program is provoking a furor among privacy advocates. The new database will include personal information including birth dates, Social Security numbers, e-mail addresses, grade-point averages, ethnicity and what subjects the students are studying."

Boing Boing: Orgasms "turn off" part of female brains

Boing Boing: Orgasms "turn off" part of female brains: "Orgasms 'turn off' part of female brains
Scientists report that parts of a woman's brain switch off when she has an orgasm, including regions involved with emotion. Neuroanatomists from the University of Gronigen ran PET scans on women as they were resting, getting diddled by their partner's fingers, experiencing the 'big O,' or faking it"

Saddam guards describe his Doritos habit - Iraq's New Chapter - MSNBC.com

Saddam guards describe his Doritos habit - Iraq's New Chapter - MSNBC.com: "NEW YORK - Thrust unexpectedly into the role of prison guards for Saddam Hussein, several young American soldiers found the deposed Iraqi leader to be a friendly, talkative “clean freak” who loved Raisin Bran for breakfast, could down a large bag of Doritos in 10 minutes and insisted he was still president of Iraq."