That New, Old Interface Every once in a while, designers turn back the clock and give something another try. Exhibit A: the Fold n' Drop interface for sorting through computer files. Exhibit B: the book radio, which is exactly what it sounds like. Are these paper metaphors suitable for what they've been used for? Could or should they be extended into other areas?

Curious George, Undergrad Edition: So, on July 31st, I'm breaking my piggy banks and heading up to the University of Montreal for a certain physics conference. It's my first academic conference and I've never been up to Uni of Montreal, so I've got some questions. more inside

Meet the Smoothies. "I want a man with chest, uninterrupted. Who's buff, thorough and shiny as a dime. He's playing with his earring. He's putting up his hair. He's touring the new Old Navy and picking up new slacks. I want a man with a tight shirt and a hard package." more inside

The Lost Boys of Utah

Up to 1,000 teenage boys have been separated from their parents and thrown out of their communities by a polygamous sect to make more young women available for older men, Utah officials claim. Many of these “Lost Boys”, some as young as 13, have simply been dumped on the side of the road in Arizona and Utah, by the leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), and told they will never see their families again or go to heaven.

Scientists. Sometimes you want to read about people messing with the green and wet. Sometimes you want to read about people working with the Great Big Out There. Other times you want to read about people working with tiny little things. Maybe you want to read about people trying to make the grade. And (if you're like me) you really, really like to play. more inside