Royal Society launches online archive, Trailblazing, to celebrate 350th anniversary
When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visited London in 1764 at the age of 8, he was a musical sensation. Crowds flocked to see the harpsichord and organ recitals of the boy with two symphonies to his name. To Daines Barrington, however, the prodigy’s visit was less of a musical spectacle than a scientific opportunity. A lawyer and amateur scientist, he was sceptical that such accomplishments were possible in one so young and determined to investigate the boy’s talent. After scrutinising Mozart’s birth certificate, he subjected him to an array of difficult musical tests, such as asking him to sight-read a complex score. The scientist emerged so impressed that when h

The Googlephone: Google gears up for attack on mobile-phone market
From the UK’s Sunday Times: Google is gearing up for an all-out assault on the mobile-phone market that will include a new, Google-branded handset and the first comprehensive Google phone service with unlimited free calls. For the first time, a single company will control everything from the software in users’ phones to the services they use to make calls and surf the web. The Go

Invisible Bluetooth Earpiece
Originally Designed For Secret Service, A Headset Finally Available To The Public The Micro Bluetooth Spy Earpiece fits deep within your ear and is so tiny, no one will be able to detect it. It can easily be removed with one of the included super strong magnets. Once the Invisible Bluetooth Earpiece is in your ear it will directly sync with any Bluetooth cell phone letting the person on the other line hear exac

The Anatomy of a Disaster Scene in the Movie 2012
In some ways, it really is magic: Visual-effects artists can take a blank blue screen and create whole worlds from nothing. Here, 2012 director Roland Emmerich and the film’s visual-effects supervisors take us behind the scenes of the film to show PM how a team of 100 artists created the ultimate disaster sequence. By Erin McCarthy: Roland Emmerich is no stranger to cinematic disaster. The director froze New York

Rodin’s Sonnets in Stone
Allison Pearson rediscovers the magic of the Musée Rodin… You never forget your first kiss. Mine happened on a school trip to Paris over 30 years ago and it was either a happy coincidence or a divine joke that, during that same Easter, I encountered another unforgettable Kiss. The awkward, though increasingly absorbing, snog with Dave from Oadby on a hummocky camp-bed in a dormitory pungent with teenage so