Not-So-Swift Silencer
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Oh, I don&#39;t mean the factual debate about John Kerry&#39;s war record. I&#39;m referring to the argument over what sort of speech should be permitted during an election campaign.
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The expiration of the assault weapons ban was a depressing but potentially valuable lesson in the rancid politics of gun control. Honest debate on gun policy is impossible because of the cynical
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At what decibel level does noise start to do irreparable hearing damage?
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I guess I'm the bad boy of heart attack survivors. Mine played like low comedy from the start. It felt not like shearing pain; I had no revelations of mortality and sense of endtimes and lost opportunities. Actually, it seemed Bill Clinton was sitting on my chest playing the saxophone.
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Scientists develop an absorbant gel that can remove radioactivity from concrete, but don't count on the government hearing aid. Bodyhack reports from AAAS.
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NEW YORK - Fruit-infused water and Gatorade - not vodka and whiskey - were the inhalants offered at the Manhattan debut of a controversial new device that lets drinkers take vaporized shots of alcohol, and opponents want to make sure the machines stay liquor-free.    The machine, the Alcohol Without Liquid vaporizer, or AWOL, lets its users inhale liquor by mixing it with pressurized oxygen...
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By JILL SCHENSUL, STAFF WRITER OK, so maybe I was blind as a bat without my glasses on. Maybe I wasn't in military-grade health and could burst into status asthmaticus at any time. And, no, I haven't logged 1,000 hours behind the controls of a jet fighter.
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Traditional variety 'pose a risk to people', warns BAE Systems Arms manufacturing monolith BAE Systems has decided to improve its whale-hugging credentials by developing a range of next-generation, environmentally-friendly weapons designed to be friendlier to Mother Earth.â¦
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Amid recent political maneuvering is a situation little noticed by the public: The 1994 federal arms ban did not prevent many assault weapons from reaching the streets.
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Sometimes, a regulatory bark is worse than its bite.
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According to the Associated Press, Sony Computer said it disagreed with the verdict and promised to appeal. Immersion has patents on the &quot;vibro-tactile&quot; technologies that can send vibrations
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Blog: New devices help remove the stigma of hearing aid use for aging baby boomers, and help preserve the auditory environment for the rest of us.
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Being a little bit scared is good. Many Marines say it keeps them sharp during a war in which combat comes in spurts, separated by lengthy bouts of boredom.
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Don't fall for the hype, but expect a quiet increase.
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The first bomb fatality in one of the U.S. Armyâs new armored vehicles has raised questions on its design.
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Comment is free: Hilary Benn: One person a minute dies from a gunshot. Now we have a chance to reduce weapons trading.
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Two-way filtering is touted as a new security feature, but Preston Gralla discovers it's impossible to practically configure outbound filtering.