The head of the Japanese space agency wants to establish a moon base by 2025. Staffed by robots, of course. As Diana pointed out, "Overlord master robots, I hope? I mean, if it's not with overlord master robots, it's not worth doing..." (Via Engadget.)

MRI brain scans can tell when a woman is faking an orgasm.

"Even the courts know the Internet is the first place to turn for information." In other words, if you haven't done a Google search, you haven't done your due diligence.

Why too many physicists use "137" as their briefcase lock combination.

Number theory story of the day: It's got primes, partition numbers, and Ramujan's notebooks, explained in terms accessible to the intelligent layperson. What more do you need?