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So Wired.co.uk was naturally excited to see the cute, rare and generally amazing retro tech that the newly-shiny National Museum of Scotland is unveiling for the first time ever >> * Exclusive: stream Brian Eno's new album, Drums Between the Bells By Michael Calore 01 July 2011 Brian Eno doesn't release his new album, Drums Between the Bells, until next Tuesday, but you can start blissing out to the whole thing now, thanks to an exclusive arrangement between Wired and Warp Records >> * Call of Duty gets its own convention By Duncan Geere 01 July 2011 Activision has announced that its biggest title, first-person-shooter Call of Duty, is getting its very own convention in Los Angeles >> * Robot dentist patient flinches, gags and judges you By Mark Brown 01 July 2011 This robotic dentist patient from Japan will move her tongue, flinch away from a whirring drill, get tired of keeping her mouth open and even retch if you jab an instrument down her throat >> * A hydrogen-powered road trip in the Mercedes-Benz F-Cell By Adrian Justins 01 July 2011 Mercedes-Benz's hydrogen-powered B-Class motor can go hundreds of miles between refuelling, it feels like an ordinary car to drive and has zero carbon emissions yet you won't find a hydrogen pump on a forecourt near you soon >> * X-rays reveal patterns and shades of prehistoric feathers By Mark Brown 01 July 2011 Confuciusornis sanctus, a prehistoric beaked bird which co-existed with dinosaurs some 120 million years ago, had a dark body, neck and tail, and impressive patterns along its feathers >> * Water boatman uses musical penis to become world's loudest animal By Mark Brown 01 July 2011 This minuscule water boatman might be smaller than a drawing pin, but it's also the loudest animal on the planet. Well, relative to its body size, at least >> * AI researcher wants to engineer human-robot love By Duncan Geere 01 July 2011 Hooman Samani, an AI researcher at the National University of Singapore, reckons that it's possible to engineer love between humans and robots. She calls her research "lovotics" >> * Does the internet need to be civilised? By Olivia Solon 01 July 2011 Contrary to what President Nicolas Sarkozy said last month, it is pointless to try and "civilise the internet", according to web campaigner Anke Domscheit-Berg, speaking at the DLD Women conference in Munich >> * First look: Google Plus and Minuses 01 July 2011 I got a prized early invite to Google+, the search giant's highly anticipated Facebook competitor, thanks to the magic of Wired's Steven Levy. But I could not find it anywhere >> * 'Supreme Commander' of fake army marches into jail cell By Adam Rawnsley 01 July 2011 Behold, for a mighty general from a mighty fictitious army has fallen >> * Listening Room offers mellow alternative to Turntable.fm By Angela Watercutter 01 July 2011 Turntable.fm is an excellent service for friends who want to party and listen to music together online, but for those who don't want the experience to feel like a game, there is a more subdued alternative: Listening Room >> * Manilla makes you face and manage your aggregated debts By Olivia Solon 30 June 2011 Manilla is a free online bill management service that aggregates all of your different household outgoings in one place that has come out of beta in the US this month >> * The science of scent (and the importance of natural body odours) By Olivia Solon 30 June 2011 We shouldn't underestimate the importance of natural body odours, according to microbiologist Mel Rosenberg, who was speaking at the DLD Women conference in Munich this week >> * StylistPick hedges its bets on curated ecommerce By Olivia Solon 30 June 2011 Traditional ecommerce sites have been about providing as much choice as possible at the click of a button. However a new breed of retailers sees value in providing a much more restricted range of items >> * In gaming, free-to-play can pay By Mark Brown 30 June 2011 Game developers and app creators of all stripes and all sizes are cottoning on to the idea that free games can still pay >> * Win one of three Samsung Chromebooks with Wired.co.uk! By Wired.co.uk Staff 30 June 2011 Do you want to get your hands on one of Samsung's brand new Chromebooks, running the stripped-down, browser-based Chrome OS? >> * Redshift telescope spots the most distant quasar ever found By Mark Brown 30 June 2011 Meet ULAS J1120+0641, the most distant quasar ever found. A team of European astronomers used a number of telescopes, data from the European UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) and five years of searching to find it >> * Scottish plant closes as jellyfish swarm clogs up filters By Mark Brown 30 June 2011 A nuclear power plant in Scotland has been forced to shut down two reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged up a cooling water pool and its filters >> More News >> * The Wired.co.uk Podcast 32: Google+You * Everything you need to know about Google+ Wired Opinion * Nate Lanxon iTunes Festival starts today, streaming live to iPads everywhere Apple's iTunes Festival starts today, 1 July, and for anyone not attending the concerts in person, you'll be able to stream them live >> 0 Comments * Duncan Geere's Blog Stop asking for a Google+ invite I've spent at the best part of today trying to get an invite to Google's latest social service, Google+, but I've slowly come to the realisation that I don't actually want one >> 17 Comments * Mobile Phones HTC Sensation review HTC's first dual-core handset brings extra speed, the company's best screen and some new tweaks to the popular Sense interface >> 0 Comments * Nate Lanxon Duke Nukem Forever: Not the worst game ever, just the dumbest The 15-year wait for Duke Nukem Forever wasn't worth it, but does the game really deserve the relentless hate it has suffered? >> 2 Comments * Politics Demographics, data and design with the Minister for Science and Education In February 2010, the shadow cabinet's spokesman for universities and family, Conservative MP David Willetts, published a book called The Pinch >> 0 Comments * Culture Green Lantern review Green Lantern, the movie based on DC's ages old comic book, has been in various stages of development for years. It has now arrived, and it isn't the disaster as had been rumoured. That being said, it's also not terribly good >> 2 Comments * Geek Dad Kids don't want TV screens anymore, says GeekDad The screens we use frame our interactive expectations, has just watching TV had its day? >> 6 Comments * Business Opinion: Making the case to open up European rail data In an era where searching hundreds of airlines through one intuitive interface couldn't be easier, the humble train lags far behind. 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