Frisky flies, furniture bots and a tunnel through time

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S C I E N C E Flies get frisky after laser stimulation Laser beams have been used to heat up genetically modified flies, causing them to make amorous advances towards inanimate balls of Plasticine. All in the name of science » L I A T   C L A R K ' S   B L O G Blaming video games for suicide is an illogical leap too far Suicide rates are highest among males, and 97 percent of teenagers play video games. Why then, has a coroner publicly leapt on the non-fact that four boys that took their own lives, also happened to enjoy playing Call Of Duty? » T E C H N O L O G Y Modular 'Roombots' become furniture on demand Robotics specialists from EPFL have developed modular robots that can arrange themselves into furniture that moves and can self-reconfigure » K A T I E   C O L L I N S ' S   B L O G A walk through time in Brunel's Thames Tunnel Last weekend, while the Overground was closed for maintenance and the rails safely switched off, Katie Collins walked the Thames Tunnel end to end as part of a small supervised tour group » T E C H N O L O G Y Google's 'right to be forgotten' response is 'disappointingly clever' Google has revealed its solution for removing URLs from its index that any European demands be forgotten from the public conscience: a form » S C I E N C E Radiation-stalling 'ice wall' will be built under Fukushima A power company is due to start building an "ice wall" under the Fukushima nuclear power plant next month in order to stall the spread of contaminated underground water » G A M I N G The Improbable dream to radically transform online gaming You probably haven't heard of Improbable. Despite its low profile, the London-based game studio has been attracting an extraordinary array of talent » S C I E N C E SpaceX hopes Dragon V2 will be Nasa's ISS 'space taxi' SpaceX has unveiled the cutting-edge Dragon V2 Vehicle that it hopes will beat off two competitors to be the chosen craft to transport Nasa astronauts to and from the International Space Station » Read Online Read Wired magazine online You can read the full selection of content from the June 2014 issue on our site, as well as explore the archive of older issues Click Here C U L T U R E The Wired 2014 Wishlist If you are going to choose one tablet keyboard, or pair of jeans, or home security sentry, or even a robotic chef, it had better be the best Listen » M O B I L E   P H O N E S Nokia Lumia 630 review Wired.co.uk reviews the Nokia Lumia 630 Listen » P O D C A S T Ebay hack, Twitter censorship, gamer suicides: Wired.co.uk Podcast episode 176 Listen this week for an entertaining 30-minute look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days Listen »

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