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If plastic is inert, why does it have a taste and smell? Plastic bin bags have a strong smell when first opened and water left in plastic bottles can acquire a distinct taste. Louis Chambers, London, UK [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents an interview with choreographer Mark Baldwin about how Albert Einstein's three famous 1905 papers have been translated into a modern dance work for Rambert Dance Co. in London. Baldwin thinks that art-science collaborations are often done with good intentions, but it's just the way some of them have been realised. He said that the play "Constant Speed" is gorgeous, cheap and nasty, and fabulous. He also commented that of all the art forms that one can use to express the notion, dance is probably the best.

The article focuses on performance of various web sites. The web site www.going-underground.com focuses on the London, England underground system, with quotes from tube drivers and station announcers. Reader Rob Knell and a colleague from the school of biological sciences at Queen Mary College, London, recently submitted research paper to a major peer-reviewed science journal. Using the journal's online submission service, they sent their paper at 4.46 pm on a Wednesday and received an email rejecting it by 5.20 pm the same day. Thomas Thurman has developed a game for people bored with conventional surfing. The game can be played in the web site www.tinyurl.com.

The article reports that Metropolitan Police of London, England has been helped by personal data recovered from satellite navigation systems in solving crimes like kidnap, murder and terrorism. According to a paper by forensic analyst Beverley Nutter, the Police have used information taken from satnavs to aid its various investigations. It is stated that data stored in the memory of global positioning system (GPS) receivers is turning out like a boon for crime-fighters.