Inside Google's Laboratory

Here's a New York Times piece on Google X, a lab at which Google attempts to make its long-range plans involving robots, space elevators, and much more.

Magazine Sampler, Jul. 20

On our display of new magazines:

TIME July 20 AP 2 T37

• "The Renegade" by David Von Drehle and Jay Newton-Small examines Sarah Palin's exit from office.

Newsweek July 20 AP 2 N6772

• Daniel Klaidman discusses the possibility of Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. prosecuting members of the Bush administration for their role in torture.

The New Yorker July 20 AP 2 N6763

• fiction by William Styron
• John Colapinto profiles Al Franken's entree into the Senate.

New Scientist July 4-10 Q1N52

• "Emotion Detectors" by Hazel Muir reveals upcoming artificial intelligence technologies that can sense human emotion.