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Emma Watson New UN Women Goodwill Ambassador

UN Women, the United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, announced yesterday it has tapped British actress Emma Watson as Goodwill Ambassador. Known for playing the leading role of "Hermione Granger" in the Harry Potter saga, Watson has been involved with the promotion of girls' education for several years.

New Harry Potter Book Friendly to Forests

The printing for the final Harry Potter book will not only be the biggest, but also the greenest. 65 percent of the paper will come from forestlands that are managed in a socially and environmentally responsible way.

New York Scientists Unveil 'Invisibility Cloak' to Rival Harry Potter's

Inspired perhaps by Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, scientists at the University of Rochester have recently developed a simple and inexpensive lens device that hides objects from view. With the basic goal of taking light and have it pass around something as if it isn't there, the researchers have created the first simple device that can do three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking.