To astronomers, the new breed of hand-held laser pointer is a way to write in the sky, its two-mile-long beam allowing them to trace constellations and point out individual stars. To a lost hiker, the ...

Bans on the sale of laser pointers in Europe could soon be lifted after a landmark court case in the UK that ruled that US class IIIA laser pointers are safe. The case was an appeal against an earlier ...