A few stories from around town, hitting the headlines this week:

Spray-on clothes: This one’s been all over the interwebs, thanks to a news-friendly coincidence with London Fashion Week and videos of attractive young models having their naked upper bodies spray painted. Basically, a team from Imperial have perfected a technique for producing disposable garments from a spray can. The instatogs can even be washed and worn again. It’s a technique that could also find medical applications such as spray-on bandages.

Deadly earthquake due…in London? This slightly surprising peril was highlighted by seismologist Roger Musson, speaking at the British Science Festival at Aston University. A minor fault under the Straits of Dover has led to sizeable earthquakes twice before in London’s history – in 1382 and 1580 and up to magnitude 5.5. Although a quake in the south-east of England could never compare with the tragedies of major fault lines, the effects on London could still be serious. Modern buildings should cope just fine with tremors, but the large stock of Victorian and Georgian premises would be highly vulnerable.

People who think for longer have different brain structures So says a piece of research coming out of UCL and reported on the BBC. Trouble is, the work sampled just 32 volunteers, so I’m not going to think too long or hard about this one.