US researchers have made electronic circuits that can stretch like rubber. The flexible wires might create wearable electronics or artificial nerves that can bend inside the body.

Toyota has unveiled a humanoid robot that walks, waves its arms and bows. And, as if that were not enough, it also plays the trumpet.

You could soon be seeing a lot more TV-style video ads appearing on the web.
Advertisers have been encouraged by the results of initial trials of technology which offers broadcast quality video, regardless of connection speed.

Federal prosecutors have begun a wide-ranging effort to curb the growing popularity of online gambling in the United States by quietly threatening legal action against American companies that do business with Internet casinos and sports betting operations based outside the country, lawyers and industry executives say.

It has been a bit of a mystery why women, who normally become infertile in their mid-40s with the arrival of the menopause, often live on and on. Indeed, the average lifespan of women in almost all societies exceeds that of men.