A U.S. motorcyclist made the 5,632-mile trek from the northernmost road in Alaska to the southernmost tip of Florida in 100 hours and set a transcontinental record certified by the “Iron Butt Association” of bike enthusiasts.

Virtual reality is helping people who have strokes regain the use of
their upper limbs.

A gene that affects muscle growth and maintenance in animals works similarly in humans, a finding that could lead to new treatments for people with muscle-wasting diseases and spur the development of new body-building drugs.

Cingular is moving ahead with its plans to offer wireless high-speed Internet access to consumers.

In TV technology, everything is changing fast. Fat tubes are being replaced by flat screens, square screens by movie-style rectangles and standard pictures by high definition.

And now, white projection screens are being challenged by dark ones.

Microsoft has been awarded a patent for using human skin as a power conduit and data bus.

Here in the office we have been keeping our eye on the Sparrow electric vehicle, following last year’s bankruptcy of its creator, and recently found out that the brightly-colored three-wheeled electric commuter car has been reborn.