A robot chat machine so life-like many people are fooled into thinking it’s human has become the latest internet sensation.

Although official statistics haven’t been published, it is clear that the number of applications waiting for an initial decision by the agency’s corps of increasingly overworked examiners will top 1 million this year for the first time in history.

In a finding that could help treat an inherited form of baldness, a research team in Manchester claims to have discovered a protein "code" that instructs cells to sprout hair.

The first thing that came out of my mouth when we heard that Google was working on a system that listens to what’s on your TV playing in the background, and then serves you relevant adverts, was "totally amazing, but very dangerous".

Last week, thousands of kids were returning home from summer camp — without suitcases, duffel bags, tennis rackets, or even their dirty clothes. However, most of the baggage was delivered back to their homes by small firms that have made a business of transporting campers’ bags to and from the camps.

Internet penetration among urban African Americans could grow from 45% to 62%, according to the new "FOCUS: African-America" study by Horowitz Associates. The study also projects strong growth in high-speed Internet penetration in this segment, from the current 28% to 46%.

Ontarians work 3 1/2 less weeks annually than their U.S. counterparts, according to a study released Friday. Researchers suggest that perhaps the French language just slows their brains down.