Sci/Tech
Porn firms eye iPhone 4
As soon as Apple Inc launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime video conference feature, adult-entertainment companies began to develop video-sex chat services.
Farmers create new habitats
Farmers are inundating fallow fields to provide an alternative for some birds that are beginning to make their way south after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Lost ship is recovered
Archaeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage.
Bone rebuilt from stem cells
Scientists have coaxed stem cells in live rabbits to rebuild the bone and cartilage of a missing leg joint.
Internet to foil cyber crooks
The internet has undergone a key upgrade that promises to stop cyber criminals from using fake websites that dupe people into downloading viruses.
Poachers target 'jumping chicken'
Frogs' legs are known as "jumping chicken" in India and poachers risk capture as they scour marshes and forests to trap the frogs which are also endangered.
'Welfare robots' for aged
Robotic wheelchairs, mechanical arms and humanoid waiters are among the inventions on show at a robotics fair in Japan.
Facebook launches Questions
Facebook has launched a trial version of a service which allows members to pose questions to other users of the social network.