Flying had a strange effect on the great aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, leading him to team up with a French surgeon and embark on a quest for ever-lasting life... for a chosen few.

A virtual walk around ancient Pompeii will be made possible this week thanks to an omni-directional treadmill.

Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan dies of a heart attack at the age of 55, Armenian officials say.

Some of the foremost stroke experts are meeting to discuss the latest ways of managing the UK's third biggest killer.

A collection of computer-generated gibberish in the form of an academic paper is accepted at a US scientific conference.

Ex-Beatles drummer Ringo Starr will become a superhero in a new cartoon series by Stan Lee.

The number of robots helping out and entertaining in the home is set to soar sevenfold by 2007, says the UN.

Pensioners celebrate after their internet café is chosen as one of the world's best places to surf the internet.

Scientists develop a device that allows computer-users to hold virtual objects.

The sequel to 2000's acclaimed Deus Ex game aims to let players decide just about everything they do.

Transmitter chips and GPS trackers are devices designed to help to trace a child's whereabouts. But do hi-tech solutions raise more problems than they solve?

A librarian who worked for 20 years on a collection of books and journals destroyed in Edinburgh's Old Town blaze speaks of her "despair".

Teenager Katrina is nervous but determined as she gets down to AS-levels after a year out working.

Have computers given us more time to ourselves or stolen it with the opportunities and problems that they create?

Parents afraid that their children could be abducted are asking a scientist to implant a tracking microchip under their skin.

Maybe science fiction isn't just something to amuse a particular section of society. Maybe it's more important than that.

A machine which costs only £50 could help people with serious leg injuries walk normally again.

Kevin Warwick is the professor who puts microchips in his arm and wants to become the first cyborg. Not everyone is impressed, writes Dave Green of Need to Know.

A new political party claiming to represent the "MP3 generation" is being set up with the aim of putting fun back into politics.

Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar becomes the first bowler to clock a 100mph delivery.