Sega, known for its game consoles and Sonic the Hedgehog, has gone down the rather unusual route of creating a battery powered miniature robot girlfriend for lonely adult males. Called EMA (which stands for Eternal Maiden Actualization) Sega hopes this mini-fembot, which it describes as petite, friendly...

Las Vegas might be the city where “What Happens Here, Stays Here” reigns, but despite the scandalous catchphrase, Sin City actually has a bonafide legal system comprised of real-life laws and a police squad to enforce them. You don’t say! But do tourists know about this? Not really....

I surround myself with technology the same way that some people surround themselves with friends. And just as we might have that one friend who, without even trying, can be somewhat irritating, certain technology I encounter every day can have that very same effect. In some cases, I can even grow to...

approximately 37 million km² – or around ¼ of the world’s land mass – is covered by natural forest, a habitat which is home to the majority of the planet’s wildlife, so it’s no surprise that scientists are eager to study as much of the planet’s forest canopy as possible...

The European Extremely Large Telescope will dwarf all other telescopes. In 1609 Galileo’s “Old Discoverer” had a lens an inch in diameter. Now the Keck Observatory on top of a mountain in Hawaii has two mirrors, each of them 10m across, that are so smooth and so perfect that even if they were...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Bars, pubs, and taverns of the world can hold as much history as any museum and present as much drama as any theater. Members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) have come up with a list of the world’s 10 most legendary bars....

The government announced Friday night that it had seized all of Bernard Madoff’s property in a deal that also forces his wife to give up homes and property worth millions. Federal prosecutors obtained a $170 billion legal judgment against Madoff. Madoff, 71, masterminded the largest and most sweeping...

Brazil’s president Lula has approved a controversial law which grants land rights to squatters occupying land in the Amazon — campaigners fear it will result in a further increase in deforestation of the Amazon region. The law – known as “provisional measure 458″ –...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A funky, psychedelic fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species, a scientific journal reported. The frogfish – which has a swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes that extend from its aqua eyes to its tail – was first discovered...

The oldest and largest trees within California’s world famous Yosemite National Park are disappearing. Climate change appears to be a major cause of the loss. The revelation comes from an analysis of data collected over 60 years by forest ecologists. They say one worrying aspect of the decline is...