APPLE INVESTORS WORRY ABOUT STEVE JOBS’ HEALTH

Industry concerns about Steve Jobs’ health have not gone away more than a month after the Apple CEO appeared dramatically thinner at the firm’s annual developers’ conference, fighting what insiders at the time were calling a “bug.”

Beijing Olympics: Battle for gold offers China first chance to defeat America

The Olympic host is straining every sinew to dislodge the US from the top of the medals table, a badge of global superpower status.

News Flash From the Cover of Esquire

On the third floor of the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan rests a tribute to Esquire’s glory years — a collection of 92 covers from the 1960s and early 1970s that have become, in the museum’s words, “essential to the iconography of Ameri

How not to do an American accent

Everyone can do an American accent… at least everyone thinks they can. But how many would pass muster with a Hollywood studio? The BBC’s Stephen Robb took a lesson from one of the movie industry’s top accent coaches.

Light therapy ‘beats plaque bugs’

Scientists have developed a mouthwash that allows plaque-causing bacteria to be destroyed using nothing more than a bright light.

Concerns over Olympic drug test

A BBC investigation has found that there are serious question marks over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics.

Futuristic windshield aims to help older drivers

When Coke-bottle glasses just won’t cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick.