Alice Roberts' new series, the Origins of Us, about the story of human evolution starts next Monday with the first episode "Bones" at 9pm on BBC 2. We caught up with Alice to find out more about her new series and how she came to fear for her life during filming.

CES 2011, the biggest tech show on Earth, has been flooded with torrent of new tablets computers, 3D TVs and well, more tablets.

That said, they aren't the only technology trends that are coming out of Las Vegas this year:

What's the best motion control console to play table tennis on? Or a spot of sword-fighting?

I compared similar games on the Xbox Kinect, Playstation Move and Wii to find out.

We've unboxed the iPad, done all the syncing and setting-up, and now we're testing out its features. Is it worth getting one before the UK release date?

The UK iPad release date is two weeks away, but we couldn't wait - we ordered one from eBay and snuck it into our Focus TV studio to show you.

You are the expert: could humans build something that would last forever?

Ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption in Iceland has kept planes out of the sky for nearly a week now, wreaking havoc with the plans of thousands of holiday-makers. But is there a silver lining to the ash cloud?

If you’ve picked up the latest issue of Focus magazine you will have seen our celebration of laser's 50th anniversary.

How to inject some life back into that ageing Windows PC