(9/6/2010) Alien life may already exist on Earth -- us.   

(9/6/2010) As the summer night sky draws near its close, there are still many cosmic objects that may beckon skywatchers equipped with a small telescope, binoculars or their own two eyes. Here's the top 10.  By Joe Rao, Space.com.  

(9/4/2010) Scientists say they've found a new species of turtle in the Pearl River, and they've named it, aptly enough, the Pearl map turtle.  

(9/4/2010) Craigslist has apparently closed the adult services section of its website, two weeks after 17 state attorneys general demanded it shut down the section.  

(9/3/2010) A strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck close to New Zealand's second-largest city of Christchurch early Saturday local time, wreaking havoc on buildings, roads and infrastructure.  

(9/3/2010) NASA is developing an ambitious new mission to plunge a car-sized probe directly into the sun's atmosphere, boldly going where no spacecraft has gone before.  

(9/3/2010) Wolf spiders and carnivorous plants called sundews may compete with each other for food in the wild, a new study finds.  

(9/3/2010) Samsung's first tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, will go on sale in two weeks -- joining the Dell Streak and a slew of Google-powered pads, all trying to turn up the heat on the Apple iPad.  

(9/3/2010) The showdown over 3Par Inc. that ended Thursday was a puzzling spectacle. It pitted two of the world's biggest technology companies against each other for control of a company that was obscure outside of technology circles and flat-out unloved on Wall Street, with a stock that was stuck around $10 for a year and a half. Why?  

(9/3/2010) A German bomber shot down in World War II has been found 50 feet below the sea off the coast of England.  

(9/3/2010) An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.  

(9/3/2010) Don't worry if you see a Klingon strolling down the street with a mummy this weekend in Atlanta. It's just Dragon Con.  

(9/3/2010) All-seeing eye of Sauron? Cosmic sunflower? Not quite. It's actually a massive sunspot as you've never seen one before, captured in stunning high resolution.  

(9/2/2010) Earl is moving up the East Coast, and the U.S. Coast Guard is getting ready, moving hundreds of thousands of tons of planes, boats and rescue gear into position. The Guard hopes for the best -- and prepares for the worst.  

(9/2/2010) NASA scientists flew Thursday into Hurricane Earl to gather data about what makes some tropical storms strengthen into destructive hurricanes while most fizzle.  

(9/2/2010) Invisible shrimp could very well be living in every drop of water you drink -- but that's OK, they're nothing to worry about.  

(9/2/2010) U.S. communications regulators on Wednesday put off a controversial decision on Internet traffic rules, giving industry and consumer groups a chance to forge a compromise while avoiding a politically sensitive issue ahead of the November elections.  

(9/2/2010) Target has begun selling gift cards for Facebook credits, letting consumers spend real money on fake money to buy gear in online apps and games such as Farmville.   

(9/2/2010) The chief of the U.N.'s telecommunications agency is urging BlackBerry's manufacturer to allow foreign law enforcement agencies access to its customers' data.  

(9/2/2010) Physics was the reason for the Big Bang, not God, according to scientist Stephen Hawking.