SPACE.com - Buzz Aldrin, 80-year-old veteran of the first moon landingby Apollo 11, is facing a much more down-to-Earth challenge as a contestant onthe new season of TV's "Dancing With the Stars."
AFP - A restaurant in Santa Monica, California faces criminal charges after being accused of selling sushi made from whale meat, the sale of which is strictly banned in the United States, prosecutors said.
LiveScience.com - Gerard Fryer got paged about 20 times early Thursday morning Hawaiitime, signaling a large earthquake had occurred in Chile and there was apotential for a tsunami.
Newly released images from last November's swoop over Saturn's icy moon Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a forest of new jets spraying from prominent fractures crossing the south polar region and yield the most detailed temperature map to date of one fracture.
AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.