Science

How Target breach could change company hacking security
If a ruling against the retailer holds, it could set a precedent wherein companies can be sued for negligence in "failing to respond to warnings from security software."
Once written off, Kepler telescope finds new planet
More than a year after NASA said its Kepler telescope was beyond repair, the planet-hunting probe has delivered an unlikely find: a planet that's outside our solar system.
Should scientists bring passenger pigeons back from extinction?
Molecular biologists are looking into ways to regenerate the species, but are running into opposition from conservationists who are worried this will lessen the urgency when it comes to saving endangered species.