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Seattle company mining asteroids for precious metals, water

A Seattle-based company, Planetary Resources, has announced a new venture to begin mining asteroids in space for precious metals and water. The company has attracted serious interest and investors, but how would this process actually work? Is it a financially wise endeavor?

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NASA picks another Mars flight to explore its core

NASA picks another Mars flight to explore its core

After driving all around Mars with four rovers, NASA wants to look deep into the guts of the red planet.

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Which endangered species will survive conservation triage?

Which endangered species will survive conservation triage?

As money and manpower run low, scientists are beginning to acknowledge that not all critically endangered species can or should be saved. So how do we choose what species will live and what will die? How can those decisions be made?
by Emily Kaiser

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Like NASA rover, family switches over to Mars time

Like NASA rover, family switches over to Mars time

For one family, an exotic summer getaway means living on Mars. Martian time, that is.

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New family of spiders found in Oregon cave

New family of spiders found in Oregon cave

Amateur cave explorers have found a new family of spiders in the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon, and scientists have dubbed it Trogloraptor -- Latin for cave robber -- for their fearsome front claws.

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At this camp, kids learn to question authority (and hack it)

At this camp, kids learn to question authority (and hack it)

Some kids go to band camp; others go to swim camp. But for the children of the world's digital rabble-rousers, there is hacking camp. It's called DefCon Kids.

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NASA rover prepares to use laser on a Martian rock

NASA rover prepares to use laser on a Martian rock

The NASA Mars rover Curiosity is preparing for its first laser target practice -- zapping a Martian rock 10 feet away on Saturday night.

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LIVE VIDEO CHAT: Cops, drones and saving money

LIVE VIDEO CHAT: Cops, drones and saving money

Join us at 11:30 a.m. Central for a video chat with three experts in the field of law enforcement and drones.

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New toilet technology after 150 years of waste

New toilet technology after 150 years of waste

Reinventing the toilet is a challenge taken up by scientists from around the world. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced projects that will be getting more money to take their ideas from the lab to cities.

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BBC: Locus of control

BBC: Locus of control

The BBC looks at the famous IE scale published by Julian Rotter in 1966. The scale measured whether people believed they could affect the course of their life or if their life plan was due to luck or fate. The test is still used widely today in different forms.

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