|  Colorado Disaster: What Is a 100-Year Flood?  | A massive amount of rain has fallen in the region surrounding Boulder, Colo., causing widespread flooding that's killed at least three people and taken out roads and houses, according to news reports. The event has sent 20-foot "walls of water" rushing down mountainsides, destroying bridges and isolating entire towns, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said in a statement.
| Read More » Soyuz Space Capsule Landing Glitch No Danger to Crew, NASA Says  | An apparent sensor glitch during the return to Earth of a Russian Soyuz space capsule with two cosmonauts and an American astronaut aboard may have sparked some concern among the crew, but never posed a danger to the space travelers, according to a NASA spokesman.
| Read More » Voyager 1 Really Is In Interstellar Space: How NASA Knows  | For NASA, it's official: Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space. But given the many false alarms over the years, what makes scientists so confident now?
| Read More » Dangerous Depths: Divers to Explore Secret Underwater Cave  | In 1976, two students died while exploring the "Blue Hole," an underwater cave connected to a deep lake in Santa Rosa, N.M. Shorty thereafter, police divers collected the students' bodies and made rough, incomplete sketches of the first part of the cave.
| Read More » Experts Predicted Colorado Flash Floods  | The torrential rains and walls of water that rushed through stream channels caught many Coloradoans by surprise this week, but disaster scenarios have long foretold the fatal flash floods that tore through Colorado's foothills yesterday and today (Sept. 13).
| Read More » US Air Force Facing Drone Pilot Shortage, Study Finds  | The use of unmanned aircraft in modern warfare may be ramping up in a hurry, but a new study suggests the U.S. Air Force may be facing a shortage of drone pilots, largely because these positions are still seen as less desirable than piloting more traditional manned aircraft.
| Read More » Japan's newest rocket Epsilon lifts off TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's first new rocket in 12 years lifted off on Saturday, after two setbacks last month, keeping alive hopes that the country may eventually be able to enter the growing, multi-billion dollar satellite launch industry. The rocket lifted off at 2.00 p.m. (0500GMT / 1:00 a.m. EDT) carrying a telescope for observation of the solar system from space. The three-stage rocket named Epsilon is about half the size of Japan's existing H2A rocket and has been touted as a new, low-cost alternative. ... Read More » Meet the Queen of King Size Bows  | You may not know Lynda King, but if you've ever seen a holiday car commercial featuring a giant, red bow, you know her work. As the founder of King Size Bows, she has been putting an unforgettable decorative touch on TV spots, grand openings and other special events since 2000.
| Read More » Wearable Tech Adoption Slow - But Not For Long It appears people may need some more time before embracing wearable technologies: A new study, conducted by market research firm TNS, has found that 75 percent of consumers are familiar with wearable computing devices, but just 10 percent of respondents re currently using them. Read More » Babies Know Living Things Have Guts Despite never having performed surgery or dissected an animal, 8-month-old babies expect living creatures to have insides, new research suggests. Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Preserve Historical Documents  | Editor's Note: In this weekly series, LiveScience explores how technology drives scientific exploration and discovery.
| Read More » Technical Glitch Delays First Launch of New Commercial Spacecraft  | A combination of bad weather and a technical glitch have pushed a brand-new supply ship's debut test flight to the International Space Station back at least one day, to Wednesday (Sept. 18).
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