|  Infertile Woman Gives Birth After Experimental Treatment A 30-year-old woman in Japan who was thought to be infertile recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy thanks to an experimental fertility treatment, researchers report. Read More » Optical Illusion Explained in Monkey Brain Study  | Look closely at the FedEx logo and you'll notice the space between the "E" and the "x" creates the outline of an arrow. Now, a new study reveals the part of the brain that creates such invisible shapes.
| Read More » NASA May Slam Captured Asteroid Into Moon (Eventually)  | Decades from now, people on Earth may be gearing up for an unprecedented celestial spectacle — the intentional smashing of an asteroid into the moon.
| Read More » Giant NASA Balloon Mission to See Comet ISON Suffers Telescope Glitch  | An ambitious one-day mission to observe the potentially dazzling Comet ISON with a telescope dangling from a colossal NASA balloon this weekend has failed due to a mechanical glitch, NASA officials say.
| Read More » Shutdown May Hinder California's Rim Fire Cleanup  | One of the worst wildfires in California's history continues to burn in Yosemite National Park, where employees will be furloughed if the government can't pass a budget tomorrow (Oct. 1).
| Read More » Antarctica's Extreme Salt-Loving Microbes Swap DNA  | Microbes living in Antarctica's saltiest lake swap huge chunks of genetic material as a means of surviving their harsh environment, a new study finds.
| Read More » Divorce & Other Life Stressors Linked with Dementia Common life stressors — such as divorce, widowhood or losing a job — may increase the risk of dementia later in life, a new study of women in Sweden suggests. Read More » Government Shutdown Would Ground NASA 'Almost Entirely,' Obama Says  | NASA would be among those federal government agencies to experience a near total closure if the threatened government shutdown becomes reality on Oct. 1, U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday (Sept. 30). But a government shutdown should not endanger American astronauts currently in space.
| Read More » Jaw-Dropping Milky Way Galaxy View Wins Astronomy Photographer of the Year  | An Australian space photographer has won top spot in a global space photography competition, with a spectacular "star-riddled" photo of the Milky Way galaxy, a jaw-dropping image beat out more than 1,200 other entrants in this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest by the U.K.'s Royal Observatory Greenwich and National Maritime Museum.
| Read More » Meteor Sparks Incredible Fireball Over US Midwest (Video)  | A brilliant fireball lit up the skies over the midwestern United States, treating bystanders on the ground to an amazing light show last Friday (Sept. 27).
| Read More » Strange Condition Lets Woman Hear Sounds But Not Words A 29-year-old woman developed an extremely rare condition in which she temporarily lost the ability to hear words, though she could hear other sounds, according to a report of her case. Read More » Ancient Kingdom Discovered Beneath Mound in Iraq  | In the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq archaeologists have discovered an ancient city called Idu, hidden beneath a mound.
| Read More » Russia launches rocket after fiery crash in July MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia successfully launched an unmanned Proton-M booster rocket on Monday, the first since the same type of rocket crashed in flames shortly after lift-off in July, the space agency said. Carrying a communications satellite for Luxembourg-based SES, the rocket blasted off from the Russian-leased Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan at 3:38 a.m. (2138 GMT on Sunday), Roskosmos said. The satellite reached orbit about nine hours later, state-run spacecraft maker Khrunichev, which built the Proton-M, said on its website. ... Read More » Government Shutdown In Space: NASA Astronauts Safe on Space Station  | The U.S. government shutdown beginning today (Oct. 1) will shut down much of NASA, but the space agency is taking special measures to safeguard American astronauts currently living on the International Space Station.
| Read More » Could Comet ISON Still Become the 'Comet of the Century?  | The future of a potential "comet of the century" is still uncertain, with just under two months to go before the icy wanderer makes its closest approach to the sun.
| Read More » NASA Finds Ingredient for Plastic on Saturn's Moon Titan  | For the first time, a chemical essential for the creation of plastic on Earth has been found in a far-off part of the solar system: Saturn's largest Titan.
| Read More » Twitter Abuzz with #Shutdown's Effects on Science  | The federal government has been through federal shutdowns before — there have been 17 of them since the 1970's in fact — but the world and technology are very different from where they were during the last shutdown, which happened over 16 days in 1995-1996. Communication over the Internet then took place via email and rudimentary chat rooms and forums, but today, we have Facebook, Vine and Twitter, which can help illuminate the scope of a government shutdown.
| Read More » 6 Ways Government Shutdown Will Impact Science, Health  | The clock ran out for the U.S. Congress to agree on a budget bill and avoid a federal government shutdown. In addition to furloughs keeping thousands of government workers from their jobs, the shutdown will have wide consequences for the country's science, innovation and health.
| Read More » Statins Do Not Harm Memory, Study Says  | Statins, a group of drugs that treat high cholesterol, do not appear to impair people's memory, as some recent claims had suggested, and their long-term use may even protect against dementia, a new review of studies suggests.
| Read More » Did Venus Give Earth the Moon? Wild New Theory on Lunar History  | LONDON —The Earth's moon may be a present from Venus, which once had a moon and then lost it, a new theory suggests. Under the theory, Earth's gravity captured Venus' old moon, giving our planet its big natural satellite.
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