To avert a possible catastrophe – this time set for February 2013 – scientists suggest confronting asteroid 2012 DA14 with either paint or big guns. The stickler is that time has long run out to build a spaceship to carry out the operation. ­NASA's… more »

Wired Science / Dave Mosher Engineers have made a tiny engine a few micrometers wide, or roughly the size of a water droplet found in fog. The device is both confined and powered by a “trap” of laser light, and it sputters a bit. The fact that it… more »

By Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior WriterSpace.com An asteroid the size of a city block will zoom by Earth inside the orbit of the moon today (Nov. 8), but it poses no danger of smashing into our planet, scientists say. The asteroid 2005 YU55, whic… more »

Voice of America / Peter Fedynsky One month after the Occupy Wall Street protesters moved into New York City's Zuccotti Park, the movement has spread globally, and gained momentum at home.Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, about 100 anti-c… more »

USDebt.Kleptocracy.US  15 Trillion Dollars $15,000,000,000,000- Unless the U.S. government fixes the budget, US national debt (credit card bill) will topple 15 trillion by Christmas 2011. The Statue of Liberty seems rather worried as United Sta… more »