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Cosmic Log: Why the N.Z. quake is no Haiti

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: In January, a 7.0 quake hit Haiti, and 230,000 people died. Today, a 7.0 quake hit New Zealand, and early

Want to play with Kinect? Bring a sweat rag!

Playing video games by moving your body rather than by pressing buttons on a controller is sweaty, sweaty work. ...

Amazon may be headed for another bad drought

Drought has cut Peru's Amazon River to its lowest level in 40 years and it is already below the minimum set in 2005, when a ...

Texas opens inquiry into Google search results

Google says Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is investigating whether its Web search rankings are fair. ...

Is the grand design within our grasp?

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: More than a decade ago, British physicist Stephen Hawking said there was a 50-50 chance that a unified "theory of ...

NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners

A team of NASA doctors and engineers recommended Friday that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D ...

Babes, bullets, bombs! Duke Nukem makes a comeback

Game icon Duke Nukem will wield his over-the-top guns and attitude yet again. After more than a decade of delays, "Duke Nukem Forever" will debut ...

Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit

Google has settled a lawsuit alleging privacy violations in connection with its Buzz social networking service, according to a court document filed on Friday. ...

New cables tie West Africa closer to Internet

For a decade, West Africa's main connection to the Internet has been a single fiber-optic cable in the Atlantic, a tenuous and expensive link for ...

Digg trying to avoid getting dug into obscurity

Digg, one of the first Internet sites that let users "dig" Web news stories by voting them thumbs up or down, is trying to avoid ...

Chinese satellites bump during secret maneuvers

A Chinese satellite may have intentionally nudged another spacecraft during secretive space maneuvers in near-Earth orbit, according to analysts. ...

Video: Bullets fly in 'Mafia II'

You follow one wiseguy's rise to power from a lowly hood to mob boss taking control of an entire city. (msnbc.com) ...

Labor Day weekend for astronauts: Space toilet cleaning

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station won't be throwing any burgers on the grill this Labor Day weekend, but at least they'll get the U.S. ...