Kepler mission: Search for habitable planets

NASA's Kepler spacecraft carries a new telescope capable of finding Earth-size planets outside our solar system.

Kepler mission to hunt for planets just our size

The US will launch the Kepler spacecraft Friday to look for other Earths.

Microscopic objects may lead to large pollution solution

Column: These itty-bitty microbes are the most sophisticated chemists on Earth.

Moon base: Location, location, location

NASA’s attempts to figure out how astronauts will survive the frigid, 334-hour lunar night lead it to a sunlit crater rim near the south pole.

Worst PC sales slump ever? Not for 'netbooks'

Better grades through cash

Ideas: New programs offer incentives to motivates students to study.

Review roundup: Kindle on the iPhone

Could texting slang be good for kids?

Want list: Always Innovating's Touch Book

Will March be iMac month?

Energy from the sea

One design envisions farms of giant buoys tethered to the ocean floor.

And now, Twitter philanthropy

In a new era of social giving, nonprofits tap the Web’s social networks.

States do a delicate dance with gamers

They lure the industry with incentives, while cracking down on adult content.

Horizon highlights – 'How'd they do that?' edition

Ultimate Arm: Capturing action from every angle

The technology behind movie magic.

Safari 4's browser war salvo

How gunfire triggers a high-tech police response

The Internet Safety Act launches a new battle on privacy

Column: Children need to be protected online, but these new bills go too far.

Hollywood's new double feature: DVD and Blu-ray in one box

Satellite’s loss a setback for study of greenhouse emissions

A NASA satellite designed to study carbon emissions is sleeping with the fishes somewhere off Antarctica.