Yahoo welcomes hacking elite

2011-05-16 11:22:53

Open Hack Europe 2011, held in Bucharest on May 14 and 15, allows hackers to use tools from Yahoo to showcase their snooping abilities.

Zurich voters keep 'suicide tourism' alive

2011-05-16 10:25:46

Voters in Zurich have overwhelmingly rejected calls to ban assisted suicide or to outlaw the practice for nonresidents.

Mars landing sites narrowed down to final 4

2011-05-16 10:21:57

After years of poring through images from space and debating where on Mars the next NASA rover should land, it comes down to four choices.

Endeavour ready to go; Giffords arrives to watch

2011-05-16 09:26:08

With wounded US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on hand to watch, the space shuttle Endeavour is poised to give the work week a roaring and historic start Monday morning, overcoming wiring problems that grounded it last month.

Scientists find genetic link to depression

2011-05-16 08:38:31

Scientists say they have discovered the first solid evidence that variations in some peoples' genes may cause depression.

'master switch' gene found for obesity

2011-05-16 08:34:06

Scientists have found that a gene linked to diabetes and cholesterol is a "master switch" that controls other genes found in fat in the body.

ROK to invite DPRK to attend nuke summit

2011-05-13 16:45:41

ROK plans to extend a direct invitation to DPRK's top leader Kim Jong-il to attend an international nuclear summit in 2012.

Gaddafi refuted reports on his injury

2011-05-14 07:35:20

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi refuted reports that he was injured last Thursday during NATO attacks.

Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found

2011-05-12 16:47:42

Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying a staph "superbug."

Do bedbugs carry superbugs?

2011-05-12 10:46:13

Researchers have found bedbugs carrying antibiotic-resistant superbugs, scientists thought they were not capable of spreading infections.

Why some planets spin backward

2011-05-12 10:05:18

Of the more than 500 planets detected around stars besides our Sun, the vast majority appear to spin the same way the star does.

A retrograde hot Jupiter

2011-05-12 08:59:03

A retrograde hot Jupiter: the transiting giant planet orbits very close to the star and in a direction opposite to the stellar rotation, in this artist's rendering released May 11, 2011.