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Some ancient galaxies had wild youth

Ancient galaxies may be cosmic senior citizens today, but some have a wild streak in their past, one packed with frenetic star birth, astronomers say.

Tether maneuvers spacecraft without fuel

The space tether could be used to boost a satellite while it's in orbit.A NASA team is preparing a bid to test a chemical-free propulsion system that taps the power of Earth’s magnetic field to move satellites and spacecraft in orbit.

Plant and spiders compete for food

The carnivorous sundew and the wolf spider eat the same prey in the wild. Wolf spiders and carnivorous plants called sundews may compete with each other for food in the wild, a new study finds.

Labor Day weekend for astronauts: Space toilet cleaning

American astronauts Doug Wheelock, Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Shannon Walker, all NASA spaceflyers and Expedition 24 flight engineers, pose for a photo with an American flag while aboard the International Space Station during their summer 2010 mission. 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. holiday off after they clean the space toilet.

Facebook cross-dresser’s photos incite family members

Family members, upset about a male relative’s cross-dressing photos he shared on Facebook, were indicted Thursday in Israel on charges tied to their kidnapping and punishment of the 19-year-old man.

Kids prove they’re MoonBot masters

Teen-agers from around the country put lunar rover prototypes through their paces in the MoonBots challenge, a spin-off of the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize programScience editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Teen-agers from around the country put lunar rover prototypes through their paces in the MoonBots challenge, a spin-off of the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize program

Mixed bag of space rocks found near Earth

A new survey of asteroids near Earth by a NASA space telescope has found a much wider variety of the space rocks than previously thought, with some shiny and bright while others are dark and dull.

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

‘Tweens,’ ages 8 to 11, changing online game development

A booming market of tweens, ages 8 to 11, is changing the landscape of online games.

Facebook’s new security feature: remote logouts

Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.