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There's probably no intelligent life in the outer solar system. But it couldn't hurt to check.

By David Cyranoski of Nature magazine The likely demise of Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission has dashed China's hopes for its first Mars orbiter, Yinghuo-1, which was piggybacking on the larger craft (see ` Russia gets the red planet blues '). [More] Presented By: Grainger aids power outage response.

By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine It would not be the first psychiatric drug to run aground in a large study after sailing through early trials. [More]

Do we have free will? It is an age-old question which has attracted the attention of philosophers, theologians, lawyers and political theorists.

Got great ideas? Channel your inner Seth Godin and start spreading them around

Rachel Sussman, Photographer .boxxy {display:inline-block;width:280px;border:none;margin:6px;vertical-align:top;} Photo by Jeff Elkins Rachel Sussman lives in the past.

Meet the thermostat directly inspired by the iPod. Courtesy of Nest Labs Tony Fadell developed the first iPod (and 17 subsequent versions) and departed Apple in 2009. Now he's selling a thermostat--but not, of course, just any thermostat.

Meet the thermostat directly inspired by the iPod. Courtesy of Nest Labs Tony Fadell developed the first iPod (and 17 subsequent versions) and departed Apple in 2009. Now he's selling a thermostat--but not, of course, just any thermostat.

Most Americans who worry about cyberwarfare are concerned that it will be directed against the United States.

How a round-trip, 12,000-mile journey revived a clothing line. img.thiswrapper {margin-bottom:10px;} This fall, Barneys New York and J.Crew began selling a new women's fashion line called Edith A. Miller--and in doing so gave new life to a forgotten, 91-year-old Pennsylvania maker of white undershirts

When one product becomes more eco-friendly, benefits abound throughout the supply chain. Must a bottle be made of plastic? This fall, Seventh Generation began a new path: Its Natural 4X Laundry Detergent is shipping in recycled (and recyclable) bottles made of cardboard, manufactured by Ecologic Brands.

A Russian rocket successfully lifted off from snowy Central Asia tonight (Nov. 13), carrying a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station.

With the return of the brilliant planet Venus to our evening sky, I'm reminded of an amusing anecdote related by a good friend of mine, George Lovi, a well-known astronomy lecturer and author who passed away in 1993. One night, while running a public night at the Brooklyn College Observatory in New York, the telescope was pointed right at Venus, which was displaying a delicate crescent shape at the time. Yet, one student gazing through the telescope eyepiece stubbornly insisted that he was really looking at the moon.

Some of the warmest early November weather on record has plants and animals behaving oddly in the UK. [More]

LONDON--It could be the last word in concrete solutions to carbon emissions: a paving slab that generates electricity with every footstep taken on it, providing clean power to both cities and remote areas not connected to a national grid. Best of all, it requires mainly used tires and concrete