AP – Thu, Sep 15, 2011 This image provided by NASA shows an artist's depiction showing a discovery by NASA's Kepler mission of a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one. The planet, called Kepler-16b, ...
It's a real-life Tatooine. A spectacle made popular by the \\\\"Star Wars\\\\" saga — a planet with two suns — has now been confirmed in space for the first time, astronomers revealed. Scientists using NASA's Kepler space teles...
Prereading question: Google would like to share the cake in network service. What advantages and disadvantages does it have? 29 June 2011 Last updated at 01:50 GMT Online search giant Google has lau...
Want to play the new "Mortal Kombat" game online with your PlayStation 3-owning friends? No luck at the moment. The PlayStation Network has been knocked out and Sony officials say they don't know when it's going to go back online. ...
It seems the lore(学问，传统) of bully-beater Casey Heynes only grows with the passage of time. Heynes is the 16-year-old Australian kid who rocketed to super-hero-style fame after his take-down of a bully was caught on video and posted on the In...
'Little Big Planet 2' is where exactly where 2D platformers should be. The story levels are fun, the new gadgets useful, and the new tools for building your own personal levels are better than ever. ...
Nintendo's forthcoming 3DS game machine will not only play games in 3-D, it will also be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix. During a keynote speech(重要讲话) that marked the opening of the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo ...
Almost all the English names of the solar system come from the names of gods in either Greek or Roman mythology(神话). Mercury(水星) is named after the Roman god of travel, because it appears to move so quickly across the sky. Venus(金星)...
In a greenhouse here at the University of Maryland, researchers are growing the next generation of wheat. Their goal is to help Maryland farmers deal with a disease that claimed(使失踪或死亡) half their wheat crop last year. Researcher Hosie Costa...
July 2, 2010 In the day's first match, Brazil will play the Netherlands(荷兰) at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. Some are calling this game worthy of a World Cup final(决赛). Both teams seem to be in top form(竞技状态很好) ahea...
Sunday 20 June 2010 21.52 BST The number of schools using plagiarism-detecting(检测剽窃的) computer software(软件) to catch A-level students cheating in their coursework has rocketed(急速上升), amid warnings that children as young as 11 need...
NBC's Anne Thompson takes a look at what all the volcanic gas and ash is doing to the planet....
updated 8:48 p.m. ET Sept. 8, 2009 NEW YORK - The Beatles(甲壳虫乐队，亦称披头士) are back — but this time the world's most famous rock band may be stirring(刺激) more excitement in executive suites(商务套房) than in campuses and schoolyard...
Yao gets banged up, bounces back to lift Rockets ...
April 2, 2009 (AP) Widely dismissed as a marginal(不重要的) player six months ago, the International Monetary Fund had become the world's economic firefighter(消防队员) with no blazes to put out. Today's global financial crisis has put the IMF ba...
April 2, 2009 Leaders of the G-20 agreed Thursday to massively re-arm(重整) the International Monetary Fund(国际货币基金会) for its fight against economic contagion(传染), providing significant new financing and a broad mandate(正式命令) for action...
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY The latest recipe for video-game fun: cooking. A smorgasbord of cuisine-based games is just hitting stores. They let you slice and dice like a pro — with no cleanup afterward — and include celebrity che...
Collected by Yahoo! 1 Britney Spears The singer’s steep trajectory to redemption restored her to the top of searches. Her year began with a police visit, hospital stay, and psych evaluation. She returned under her father’s shel...