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CMU prof whose `last lecture' moved millions dies
Randy Pausch said obstacles serve a purpose: They "give us a chance to show how badly we want something." Confronted with incurable cancer, he devised a last lecture that became an Internet sensation, a best-selling book and a celebration of a life spent achieving his dreams.
Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights
Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky.
US lawmaker: Bring back air-safety survey
The U.S. should revive and expand an aviation safety survey run by NASA to identify problems like lapses in inspections that canceled thousands of flights this past spring, the chairman of a House Science and Technology panel said.
MEMBER EXCHANGE: NASA center in Ohio eyes moon
Before NASA astronauts rocket to Mars, they're supposed to return to the moon in a sweet new ride to test-drive everything from high-tech maps and buggies to new spacesuits and next-generation power sources.
Ohio students dive deep for architecture class
Jaimie Roudebush dons swim fins and a wet suit, straps on an oxygen tank and adjusts her scuba mask. The 20-year-old student isn't on a tropical vacation - she's on her way to class.
NASA moon capsule running late, full of problems
Money problems will likely force NASA to abandon its ambitious internal goal of having a new moon spaceship ready by 2013, a top space agency official told The Associated Press Wednesday.
NASA to workers: Go boldly (in cup) for science
The No. 1 need right now for some of the builders of the nation's next spaceship: Lots of No. 1.
Hamilton Sundstrand protests NASA contract
Hamilton Sundstrand has protested NASA's selection of a Texas company to supply the space agency's next-generation space suit.  NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocketBy day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.
The Feds crack down on visa fraud, finally
Highly educated Americans with much-sought-after technical and scientific skills have been complaining for years about not being able to find jobs or being replaced by foreign workers who have come to this country on H-1B visas (Congress authorizes only 65,000 H-1B visas annually, for hiring foreign workers with skills that can’t be found here).
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