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NASA engineers are scratching their heads over some unexpected behavior from the long-lived Spirit rover, which began its sixth year exploring Mars this month. Spirit failed to report in to engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., last weekend, prompting a series of diagnostic tests this week …

An intrepid spider may have survived the long months at the International Space Station, with scientists eager to know for sure once it returns to Earth aboard the space shuttle Discovery. The arachnid, one of two orb weaving spiders sent to the station last November, is due to land with …

“Just like a football game: Send me in coach, I’m ready,” said USAF F-4 pilot Bob Pardo as he was tasked with flying over Vietnam. In March of 1965, a little-known operation called Rolling Thunder was underway. Author of “To Hanoi and Back” Wayne Thompson recalls, “Rolling Thunder was an …

New York, NY – MMA Confidential exposes the world of illegal Mixed Martial Arts, or “underground fights,” and FOX Fight Game sat down with director Bruce Kivo to talk about the project. Kivo told me he got an up close and personal look at the smaller shows that breed the …

The moon may have been the entire world for a day for Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin 40 years ago, but today he hopes the United States and the world set their sights on a far grander goal: Spreading humanity to Mars and perhaps asteroids and comets. But NASA’s plan …

So let me see if I’ve got this right. The government wants to clamp down on risky behavior. And specifically those banks and institutions that take undue risk for unheard of compensation. So Barney Frank wants to put a limit on the compensation and the risk. So now the government …

At least one in every 100 white dwarf stars may be orbited by asteroids and rocky planets, new observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope suggest. The finding could mean that these now dead stars once hosted solar systems similar to our own. Also, the work could help scientists determine whether …

There was a time when Procter & Gamble had about eight soap operas on the air. As of September 18, they will be down to one: “As the World Turns.” The company, working with CBS, has killed “Guiding Light” after 72 years on radio and TV. The killing of “Guiding …

One of the great things about the election of Barack Obama is how it terminated the relevance of Bill Maher. Remember Maher? He was that edgy guy who crowned himself the king of all things “politically incorrect.” At times he could be really funny, but the more he fixated on …

Here’s the one thing: America’s triple-A rating is at risk. I know you’re sitting there on your couch, eating Doritos and thinking, “I can’t possibly think of one thing that I care less about on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend than our triple-A rating.” OK — good point. Good …