Amazon Christmas day e-book sales beat print sales

Technology / Internet

13 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

On Christmas Day customers bought more electronic books than hard-copy books on Internet retail giant Amazon.com, the company said in a statement Saturday.

High-tech vehicles pose trouble for some mechanics

Technology / Other

13 hours ago | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 4

(AP) -- A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to."

Voyager makes an interstellar discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 26, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (37) | 9

The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery.

As shuttle's career nears an end, NASA turns focus to satellites

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 26, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 0

NASA heads into 2010 with the bittersweet assignment of retiring the space shuttle after nearly three decades. But that's not all the agency has planned: There are also launches of three new satellites aimed at better understanding ...