Milky Way and Andromeda will collide sooner than expected

The Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies are on a collision course and will hit one another earlier than scientists had previously predicted.

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That takes balls: After 12 hours of constant pain, the 40-year-old mother of six took several gulps from a bottle of rubbing alcohol, grabbed a 15-cm knife and began to perform a c-section on herself.

Alone in her one-room cabin high in the mountains of southern Mexico, Ines Ramirez Perez felt the pounding pains of a child insistent on entering the world.

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Both boys beaten severely in Phoenix park die - Yahoo! News

The suspect in a brutal and apparently random attack of two young boys at a park will face murder charges after both victims died Friday, police said.

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A rubbish life for LA marathon recycler - Yahoo! News

Man and family only create 32 lbx. of trash in comparison to the average American household of 1600 lbs.

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Mother of missing SC nurse seeks help solving case

Attention: Everyone's help is needed in bringing the required attention to this case. It needs to get the media spotlight that it deserves to help find this missing woman. She is the mother to a young son and the daughter and sister to a loving family.

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Cake request for Adolf Hitler, 3, denied

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PHOTOS: Best Wild Animal Photos of 2008 Announced

Best Wildlife Photos of 2007 Announced (October 2007) PHOTOS: Best Science Images of 2008 Announced (September 25, 2008) PHOTOS: Best News Photos of the Year Announced (February 2008) Overall Winner

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Tasmanian Devils Could Be Gone in 20 Years

Tasmanian devils became extinct on the Australian mainland about 400 years ago and are now found only on the Australian island state of Tasmania.

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Daylight Saving Time: Why Did We Do It? - Yahoo! News

At 2:00 a.m. local on Sunday, most of the United States (except Hawaii and Arizona) will leave daylight saving time behind and fall back an hour to standard time.

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The Mysterious Cough, Caught on Film - NYTimes.com

In Roald Dahl's novel "The B.F.G.," the title character, a big friendly giant, captures dreams in glass jars. At Pennsylvania State University, a professor of engineering has captured something less whimsical but no less ephemeral — a cough — on film.

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Exxon Mobil breaks another earnings record

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said Thursday it shattered its own record for the biggest profit from operations by a U.S. corporation.

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Religion Not the Only Path to Altruism

"To the extent that religion does promote altruism, it might actually be effective because adherents think that some authority figure is watching them to make sure they "do the right thing," or because they want to maintain their reputations as righteous followers of religiou …

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Why paper money systems all fail

Paper money is nothing new. But every culture to use paper money has eventually abandoned it. Will our own money system go the same way, or can we avoid the mistakes of the past?

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Vampire Moth Discovered -- Evolution at Work

When the Russian moths were experimentally offered human hands this summer, the insects drilled their hook-and-barb-lined tongues under the skin and sucked blood.

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Drugs Found in Hair of Ancient Andean Mummies

The first hard evidence of psychoactive drug use in the ancient Andes has been discovered in mummies' hair, a new study says.

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Britain's Oldest Toy Found Buried with Stonehenge Baby?

A carved animal figurine found buried alongside a prehistoric baby at Stonehenge may represent Britain's earliest known toy, researchers say.

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White House tells banks to stop hoarding money - Yahoo! News

An impatient White House is serving notice on banks receiving billions of dollars in federal help to quit hoarding the money and start making more loans.

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Body might be that of missing Stoneville man : News-Record.com : Greensboro, North Carolina

STONEVILLE — Authorities might have found the body of a 76-year-old man who has been missing for more than a week.

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Man, 76, still lost; search goes on : News-Record.com : Stoneville, North Carolina

STONEVILLE — Possible sightings of a missing 76-year-old Alzheimer's patient have failed to pan out for the numerous area law enforcement agencies that have spent the past three days looking for him. Stoneville police said Tuesday that residents reported seeing Dallas Gray "Re …

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