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  1. Scientists gather at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) data quality satellite control center of the ATLAS detectors during the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Scientists turned on the Large Hadron Collider on Friday night, Nov. 20, 2009, for the first time since the machine suffered a failure more than a year ago and had to be shut down shortly after the start. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
    Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams AP - Tue Nov 24, 11:56 AM ET

    GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher used its accelerator Tuesday to speed up proton beams for the first time as scientists moved ahead in efforts to learn more about the universe.

  2. Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 8:36 AM ET

    If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.

  3. Is Case Finally Closed on 1965 Pennsylvania 'UFO Mystery'? SPACE.com - Tue Nov 24, 4:16 PM ET

    In the chronicles of UFO oddness, there's been a long-standing oddity – some say folklore, others deem it reality. This saga, now over four decades old, centers on a reported out-of-the-sky incident involving the small town of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.

  4. Members of the combined Space Shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station crews playfully transfer cargo item 914, also known as astronaut Nicole Stott (L), to the shuttle to officially end the farewell and hatch closing ceremony during preparations for undocking November 24, 2009.  REUTERS/NASA TV (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
    Shuttle Atlantis leaving space station AP - 54 minutes ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - It's time for Atlantis and its seven astronauts to leave the International Space Station.

  5. Texting a Pain in the Neck, Study Suggests LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 16, 12:02 PM ET

    Texting long messages can be a pain in the neck - literally.

  6. A highway in San Francisco, California. US President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to boost hopes of a landmark deal at the Copenhagen climate summit, as a new report showed the crisis facing the planet is deeper than previously thought.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
    Obama, Singh boost hopes of climate deal AFP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama sought to boost hopes of a landmark deal at the Copenhagen climate summit, as a new report showed the crisis facing the planet is deeper than previously thought.

  7. University students carry large red ribbons on a street during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS day in Shenyang, Liaoning province November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer
    UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996 AP - Tue Nov 24, 10:14 AM ET

    GENEVA - The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS — about 33 million — has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.

  8. This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 at 12:45 a.m. EST shows a patch of clouds with embedded showers in the Mid-U.S. due to a trough of low pressure moving through the Central Plains and the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Additional areas of precipitation develop along the coasts of southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
    The nation's weather AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:49 AM ET

    Two main weather features were expected to bring active weather to the U.S. on Tuesday.