New Zealand author Margaret Mahy has made a career of tickling funny bones, teasing the imagination, and sending shivers up spines of young readers. She is, according to Betty Gilderdale, writing in St. James Guide to Children's Writers, "one of the most...

When she gave birth eight years ago, Laurel Blair Salton Clark forfeited sky diving. The risk was too high, the thrill gone, now that she called a little boy her own. A few years later, in 1996, Clark said yes to a seat...

Space is a dangerous place, and last month's cliffhanger decision by the head of NASA underscored the point. Never before in the history of the space program has a decision about whether to go ahead with a mission been left until so close...

An asteroid at least 500 feet long will make a rare close pass by Earth next week, but there is no chance of an impact, scientists reported Thursday.The object, known as 2007 TU24, is expected to whiz by Earth on Tuesday with its closest approach...

NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding nearly all the asteroids that might pose a devastating hit to Earth, but there isn't enough money to pay for the task so it won't get done.The cost to find at least 90 percent of...