No agreement yet on new IMF chief

2011-05-23 07:56:11

Several candidates suggested as Strauss-Kahn's replacement

Fashion show in Malta

2011-05-22 14:41:48

A model presents a creation by Welsh designer Julien Macdonald at the Malta Fashion Awards 2011 at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali, outside Valletta, May 21, 2011.

Sudanese army controls Abyei after heavy fighting

2011-05-22 08:18:54

The Sudanese army has managed to control the Abyei area on the border between northern and southern Sudan following fierce fighting with the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) since Friday.

Space station gets upgrade

2011-05-21 07:58:20

Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts accomplished the main objective of their mission on Thursday, installing a $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station to scan the universe for years to come.

FBI investigates Unabomber in 1982 Tylenol deaths

2011-05-20 09:28:18

Could the Unabomber and Chicago's Tylenol poisoner be one and the same? FBI agents investigating the Tylenol killings, unsolved for nearly 30 years, want Ted Kaczynski's DNA, but they aren't saying whether there's any reason to believe he might be a match.

Dark energy causes universe to expand: Scientist

2011-05-20 08:01:18

Australian scientist on Thursday said dark energy is real and causing space-time and the universe to expand.

NASA checks damage to space shuttle heat tiles

2011-05-19 15:21:36

NASA is taking a close look at some damage to the black thermal tiles on the belly of space shuttle Endeavour.

US weather extremes show 'new normal' climate

2011-05-19 14:15:47

Heavy rains, deep snowfalls, monster floods and killing droughts are signs of a "new normal" of extreme US weather events fueled by climate change, scientists and government planners said on Wednesday.

Plant, animal extinctions often exaggerated: study

2011-05-19 13:02:25

A projected spate of extinctions of animals and plants this century may be less drastic than feared because the most widely used scientific method can exaggerate losses by more than 160 percent, a study said on Wednesday.

Astronomers discover ten floating planets

2011-05-19 08:50:29

Ten new "floating" planets, which drift through the galaxy rather than orbiting stars, have been discovered by an international team of astronomers led by New Zealand scientists.

Woman's plane photos of space shuttle go viral

2011-05-18 12:25:24

Stefanie Gordon captured an otherworldly image that rocketed around the globe as fast as her subject: Space shuttle Endeavour soaring from a bank of clouds, its towering plume of white smoke lighting the azure sky.

Shuttle Endeavour arrives at space station

2011-05-19 17:21:48

Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, moves supplies on the middeck of the space shuttle Endeavour.