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North Korea claims to have joined the nuclear club with an underground test Sunday night. Intelligence agencies say they detected a large explosion, but questions remain. How can you tell is an explosion was nuclear, how do you measure an underground detonation, and what do the numbers tell us?

It's a good time to be a craft brewer, as Americans are thirsty for full-flavored and local beers. But when small breweries grow, they can also risk losing some of the "craftiness" their fans love. And when they expand, many brewers have to rewrite their recipes — starting with the water.

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Goya were all victims of cranioklepty, or having their skulls stolen in the name of science. This bizarre phenomenon is the subject of Colin Dickey's new book Craniokelpty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius.

Scientists have witnessed the eruption of a deep-sea volcano for the first time ever, capturing on video the fiery bubbles of molten lava as they exploded 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean in what researchers are calling a major geological discovery.

About 20,000 workers are toiling long hours to clean up all that oil in the Gulf of Mexico. One New Orleans hospital has seen 11 cleanup workers in the past few weeks with symptoms such as dizziness, headache and nausea. But the greatest risk is not chemicals, it's likely heat stress from people working long hours in temperatures hovering around 95 degrees.

Polls indicate Hispanics, who tend to vote Democrat, are undecided about who they'll support in the next presidential election. That's certainly the case in New Mexico where White House officials recently visited to discuss issues important to the local Latino community.

Israel has been conducting air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip since Saturday. Conditions inside Gaza are very dangerous. Mkhaimer Abu Sada is a political science professor at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. He says where he lives in northern Gaza it is not safe to walk around. He tells Steve Inskeep that "life is like hell here — it has been very bad here."

Under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the federal government will pick up the full in-state cost for any honorably discharged service member wishing to attend a public college or university. But because the often intricate rules governing residency differ from state to state, and even within university systems, many veterans face a bewildering battle to exercise the benefits they've already fought for.

The longer missions of the future, the training needed to fly on Russian ships and other factors combine to create the need for 5 to 10 more, according to the group's report.

In the Netherlands, the Restaurant of the Future, co-owned by Wageningen University, uses video cameras and scales to keep close tabs on diners' behavior. To eat there, you have to sign a research waiver.