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Scientists say new images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the celestial object, discovered in 2007 by a Dutch schoolteacher, is a "twisting rope of gas" wrapped around a galaxy. The mysterious blob also is giving birth to new stars.

Scripps Health announced plans today to build a $185 million proton therapy center in Mira Mesa to treat cancer patients.

After six months in office, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a budget that cuts billions. The Republican's approval rating has dropped, which doesn't help Republicans in an important swing state as they prepare for 2012.

Scientists are reporting that they have made a living cell from DNA that was originally synthesized in a lab. This isn't quite a synthetic organism. But the result is an important, and some would say troubling, step on the road to creating life in the lab.

On December 4, University of California San Diego researchers completed a 53-hour procedure methodically slicing and sectioning an entire human brain. The process was recorded and broadcast via live webcast. Viewers blogged, tweeted and debated the ethics of the experiment, communicating with researchers, all in real time.

The company that introduced the world to the Walkman reported its biggest annual loss in more than 15 years — partly due to a major hacker attack and the Japanese tsunami. But Sony just unveiled its newest products, and company executives and analysts agree that Sony must make a few changes to improve its prospects.

The nationwide Occupy movement might be targeting Wall Street, but it's arguably municipal governments that have felt the biggest impact so far.

New York City could soon lay off 4,100 public school teachers, and the first to go would be those with less than four years' experience. A school in Chinatown could lose four of its 55 full-time teachers, including Juhyung Harold Lee, who is wrapping up his third year.

As China gears up for a once-in-a-decade political transition, those vying for leadership are backing competing socio-economic models. This year's political debate has sprung out in the open — and it has leaders and constituents considering how to move forward politically.

Airs Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV