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Every step we take, every move we make, somebody's watching us. If Greta Garbo — the iconic movie star who famously wanted to be left alone — were around today, she might be a prime customer of the online privacy industry.

For centuries, the ice-choked Northwest Passage has been prized as a potential trade route. Now, rising Arctic temperatures mean the waterway is expected to open up for longer periods — a boon for shipping companies seeking a shortened trade route and for nations vying for untapped natural resources.

Melting Arctic ice will have profound consequences on the roof of the world, opening strategic waterways to shipping, reducing the ice cap on Greenland, and spurring a rush to claim rights to the wealth of natural resources that lie beneath.

President Obama's fiscal commission begins its final round of meetings Tuesday, which may or may not produce a plan to cut the nation's growing debt.

If you need an excuse to take your afternoon siesta, look no further: Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have found that naps may help your brain work better later.

To gain an outright majority in the Senate, Republicans will need to win at least one state that usually goes Democratic. And it may be Washington, where incumbent Patty Murray is trying to fend off a stiff challenge from Republican Dino Rossi.

Professor M.C.Madhavan is a Fulbright scholar and semi-retired economics professor at San Diego State University. He's led United Nations development programs and was an economist for the World Bank. But he may be best known for founding the San Diego Indian American Society which established the Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship. More than 400 San Diego students have received this award since 1984. Dwane Brown spoke with professor Madhavan and found out what motivates him to continue to make a difference in the lives of youth in San Diego and abroad.

San Diego's history as a gem mining and gem producing center is one of the county's best-kept secrets. The new exhibit called ALL THAT GLITTERS at the San Diego Natural History museum uncovers those sparkling secrets. We'll speak with the exhibit's curator and the owner of a present-day gem mine in San Diego.

The Obama administration's former tech adviser says a federal appeals court decision limiting the FCC will have far-reaching effects on Internet regulation.

India launched its first moon mission in October amid a great gust of patriotic excitement about securing membership in the world's tiny lunar explorers' club — which includes its regional rival, China. Despite the mission's technical problems — and the space program's huge costs — Indian scientists' ambitions are high.