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NASA has built a powerful telescope into the body of a 747 airplane. The flying telescope recently completed its first flight, capturing images of a planet and a nearby galaxy. Flying at 40,000 feet, it captured images of space that telescopes on the ground can't. And, it has a longer working life than space-based telescopes.

For the first time, scientists have synthesized DNA in the lab, put it into a cell, which is now growing and multiplying. This means that we're one step closer to creating life. But some bioethicists are asking: Are we playing God? And, more practically, they worry: What happens if artificial organisms leave the lab?

Robert Siegel talks with Columbia University professor Edmund Phelps, winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences. Phelps' work in the 1960s helped to better explain the relationship between inflation and unemployment, and had a profound impact on decisions made by corporate and government leaders.

Back in 1983, futurists predicted we would have orbiting drug labs and a cure for cancer by now. The year 2010 was seen as the distant, rosy future. Now it is 2010 and we wondered: How did the predictions of futurists turn out?

Scientists at San Diego's Scripps Research Institute say they've found a way to reprogram adult stem cells to make them work even better than embryonic stem cells.

Shock-wave therapy for plantar fasciitis is beginning to catch on around the U.S., partly since this stubborn type of foot pain is so common -- and so difficult to treat. But studies show conflicting results, partly because there's no standardized method.

Statewide and Congressional elections might be a lot more exciting if there was more doubt about who was going to win. Gerrymandering has effectively made it a foregone conclusion in many districts which party is going to win in November. A struggle is underway to get back to a situation where elections are actually competitive, and it all centers on three different initiatives about redistricting.

A series of peaceful protests by Tibetan monks earlier this month erupted into violent clashes with Chinese security forces. Christian Science Monitor reporter Peter Ford and Robert Barnett, a lecturer in Modern Tibetan studies at Columbia University, weigh in on the conflict.

Lawmakers are expected to vote today on a bill to ban certain toxic chemicals from baby products like toys and shampoos. But the bill is getting a lot of push-back from manufacturers, who say the scie