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Now that space shuttle Atlantis has safely returned to Earth, the Pentagon plans to shoot down a failing spy satellite as early as Wednesday night. The Navy will launch a missile in an attempt to destroy the satellite before it crashes to Earth.

Israeli and U.S. citizen Robert J. Aumann and American Thomas C. Schelling win the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on game theories that help explain economic conflicts, including trade and price wars.

Terrorism is something we all fear, yet understand little. SDSU scholar Dipak Gupta has spent many years studying terrorism. In fact, he was a member of a violent, radical group when he was a college

Long an important voting bloc in New York, Puerto Ricans are now coming into their own in Florida — especially Central Florida, a key swing area in a key swing state. Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court has cast a spotlight on their growing influence.

Light of My Eyes screens free at MoPA (Film Movement) Last October the San Diego Italian Film Festival made its debut and has been busy ever since…

The Darker Side of Hope (And the Audacity of 'Our Posterity')

Privacy isn't the only concern some have about the new low-energy X-ray scanners introduced at airports across the country. A group of scientists say the amount of radiation the scanners emit may have been understated and wants a more thorough look at the risks of exposing so many travelers to X-rays.

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh lashed out this week at a New York Times reporter, calling him part of a radical environmental movement. Reporter Andrew Revkin could be considered fairly revolutionary — but perhaps not in the way Limbaugh thinks.

California's economy may be going through a rough patch, but the state's biotech industry is thriving. That's the consensus from participants in this week's Bio International Convention in San Diego.

Is "H1N1" a better name for the dread disease than "swine flu"? Or is it just a pig in a poke? Lab folks and lexicographers are not too sure.