Cody Taylor

One day I opened my nightstand and realized that it sounded exactly like Chewbacca. I hope Darth Vader doesn’t break into my apartment with a can of WD-40.

This poster is not a tally of African American achievements, rather it is a record of progress and setbacks. While Obama’s election is not the endgame of equality, it is a magnificent example of what is truly possible.

FOR most of us the universe is unimaginably vast. But not for cosmologists. They feel decidedly hemmed in. No matter how big they build their telescopes, they can only see so far before hitting a wall. Approximately 45 billion light years away lies the cosmic horizon, the ultimate barrier because light beyond it not has not had time to reach us.

Tech-savvy Pres. Barack Obama quickly revamps the chief executive Web site, but finds that when it comes to technology at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, change (such as laptops for his staff) will come more slowly

Fox News is really scared about what might happen, and oblivious to what already has.

It’s the “other” ivory. And this week, conservationists in London stepped in to stop its sale. It might not be as well known as the stuff that comes from elephants, but the ivory from the narwhal, the tusked whale of the northern seas, is just as much in demand – and with that demand comes a threat just as severe as the one elephants face.

A series of photos, showing President Obama’s smart phone obsession. The Texter in Chief got his wish, becoming the first president to get portable email.

Photographer: Willy Marthinussen

Of course though, Sidney Crosby is not being threatened, even though he has the same reasoning as Datsyuk and Lidstrom (injuries).

For decades, Brenda Rowlands wondered what her husband Dewi kept locked away in the wooden chest he stored in the shed.