Why Mars again? A look at NASA's latest venture

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Why Mars again? A look at NASA's latest venture



In this July 25, 2012 photo, Rob Manning, chief engineer, speaks to media at NASA Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Beside Manning is a model of the Mars rover, Curiosity. After traveling 8 1/2 months and 352 million miles, Curiosity will attempt a landing on Mars the night of Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)NASA's new robot rover named Curiosity has spent 8½ months hurtling through space toward its destination Sunday on Mars. It is set to land near the foot of a mountain rising from a giant crater. This marks NASA's 19th mission and eighth landing attempt.












Watch 4,000 Strangers Drench Each Other With Water Guns [VIDEO]



Watch 4,000 Strangers Drench Each Other With Water Guns [VIDEO]Improv Everywhere's MP3 experiment is a public participatory event that's a mix of scavenger hunt and flash mob.












Livestock groups seek drought relief with ethanol waiver



Corn plants struggle to survive in drought-stricken farm fields in Ferdinand, Indiana(Reuters) - Hard-hit livestock and poultry producers petitioned the government on Monday to reduce or cancel the required use of ethanol in gasoline for a year, asking for "a little help" to ride out the worst drought in 56 years. The request for a first-ever waiver from the federal Environmental Protection Agency's mandate, which in essence requires that more than a third of the U.S. corn harvest be converted into ethanol, comes as grain prices surge to record highs, driving up feed costs and squeezing profits for producers. "We are having trouble buying corn... ...









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