Whatever I've done wrong, please believe me, it was the devil, the bacteria, and the faulty wiring that made me do it!

• NASA scientists are searching for an invisible 'Death Star' that circles the Sun and catapults potentially catastrophic comets at Earth.
• From aboard the ISS, astronaut Soichi Noguchi posts stunning videos of the Earth and Moon.
• What would YOU say to ET? Competition to see what messages Earthlings want to send to extraterrestrials has produced shocking results.
• Cro Magnon skull supports theory that human brains have begun to shrink.
• Headless man's tomb found under Maya torture mural.
• It's a mystery that would stump even Sherlock Holmes: Why on earth are we letting Conan Doyle's home fall into ruin?
• Deep beneath London's streets, visitors revisit the eighth wonder of the world. 'How they got the performing horses down there God only knows.'
• What the devil is going on at the Vatican? What echoes down the centuries is not only the longstanding belief in demonic possession, but the logic behind it.
• Our microbial overlords: Can the bacteria in our bodies control our behavior in the same way a puppetmaster pulls the strings of a marionette?
• The brains of psychopaths are wired to keep seeking rewards, no matter the consequences.
• Journey to the center of the Earth: The dangerous quest for deepwater oil.
• Human-flesh search engines: crowd-sourced online detective work that aims for real-world vigilante justice.
• Data, data everywhere: Information has gone from scarce to superabundant, bringing new benefits and big headaches.
• Making bricks from straw may soon be possible - even desirable - now that scientists have figured out how spider silk can make ordinary materials stronger than steal.
• Scientists find key to rattlers' infrared sight.
• Illegal fishing and climate change are decimating shrimp and lobster populations in Central America.
• Short blasts of exercise are as good as hours of training, scientists find.
• We're being poisoned by mercury! How to get this lethal toxin out of your body.
• Caltech Cosmologist Dr. Sean Carroll blogs about his recent appearance on The Colbert Report -- and clears up that whole cake-batter thing ...sort of.
• Bloody, yes, but freedom flourished in the Dark Ages.
• In Mexico, drug cartel violence has gotten so bad, news reporters and authorities have retreated into a separate reality. The latest case in point.
• Jesse Ventura's Censored 9/11 Commentary.

Quote of the Day:

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.

Lewis Carroll, in Alice in Wonderland.