Reuters - Japan's space lab is now open for business, science -- and art.

AP - Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.

AP - The Phoenix lander's first dig into the Martian soil for scientific study was delayed Wednesday because of a communications glitch on a spacecraft that relays commands from Earth to the red planet.

AP - Astronauts opened up Japan's new billion-dollar space station lab, then got ready for another spacewalk, this time to spruce up the outside of the huge addition.

AFP - United Kingdom blue chips closed weaker, albeit off lows as Wall Street turned higher with miners, oils and banks among the top fallers in London, offsetting gains in British Airways following traffic figures.

AFP - A cosmonaut-turned-space plumber repaired the only toilet at the International Space Station on Wednesday, bringing relief while his colleagues worked on opening a new Japanese laboratory.

AP - A little strategically placed makeup quickly turns the wimpiest of male barn swallows into chick magnets, amping up their testosterone and even trimming their weight, new research shows.

AP - Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.