The Material Girl may appreciate the occasional gold faucet, but she says ostentation just isn't her bag; Heche bags bad-guy role in post-breakup drama. Plus: Michael Jackson says children come first!

Those amazing photos from Mars? They'd have never happened without government -- and Republicans know it

Elon Musk wants to colonize the red planet, rich people first. Don't confuse SpaceX with NASA — this will end badly

A 20-second State of the Union summary reel.

Suddenly Robertson is a space "expert"

As space mining and colonization become not-so-distant realities, scientists say preservation should be prioritized

Why would the head of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey hire a former top CIA honcho to torment a hapless freelance writer for eight years?

Extraterrestrial aggression and what to think, and that last windy day with the drugs.

Equating aggregate national unemployment data and a robust stock market with a strong economy is a sucker's game

Jeb recently said he goes to his brother for Israel advice. That should scare you for a billion different reasons

A trash-talking football player gets more hatred than an ethically challenged Republican who threatens violence

The congressman from California was curious if martians once lived on the red planet

They loved "Raymond" -- you didn't. We loved "Six Feet Under," and so did you -- but Emmy did not. The Emmy winnners, your choices and ours.

Mark Levin and Sarah Palin sniff out the conspiracy to deny Bush vindication for Iraq. It leads all the way to Bush