First Meteor Shower of 2012 Dazzles
The Quadrantid meteor shower, the first major show of shooting stars in 2012, peaks in the hours before dawn on Wednesday. The best seeing should be after the moon sets around 3 a.m. Astronomers say you may see 60-200 shooting stars per hour if the weather is clear.

News Summary: Online TV startup partial victory
THE VERDICT: Aereo, a startup that takes live TV broadcasts and sends them to mobile devices, has won a partial victory in court over the media companies that are suing it.

Ancient Plant Revived After 30,000 Years
The plant in this picture dates from the Pleistocene Age, 30,000 years ago, before agriculture, before writing, before the last Ice Age. And while it’s not accurate to say the plant itself is that old, scientists in Russia say they regenerated it from frozen cells...

Watch: Apple-Samsung Feud
Court orders CEOs from Apple, Samsung, to meeting to discuss patent dispute.

SpaceX: Multimillionaire's Ship in Orbit
The SpaceX Falcon rocket launch came off successfully this morning; carrying routine supplies for the International Space Station -- and maybe beginning a new era, in which private enterprise handles missions only NASA could before.

Web series touts funky concept snowboards
In the summer of 2010, Signal Snowboards created the Web series "Every Third Thursday" to showcase the company's experimentation with funky concept boards. Think Science Channel’s “How It’s Made� — except with a lot more sass and a funkier setting.