* NASA's rover Curiosity successfully lands on Mars via sky crane and supersonic parachute. * Curiosity's first transmitted images. * Photo should anyone doubt that people gathered in Times Square to watch a robot land on Mars. * Earth leading Mars in total medals won during Olympics. * Terrific video graphic
* This week, "a rogue algorithm" bought and sold million of shares on the stock market. * The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Fort Knox-like security measures for keeping the monthly jobs report under wraps until its release. * Obama signs secret order to support Syrian rebel forces. * If NYC&
* Syrian army is unprepared for civil war; attack helicopters are faltering, tanks are being commandeered. * Seeking to avoid repeat of Iraq failures, U.S. focuses on Syrian day-after strategy, future leaders. * War is not all trauma, but it's near-impossible to encourage soldiers to tease out fond
* Few can tell if a product is produced by slave labor—with 21 million slave workers worldwide, it's quite common. * Inequality began with horse ownership, which first separated the haves from the have-nots. * After underscoring his Palestinian view in the National Review, Romney is confusing "culture&
* U.S. scrambles to assuage Israel from moving first on Iran—officials say Israel is less confrontational in private. * Despite reforms, Burmese government waging campaign of violence against Rohingya minority. * Street children in India run their own banking co-op, acquiring life skills and a stake in their own future.
* Law providing American women with access to preventive health services goes into effect today. * Arizona's new abortion law could force mothers to birth stillborns and babies with fatal defects. * Late-term abortion legislation fails in DC. * Obama's newest campaign slogan attacked for an alleged punctuation error.
* Gore Vidal dies at 86. * Vidal in conversation with his literary executor on influence, American education, Palin, the Bill of Rights. * Electricity and material benefits legitimizes dictatorship while Indian politicians ignore basic life needs. * Life for Syrians is little improved on entering refugee camps in Turkey's Siberia. * Scientists
* If you live in America, you are four times more likely to be murdered than if you live in Britain. * Obama's winning on messages, but Romney's talking points are Americans' hot-button issues, Gallup shows. * Jonah Lehrer’s deceptions. * The 2012 Olympics gold medals are
* 600 million without power in India. * Daily life becomes a tale of survival as Aleppo fight continues in Syria, sparking a refugee crisis. * Syrian rebels explain why they left the Free Syrian Army to fight with al Qaeda against Assad. * Drone pilots talk about their day job. * Promises of free
* Photographers on shooting violence. * How primate behavior and socialization can explain gun violence. * The five most potentially habitable alien planets. * Q&A with a programmer who hopes to direct a movie before he loses his eyesight. * The healthiest fat in your body is in the back of your neck,
