BrighterWorld.KTSM.com - Sponsored By The El Paso Electric Company: Scientists respond to planet hunter's plight with pointers – and poetry ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 06:40:49 NASA is getting plenty of advice — and sympathy — as it assesses whether its Kepler planet-hunting telescope can be revived after the failure of its reaction-control Microscopic crystal 'flowers' build themselves in a Harvard lab ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 03:34:03 Imagine peering into a microscope and finding yourself in a garden.That's the case at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where researchers have found Buggy hordes of cicadas sighted in Virginia ... but New York? Not yet ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 03:34:04 There's been a groundswell of 17-year cicadas in Virginia and other southern states, as revealed by a fresh wave of photos and eyewitness reports. In Could photo magic lure you over to Google+ (and away from Facebook)? ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 01:33:20 During the Google I/O developers conference this week, the tech giant unveiled a slew of new photo-related features now available on Google+. Could those features Facebook shutters page that taunted lawmaker's push to curb military rape ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 01:38:53 A "direct threat" against a U.S. congresswoman — posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem sexual misconduct Nintendo wants totake YouTube profits back from its players ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 02:06:16 YouTube has always proved fertile ground for the entrepreneurial and tech savvy. But gamers may soon be getting the short end of the stick.That's if Bigger than an ocean liner, asteroid 1998 QE2 will zip by Earth this month ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 02:28:08 By Mike WallSpace.comA big asteroid will cruise by Earth at the end of the month, making its closest approach to our planet for at least Should FBI manhunts use drones? US lawmakers debate ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 10:14:44 At Friday's house hearing on privacy and domestic drones, government representatives and civil rights advocates tried to wrap their brains around a drone-filled future.Once drones The smartphone effect: Olympus cuts low-end cameras from lineup ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 10:14:44 It's taken awhile, but cheap point-and-shoots are beginning to actually disappear from the market because of the increasingly ubiquitous smartphone. Camera manufacturer Olympus has decided Fallout from huge solar flare to sideswipe Earth ================================================================================ MSNBC on 17 May, 2013 10:47:54 By Mike WallSpace.comA huge explosion on the sun will deal Earth a glancing blow Friday but should not pose a threat to the planet, scientists say.The