Craiglist"s "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

Why the sun"s atmosphere is nearly 200 times hotter than its visible surface is a long-standing mystery. A new spacecraft, called Solar Probe Plus, aims to find some answers.

Just when you thought Kirby couldnt get any cuter, Nintendo has gone and turned their pink blob of an icon into the most adorable piece of yarn you ever did see. And for his forthcoming Wii game "Kirby"s Epic Yarn" it looks like the video game giant is knitting together a visual masterpiece.

The online classified ad site"s decision to use the "censored" label is coming under fire by free-speech advocates.

HTC, a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple"s iPhone.

Craigslist closed the adult services section of its website, a week after a group of state attorneys general complained about illegal ads promoting prostitution.

Warren Spector, the famed game designer behind "Epic Mickey," says he hopes the forthcoming Wii video game will teach players more about themselves than the character they"re playing.

A galactic "supervolcano" in the massive galaxy M87 is erupting, blasting gas outwards. The cosmic volcano driven by a giant black hole in M87"s center is preventing hundreds of millions of new stars from forming.

Nokia, the world"s biggest cellphone maker by volume, will introduce new smart phone models next week, including, sources say, its new flagship model E7, which comes with a large touchscreen and full keyboard.

Gamers pitch their video game ideas to industry experts in a "American Idol" like format at PAX 2010.(msnbc.com)

Science editor Alan Boyle"s Weblog: In January, a 7.0 quake hit Haiti, and 230,000 people died. Today, a 7.0 quake hit New Zealand, and early indications are that it caused relatively few major casualties. Why the difference?

Where do you put the blood splatter? It"s just one of the surprising questions the developers at Guerrilla Games have found themselves trying to answer as they"ve worked on the 3-D shooter "Killzone 3."

The king of the video game apes is keeping one giant foot in the past and one in the present in his forthcoming game. But will "Donkey Kong Country Returns" be able to please both old-school and new-school fans?

Science editor Alan Boyle"s Weblog: More than a decade ago, British physicist Stephen Hawking said there was a 50-50 chance that a unified "theory of everything" would be discovered within 20 years. Now he explains why he thinks the theory has been found.

Just as "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" have created legions of rock "n roll gods, the forthcoming motion-controlled game "Dance Central" will soon create an army of dancing queens and kings.

Game icon Duke Nukem will wield his over-the-top guns and attitude yet again. After more than a decade of delays, "Duke Nukem Forever" will debut on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC game systems in 2011.

Playing video games by moving your body rather than by pressing buttons on a controller is sweaty, sweaty work.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station won"t be throwing any burgers on the grill this Labor Day weekend, but at least they"ll get the U.S. holiday off after they clean the space toilet.