Gary Johnson had the best line from last night's presidential debate. Also, a gay soldier was booed.

President Obama is rewriting No Child Left Behind.

Texas ends the ritual of a special last meal for death row inmates.

Scientists may have discovered faster than light particles.

Glowing kitty may further aid in AIDS research.

Early morning home invasion on the West Side.

The House passes a temporary spending bill, avoiding a government shutdown, for now.

The FBI is investigating mysterious "Arabic" graffiti on the underside of Southwest Airlines airplanes.

Is it worth it to pick your own apples?

A suspected member of LulzSec was arrested in Phoenix.

Scientists use science to explain near-death experiences!

Probably not a good idea to post your murder plans on Facebook.

Who doesn't love animated GIFs?

50 signs the world is coming to an end.

Spontaneous human combustion listed as cause of death of a 76-year-old man.

Chicken snack menus are the next front in the fast food wars.

Was Archduke Ferdinand's fate sealed because of cheese sandwich?

Someone is making a TV show based on musical chairs?

James Spader joined the cast of The Office.

Happy Birthday Tom Lester!!!

Denmark just elected its first female prime minister.

Stud Finder, by xkcd.

DNA test being done to see if Santa Fe mom's son is really a missing boy from 2000.

Florida cable guy exposes himself and masturbates in client's living room, police say.

Meet some Stanford genius hackers and code writers.

China's buying up gold, perhaps to weaken the U.S. dollar.

Can this tiny college in the Catskills annihilate the economy?

Texas inmate receives stay of execution from the Supreme Court because testimony at his trial may have been racist.

Scientists discover the first planet that is definitely orbiting two stars.

The changing face of atheism.

Dozens of deadbeat parents arrested this week.

Of course the CIA worked with Gaddafi.

Yahoo fires its CEO.

Five dead after shooting rampage at Nevada IHOP.

Poor Gary Johnson.

When will 9/11 conspiracy theorists believe the facts? Probably never.

Cell phones in prisons are on the rise.

Is Homeland Security making us safer or poorer?

More bad news for Netflix users.

Why using your real name on the Internet is a bad idea.

Lizards are smarter than we thought.

The greatest photo of Saturn you'll ever see.

What is graph theory, and how can we make some freaking money with it?

In order to find a lost Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece, scientists need a camera that hasn't been invented yet.

Wikileaks reveals government plans to infiltrate warez topsites.

More Game of Thrones casting news.

Judge dismisses lawsuits against 5010 of the 5011 people accused of downloading the porno Danielle Staub Raw.

Let's all have a good laugh at the MPAA's latest bogus piracy stats.

Whatever happens, do not give Madonna hydrangeas.

Lame looking UFO video from Japan.

R.I.P. Uncle Frank.

You guys probably care which fast food restaurants were rated the highest by Zagat, right?

How the invention of pants ushered us into the modern world.

America's Most Wanted moves to Lifetime?

Katt Wiliams: patriotic or racist?

Happy Birthday Michael Emerson!!!

Family of civil rights lawyer Mary Han says police botched the investigation of her death.

Los Ranchos may get a plastic bag manufacturing plant that operates 24 hours a day.

Guv sent out letters to see whether immigrants with driver’s licenses still live in the state. She says more than a quarter of them were sent back by the post office.

Bernie Madoff’s pants can house your iPad.

Carlsbad is running out of water.

Tonight, Republican candidates will debate in Iowa. Gawker’s got your predictions.

More people are getting their tattoos removed.

Cybersex 2.0

The secrets of hand hearts revealed.

Robotic exoskeleton. Yhuuuuuusssssssssss.

Underwater volcano to erupt near Oregon.

American distillers may be rushing whiskey. Crisis?

An investigative report on the use of drones.

The top 100 sci-fi and fantasy books.

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Yesterday's tornado in Albuquerque was actually a landspout.

Virginia Tech says there's a gunman on campus. In 2007, a shooter killed 33 people at the school.

The mayor of Sunland Park near Las Cruces says he was drunk when he signed those nine contracts.

Construction near University and Coal is going to get worse.

The ACLU wants to make sure we're not being tracked by the police through our cell phones.

NRA files lawsuit to stop a rule that requires gun shops to report the purchase of more than one semi-automatic. The rule would be lifted in border states, such as New Mexico.

First chile harvest is in from Hatch.

The world's first text messages from 1890.

Fox News hosts don't criticize Sarah Palin because she's their coworker.

Adult men who like My Little Pony are called bronies.

The golden oldies of a gen-Xer.

Maybe our universe is in a bubble of space and time, and other universes are, too.

Writer finds out how easy it is to buy a gun from a stranger in Portland.

The ultimate food taboo.

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It’s alive! These famous lines of Dr. Frankenstein remind me of zombie movies and sci-fi horrors. But apparently the idea of creating life from death may be jumping from the pages of sci-fi novels into actual science.

According to the New York Times four years ago at the University of Massachusetts Medical School scientists created a molecule that could replicate and evolve by its self. It was nicknamed “The Immortal Molecule.”

This molecule may be only the beginning. Biologist and chemist in a lab in San Diego are trying to create life. They are attempting to bridge the gap between inanimate and animate using modern genetics. Perhaps Mary Shelly was on the right track, but only about two centuries too early. Read more about this here.

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Rain! Maybe more rain!

Atlantis touches down.

Russians declare the era of the Soyuz.

First spacesuits sewn by women who made bras for Platex.

ACLU sues secretary of state for failing to reveal evidence of 37 immigrants she says voted illegally.

Corrales couple wins $200,000 off the lotto.

Ghost of a ghost town all that remains after Bland burns up in Las Conchas fire.

Hit songs written at expensive writing camps, hit factories.

You may be able to trap creatures again in New Mexico.

Russia finally admits beer is alcohol.

What's a calorie?

You're so vain … creative people, says this study.

Nazi exhumed.

Tall women get cancer more.

Volcano erupts in Indonesia, evacuating thousands.

Kenya opens new refugee camp to deal with influx of Somalis facing starvation.

Misinformation may be un-erasable from our brains.

A DuPont herbicide suspected of killing trees.

A conspiracy theory about fluoride.

FBI investigates claim that journalists tried to hack phones after 9/11.

The United States has a lot of debt, dudes.

This short film about robots rioting in Brixton is cool.

Some idiot sends an email to The Oatmeal and he grades it.

Regretsy helps you know what is NOT steampunk.

Spotify hits the US and may reconfigure the music world.

What the heck is Spotify?

Natalie Willoughby

Atlantis launches into the clouds on Friday, July 8.

I'm that chick who likes “guy stuff.” I was raised on comics, action movies and video games. My poor mother had high hopes that I would be a ballerina, but it soon became clear that Legos and action flicks trumped tutus. Since then, my love of all things science, sci-fi and otherwise geek has led me to author a blog on those subjects.

A few weeks ago, I hit up the Alibi’s news editor with a pitch: I wanted to go to the Kennedy Space Center and watch the last shuttle launch. That story will hit alibi.com tonight around 6 p.m. Look for it on stands this week, too.

I’m going to begin penning a column for this paper, too. If you have some questions for me, or if you have a topic you would like me to feature, please email me at nawilloughby@gmail.com.

Talk nerdy to me! Bring up Star Wars. Bring up “Star Trek.” Or “Fringe” Or “The X-Files.” Or The Long Halloween. Tell me how much you hated Batman: Hush, and please explain why, as it’s one of my favorites. Ask me which planet you can see in the night sky tonight. Ask me about the most recent discovery in computer science.

Get your geek on.

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Mayor Berry close portions of the Bosque.

Rio Rancho police are cracking down on tailgaters.

Police arrest La Familia cartel boss.

UNM scientists prove that men are funnier than women.

Stephen Colbert finds the one Republican candidate who can beat Obama.

Sarah Palin quits her bus tour halfway through.

Watch out for the TSA Mobile Groping Squads.

The Supreme Court will review the patentability of medical diagnostic tests.

Man arrested after IRS accidently deposits $110,000 into his bank account.

Wimbledon officials wants female tennis players to stop grunting so loudly.

Iran wants to send a monkey into space.

Bronies are real, and they're in Albuquerque.

Top 10 brands that will disappear next year.

Coming soon to a restaurant near you: horse-semen shots.

Your dishwasher is slowly killing you.

This giant chicken-deboning machine is terrifying, awesome.

Man ships himself across country in a crate equipped to play a MMO as part of an art project.

The earliest American artwork discovered is …

Oh yeah, they remade Footloose.

New iPhone rumor #32.

Pray for a Destiny's Child reunion.

The seven types of friends everyone needs.

Happy Birthday John Dillinger!!!

Obama will visit Puerto Rico, the first US official since the '60s to do so.

Other countries pledge to lend money to Libyan rebels.

Everyone has a reality show, even the Duchess of York.

Red light cameras came back on last night.

APD has new summertime operation to bust you if you're trying to pay for sex.

Super weeds evolving to beat pesticides.

Mississippi river spreading "ravenous" Asian carp.

Researchers may add fat as the sixth taste.

Even bigger supernovas!

Read Sarah Palin's email!

Al Qaeda is mad and making some threats against the U.S.

Kurdish separatists are mad and making some threats against Turkey.

France kicks out Libyan diplomats; Russia and China stick up for Libya.

House passes Republican-sponsored bill to expand off-shore drilling.

Study shows you should probably eat more salt.

Oh no, county officials got free concert tickets!

D.C. schools receive envelopes full of white powder, but no illnesses or deaths.

Access Industries takes over Warner Music.

You could buy the Home Alone house.

Scientists find proof of ancient sea monster fisticuffs.

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Terrorist attack shreds a Morrocan cafe.

Meteorologists showed live footage of tornadoes approaching.

New regulations aimed at food marketing to help reign in childhood obesity.

Superman threatens to renounce US citizenship.

Del Norte high school football coach popped for second DWI.

Nearly half a million dollars misused around an NHCC fresco causes scandal.

Hilarious minor differences illuminated by The Oatmeal.

Some researchers say dolphins are too smart for captivity.

Kia Motors recalls cars whose gas tanks fall off.

Malfunction delays space shuttle launch.

National Institutes of Health get favorable ruling on stem cell research.

Did scientists at Fermi Lab find the Higgs boson?

Police find missing 3-year-old Ismyella Rodriguez safe.

A government shutdown is looming.

Daytona Beach newspaper publisher is offering bonuses to reporters who sell advertisements and subscriptions.

Espanola man delivers decomposing body to the ER, says his friend was sick.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Koch brothers.

Looks like Blockbuster found its sucker.

Security company HBGary's latest terrible idea is a paranoia meter.

One dead after attempted Apple Store burglary.

Read all about the war of words between Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin and Lost creator Damon Lindelof.

Prehistoric human brain found pickled in bog.

Bristol Palin earned $262,000 as teen pregnancy ambassador for Candie's Foundation, more than seven times the amount the foundation actually spent preventing teen pregnancy.

Mental disorders represented as minimalist posters.

Watch these fresh frog legs twitch when salt is added.

Scientists genetically modify cows to produce more human milk.

That's hardcore! Website pornwikileaks reveals porn stars real names and home addresses.

Listen to the world's most nonchalant crash landing.

Netflix announced it obtained exclusive rights to stream all seasons of Mad Men.

New study says biology grad students are the most unhappy.

Keanu Reeves confirms that Bill and Ted 3 is on the way.

Six of the most bizarre medical hoaxes people actually believed.

25 baked Lady Gagas.

Watch the intro to the Russian version of How I Met Your Mother.

Burger King introduces the Meat Monster Whopper.

Mall-pizza chain Sbarro is planning on filing for bankruptcy.

Happy birthday Billy Dee Williams!!!

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