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Man Behind Summer Egg Recall Linked to November Egg Recall

(Nov. 10) -- The man behind this summer's 550 million egg recall is at it again. Egg seller Cal-Maine announced last week a recall of almost 300,000 eggs potentially infected with salmonella enteritidis, the same culprit as last time. The eggs are linked to the freewheeling poultry cowboy whose produce sickened some...

Jon Stewart Secures Permit for Rally; Sheryl Crow and Jeff Tweedy to Sing

(Oct. 27) -- With just days remaining before tens of thousands of Americans plan to flock to Washington, D.C., to rally in support of their television heroes, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert picked up a last-minute item to ensure that the event will go smoothly: a permit to hold it. On Wednesday afternoon, the National...

Stargazing Goes Digital With Astronomy Apps

(Sept. 21) -- Stargazers start your engines ... and computers and iPads. This year, a range of new websites, apps and technological enhancements are making the heavens accessible like never before. Surge Desk rounds up the latest developments that are bringing astronomy into the living rooms of millions of people around...

'Mystery Plumber' May Have Solved BP Oil Spill

(July 16) -- When you've got a leak, you call a plumber. So perhaps it's not surprising that a "mystery plumber" might be the person ultimately responsible for helping BP stop the massive oil leak 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. According to a report from The Christian Science Monitor, six weeks ago,...

Whale Sharks Threatened by Gulf Oil Spill; 5 Other Animal Species at Risk

Add one more animal to BP's ever-growing list of victims: the whale shark, which researchers observed this week in dangerous proximity to the gulf oil spill. Of course, it is far from the only member of the animal kingdom to be threatened by one of humankind's worst environmental disasters in years. In June, the U.S....