Science Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88 Xeni Jardin

mistakes Three months' prison for woman who claimed her astronaut wife accessed bank account from space Rob Beschizza

crime Woman lied about astronaut wife accessing bank account from International Space Station Rob Beschizza

NASA NASA was rocked by a scandal when the Apollo 15 crew took unauthorized envelopes to the moon, planning to sell them later Mark Frauenfelder

News Railway workers built secret apartments in train stations Rob Beschizza

cabinets of curiosity Medical museum embroiled in brouhaha over bequeathed body parts David Pescovitz

Funny Here's some Ginseng root pareidolia to brighten your day Popkin

Space Auction of spectacular NASA photo collection David Pescovitz

Comic Books The Book of Weirdo – a history of the greatest magazine ever published Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Germans Can Help Save the Internet from the Copyright Directive! Cory Doctorow

Kids Fun and helpful blog on homophones is coming out as a book Andrea James

Science Santa Fe: Come see Neal Stephenson, NASA's Pete Worden, Los Alamos's Nina Lanza, JPL's Sasha Samochina (and me!) at the Interplanetary Festival! Cory Doctorow

Space Steven Hawking wants to send tiny 'nanocraft' space probes to Alpha Centauri Xeni Jardin

Party Under the Space Shuttle at Yuri's Night L.A. with Buzz Aldrin, Nichelle Nichols, Samantha Cristoforetti Xeni Jardin