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Noctilucent clouds, high-altitude clouds that appear to glow in the sky at night, usually show up in the Southern Hemisphere summer. Satellite images showed them covering Antarctica in early November.

Google says it plans to appeal the ruling in an antitrust lawsuit that calls the company a monopoly. And, Harris to announce her running mate today in Philadelphia.

Experts warn the multiple military probes into abuses at Abu Ghraib prison will produce much information but few answers about who is ultimately responsible. Critics worry the Bush administration hopes to bury responsibility in mountains of data. Others say documents already leaked point the finger of blame at Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

NPR's Scott Simon asks former Google engineer Kathryn Spiers about her firing after she posted an internal message about employee rights in the workplace.

This past week, the Justice Department asked the Internet company Google to turn over its search records, which prosecutors say would help them defend a controversial child pornography law. Google refused.

Microbes can thrive in extreme environments, from inside fiery volcanoes to down on the bottom of the ocean. Now scientists have found a surprising number of them living in storm clouds tens of thousands of feet above the Earth. And those airborne microbes could play a role in global climate.

Virtually all major car and tech companies are pursuing self-driving technology as the future of transportation. But Tesla and Google are the earliest innovators, taking very different approaches.

Google opened its developers conference Wednesday with a few announcements. The big news was that it will sell its own tablet computer to compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire and Apple's iPad. Google also announced more content for its online store.

Is it naive to believe that improved Internet access can help open up truly autocratic regimes like North Korea? Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, authors of The New Digital Age, say the power of information is underrated.

Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota was recovering from brain surgery Thursday at George Washington University Hospital. As official Washington extended good wishes for his recovery, it also puzzled over the effect that his illness may have on control of the Senate.