A small saucer-shape capsule carrying a half-pound of rocks and dust collected from an asteroid called Bennu is expected to slam into Earth's atmosphere at a blistering 27,650 mph on Sunday and then parachute down to the ground. NASA senior scientist Amy Simon joined CBS News to discuss the purpose ...

We've got lots of good news this week, from an op-ed by President Clinton to progress on Colorado's civil unions. Plus a slew of favorable polls shows momentum for equality.

Coming up on World Tech Update, Facebook announces an IPO, Sony's business is in trouble, the Asus Padfone sets for a debut and thousands flock to Macworld iWorld.

Leaders, experts and citizens around the world are reacting to news of the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. military operation. (May 2, 2011)

HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearfulnation and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. This improbable group of activists bucked oppression and, with no scientific training, i...

An 18-year-old Ukrainian refugee who has recently arrived in Dublin has delivered a St Patrick's Day message of peace to the world.Gloria Potaychuk is among more than three million people who have fled Ukraine, in what the UN has called the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War Two.

Grappling with the confusing news that his father is gay is 38-year-old Oliver (McGregor), who also must absorb the devastating report that his father has terminal cancer. That's a lot to take in and Oliver has his own problems, particularly in establishing lasting relationships.

As the Federal Court of Appeals declarers Prop 8 unconstitutional, major advances in Washington, New Jersey, and Maryland are going on. And yet another court has slapped down the National Organization on Marriage's attempts to evade financial disclosure laws.

Toni Morrison is an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University. Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1988 for Beloved. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name in 1998. Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Litera...

Watch live coverage as 'Star Trek' actor William Shatner goes to the edge of space on a private Blue Origin flight. If successful, Shatner, who is 90 years old, will be the oldest person to reach space.