Aging Together
Senior cohousing, small developments that combine private homes with community connections and d spaces, is catching on. (full story...)

Space Shuttle Discovery Leaves Hangar for Final Spaceflight (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery rolled out from its hangar for the last time early Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, beginning the first leg of its final mission into space. (full story...)

Space Shuttle Discovery Moves Closer to Final Launch
Space shuttle Discovery moved closer to its final mission Thursday as NASA prepares for its last launch on Nov. 1. (full story...)

Stop Leaving Boneheaded Comments on Your Friends' Walls (Mashable)
Mashable - Facebook gets a lot of attention for being "your space" -- a handful of entry fields in which to sum up your awesomeness, right down to the bewildering "Write something about yourself" box. (full story...)

Urban design lessons from the world’s poorest neighborhoods
by Sarah Goodyear. The glossy cities of the world’s wealthiest nations could learn a thing or two about sustainable living by studying the downtrodden slums and shantytowns around the globe, where a billion people make their homes. That’s what architects and urban designers Pavlina Ilieva and Kuo Pao Lian are saying, in an article firs....(more) (full story...)

Weird Celestial Spiral Photo Explained
A photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope of a weird cosmic spiral in deep space is no trick of light - it's astrophysics in action. (full story...)

S.F. finds room for APEC 2011 pre-summit
San Francisco is set to host a prestigious gathering of international officials this time next year, assuming the requisite hotel space can be found. Ministers and officials from the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization are scheduled to... Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation - San Francisco - U....(more) (full story...)

Chicago takes the LEED in eco building
by Kari Richardson. Skyscrapers and other enormous buildings are environmental horror shows. Countless tons of steel, concrete, and glass are required to build them. Endless streams of energy keep them warm enough in winter and cool enough in summer. Lights and computers are kept on all night long. And just imagine the water that goes into flush....(more) (full story...)

Second Asteroid to Buzz Earth Later Today
The second asteroid to pass near Earth in a single day will make its closest approach later today, scientists say. Near-Earth object - Earth - NASA - Solar System - Space (full story...)

Two asteroids to pass close to Earth, but won't hit: NASA
AFP - Two asteroids were set to pass close to Earth on Wednesday but posed no risk, the US space agency NASA said. (full story...)