Where were you last Tuesday, May 6, just after sunset? If you had swept your binoculars' view across the western horizon at the time, you may have noticed an interesting sight - a "meeting" of celestial bodies. That's right, the planet Mercury and our moon seemed pretty much intertwined. More about the phenomenon in the full article after the jump.

What exactly characterizes video game addiction? Writer and researcher Neils Clark recently tackled this and other related questions at the 2008 Games for Health Conference. In his talk, Clark elaborated on the problem, its elements, real world relationships and possible solutions. More on those in the full article after the jump.

Everybody can think of certain rare occasions when they were at the right place at the right time. That certainly applies to a group of tourists, their boat skipper and their tour operator. All of them managed to film some killer whales holding a dolphin hunt in Algoa Bay, off the coast of South Africa recently. More on this serendipitous find after the jump.

Sometimes, what you think is the darkest thing you've ever seen really isn't that dark at all. Case in point: the gegenschein. No, it's not something you say after someone sneezes, though it does have something to do with particles of dust.  Find out more about the gegenschein in the full article after the jump.

When we're hungry, food tends to look better to us than when we're not hungry. Blame it on a stomach "hunger hormone" by the name of ghrelin. A Montreal Neurological Institute study has been scrutinizing this in order to understand how to treat obesity. More food for thought follows in the full article, right after the jump.

We've heard of vehicles and wills colliding, but there are other things way out there that come into contact with each other - galaxies, for instance. The phenomenon in NGC 3256 is one good example of that. If you want to see a photograph of it, turn to the full article after the jump.

Granted, mobile phones are usually utilized for communication purposes. Recently, however, these gadgets have taken on an entirely new role: that of saving lives when medical practitioners aren't physically around. The key word here is telemedicine. Find out all about it in the full article after the jump.

The cosmos is rife with wonders that have been discovered and that have yet to be discovered. One example is the former is NCG 6188. Don't let its scientific sounding name fool you. A photograph of this emission nebula reveals it to be more beautiful than its name lets on. View the picture in the full article after the jump.

How would you like to go around smelling things you normally don't get to smell everyday? If the prospect of doing so sounds interesting to you, here's good news: the University of Sunderland has opened the world's first Impossible Smells Exhibition to the public.

Smells like something interesting to us. For more olfactory news, turn to the full article after the jump.

Ever since this blogger can remember, it seems that the human race has been searching for life on other planets - such as Mars.  While the prospect of actually finding it may be exciting for some, it isn't quite the same way for others.

How come? It has something to do with what writer Nick Bostrom calls The Great Filter. Turn to the full article after the jump as we filter out the news.