Scientists are preparing for the next two decades of planet hunting. They hope to find Earth-like planets outside of our solar system ... as well as evidence on those worlds. Read the full story.

Warcraft III is a real-time strategy game in which players take on the role of one of four factions in a bid to save -- or damn -- reality from a demonic invasion. The game's divided into three modes: story (single player), customized game (single player) and multi-player.

In story mode there are four thematically-linked campaigns, one for each of the game's races: human, undead, orc, and elf. Each advances the overall story, which involves the demonic forces of the Burning Legions' attempt to invade the real world. Only one individual -- the mystical prophet -- is aware of the Legion's intentions, and he does his best to warn the good people of the coming threat. However, the Prophet's message is one that few embrace -- he advocates fleeing before the heralds of the demons: undead under the command of the lich Ner'zhul. That's more than Prince Arthas can take -- he steadfastly refuses to abandon his homeland, and instead journeys north to fight the undead menace. There he must decide between vengeance and salvation, and the wrong choice could damn the world.

iBook Power Cords are Pretty: iBooks and PowerBooks ship with power cords that have small lighted disks at the end that plugs into the Mac. This disk glows orange if the computer is charging, and green if its at full-power. Jordan's recently become obsessed with this disk, and is now aggressively trying to grab hold of it (presumably with the eventual goal of putting it in her mouth). Yes, now's about the time we start learning what the word "No".

Why Crawl When You Can Slither? Jordan's still working on the crawling thing, but she has managed to start locomoting her way around the room using a combination inchworm/slither/roll approach. It inspired a small amount of terror in one of her grandmothers, who suddenly realized that she was going to have to start baby proofing the house. This insight arrived when Jordan spied her craft tote (a box with a bunch of fabric pouches on it) that contains scissors, pins and a bunch of other sharp objects, and immediately headed for it.