Rarely has a decision by scientists been watched with the anticipation of a presidential election and the outraged fascination of a Michael Jackson trial. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “The Pluto Files” follows Pluto’s strange journey from beloved planet to demoted dwarf.

Many have lamented the loss of reading time to activities like video games and Web surfing. Now with the launch of Harry Potter social networking site MuggleSpace, literature lovers and MySpace maniacs alike will have something to agree on.