Multi-media website explores human evolution Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 07 May 2010 'What's Hot in Human Origins' keeps you up-to-date on recent studies and research in the field. The human origins website at www.humanorgins.si.edu poses the ag...
Adaptation of Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet plays out over Twitter as 'Such Tweet Sorrow' William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been given a 21st century makeover. The star-crossed lovers' tragic romance is being retold in real time on...
They're called micronations - individuals, or small groups - who try to create their own countries, while living in a recognized state. They say they comprise a burgeoning movement for people who are dissatisfied with politics - or just want to have...
Francis Gary Powers Jr. (left) meets Karl Alperovich, who was a co-designer of the missile that shot down the US U2 spy plane Power's father flew over the Soviet Union in 1960 The unusual fate of two American fathers and their sons recently intersect...
Stock markets were volatile Friday, one day after a massive plunge and bounceback on Wall Street. U.S. President Barack Obama says regulatory authorities are evaluating Thursday's wild swing. Speaking to reporters in Washington Friday, Mr. Obama bill...
The U.S. economy created 290,000 jobs in April, the most in any month in the past four years. U.S. President Barack Obama says the Labor Department's latest employment numbers are an encouraging sign. President Obama says the U.S. economy has come a...
For sure his efforts are applauded but it is expected from him to work harder even though they know that the odds are against his efforts... Moataz Fattah, Cairo University Opinion polls have shown that President Barack Obama's widely-publicized spee...
Each night on Old Las Vegas's Fremont Street, lights and speakers create a show overhead. Paris may be the City of Light, but the city of lights is the gambling oasis of Las Vegas, in the western state of Nevada. Along a downtown casino row that's of...
Lynn Henning samples water for pollution from the large livestock farms near her home in rural Michigan. Lynn Henning samples the waters for pollution from the large livestock farms near her home in rural Michigan. But it's not her job. I have no che...
Micro lending for small businesses is common in some countries, especially in the developing world. But with the economic recession, micro lending is growing in the United States because it's difficult to get a bank loan to start a small business, es...
Since the April 20 explosion and fire that sank the BP Deepwater Horizon off-shore oil rig, about 800,000 liters of crude oil a day have been spewing from the broken well into the Gulf of Mexico. The massive spill is threatening marine life, commerci...
The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed the first deposits of oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico have hit the shores of the southern state of Louisiana. The oil spill has local fishermen worried about possible contamination of their fishing...
Evidence, including a box labeled 'Silver Salutes,' right, is spread in an alley on the property of a house where Faisal Shahzad lived, in Bridgeport, Conn. Shahzad was taken into custody late Monday by FBI agents and New York Police Department detec...
Settling the issue of borders is one of many contentious issues facing Middle East peace negotiators A land swap between Israelis and Palestinians is one possible element of an eventual Middle East peace deal. Right-wing members of Israeli Prime Mini...
Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan (R) takes the oath of office to become the nation's next leader, at the Presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria, 06 May 2010 Goodluck Jonathan is Nigeria's new president. He was sworn in Thursday, hours after...
