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Putin: Mafia or Soviet Throwback?

With remarks reported in a Russian newspaper last week, that he wanted to encourage the formation of a "Eurasian Union" of former Soviet states, birthday boy Vladimir Putin was accused by many of wanting to go back to the Communist past.

Swedish Poet Wins 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature

The Swedish Academy praised the poet, saying, "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality".

What is an Ocean Dead Zone?

Perhaps the most infamous U.S. dead zone is an 8,500 square mile swath of the Gulf of Mexico, not far from where the nutrient-laden Mississippi River, which drains farms up and down the Midwest, lets out.

New Dinosaur Hall Opens in Los Angeles

Recent research suggests Tyrannosaurus rex ate one another, but we don’t know if they killed one another.

France and Germany Stand Behind the Euro

"Never will we turn our backs on the euro, never will we drop the euro," declared President Nicolas Sarkozy of France at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Plants Risk Worldwide Extinction

The UK-based nonprofit, Plantlife, found that 15,000 of the 50,000 species of wild plants used in traditional remedies are being overexploited and are potentially headed for extinction.

2008: Year of the Rat, Leap Year...and Now, Year of the Frog?

While those celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year mark 2008 as the Year of the Rat, and much of the world attaches mystical significance to 2008 as a leap year, 2008 has also been designated the "Year of the Frog".