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Latino Communities Hardest Hit by Air Pollution

The League of United Latin American Citizens found that seven out of 10 Hispanic Americans face air pollution threats 16 percent greater than the overall U.S. population, making Latino families more vulnerable to health problems associated with air pollutants. Poverty, lack of access to health care and language barriers increase the danger.

EU Releases Data Protection Reform Proposal

According to EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding's proposed reforms there would be a single EU-wide set of rules for personal data protection, not the country by country hodgepodge of interpretations of the 1995 rules that exists now.

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.

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".