Almost a decade ago the International Space Station and its first crew started orbiting the Earth. Every year more and more components were added and the ISS grew and grew. 200 astronauts and scientists have been on the space station in these 10 years.
Ireland’s economy and financial markets are in a deep crisis. In the past days European Union officials have got together to discuss ways of helping Ireland.
A radically new hotel has opened in the middle of New York. YOTEL, a British hotel chain, offers travelers great comfort and luxurious style at a small price. How can this be? They just pack as many rooms as they can into a futuristic hotel building.
A new religious program allows non-Muslims to try out Islamic beliefs and live an Islamic lifestyle for up to a month. The program is run by The Blood Foundation, a non-governmental organization that operates from Istanbul, Turkey.
The great white sharks in Mediterranean Sea probably came from the ocean around Australia almost 500,000 years ago. Researchers have found out that some females may have got themselves lost during the Ice Age.
The South China Sea is a part of the Pacific Ocean that borders on China and many other nations in southeastern Asia. There are hundreds of islands and atolls in the South China Sea, most of which are uninhabited. Although it is not very populated many of the neighboring countries claim sea territory. Especially China [...]
During his lifetime Mark Twain always wanted to write an autobiography but could not really find a way to do it. In 1906, four years before he died he hired biographers and stenographers which he dictated his story to. He wanted them, however, to wait a hundred years before publishing it.
An unknown tribe has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest. The new tribe was discovered on satellite pictures taken from the region. This group of about 200 Indians has never had contact with the outside world.
Airbus has announced that it is planning to build a new supersonic aircraft which will be able to transport one hundred passengers at a speed of 4,600 km an hour (about 2,600 mph). The plane would be the first supersonic airplane to be built after the Concorde, which stopped flying in 2003.
Alcoholism is one of the biggest problems that Russian society has faced in the past years. Since the fall of Communism and the collapse of the Soviet Union Russian governments have had to deal with more and more alcoholics among the population.