From the banking crisis in Ireland the euro has survived a string of disasters to the real estate collapse in Spain as well as nonstop economic chaos in Greece. But now the common European currency faces an even greater threat, and unable to overcome democracy.
Quite simply, there is no longer a substantial majority willing to [...]
A LACK of snow across much of the United States has ski resorts from Lake Tahoe to Vermont scrambling to make enough on their own.
In Vermont, where unseasonably warm temperatures challenged snow-making in mid-December, Mad River Glen was forced to close for four days earlier this month.And resorts in Park City, Utah, have run snowmakers [...]
Natalie Batalha has had plenty of experience fielding questions from both layfolk and other scientists over the past couple of years — and with good reason. Batalha is the deputy principal investigator for the spectacularly successful Kepler space telescope, which has found evidence of more than 2,000 planets orbiting distant stars so far — including, [...]
(LONDON) — Global stocks advanced Monday as further proposals to get a grip on Europe’s debt crisis were touted amid signs that the U.S. Christmas shopping season has started off strongly.
The advance came despite denials that the International Monetary Fund was readying a euro600 billion ($794 billion) rescue package for Italy and that the eurozone’s [...]
The protest had been planned carefully for months and, as the scheduled day began, tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of Italians had made their way to Rome from all over the peninsula.
In a day of global demonstrations, it looked to be the biggest march in the world in solidarity with the indignado movement [...]
Health officials in the U.S. and abroad are worried because Measles is on the rise worldwide.
According to the World Health Organization, there are 6,500 cases of measles in Europe that have been reported so far this year. France is reporting the largest outbreak, with almost 5,000 cases seen from January to March alone. Outbreaks have [...]
