Following an October 2007 agreement, North Korea was supposed to hand over its nuclear information by the end of December 2007 in a disarmament-for-aid deal, but it missed the deadline. The country finally released the 60-page declaration on Thursday, and the United States has pledged to take North Korea off the terror list within 45 […]
North Pole May Be Ice-Free This Summer
"The North Pole may be free of ice for the first time in history," said Canadian climate scientist David Barber to Canwest News Service. "This is a very dramatic change in the High Arctic Climate System." The Arctic ice shelf underwent a considerable weakening last summer that left the area with a greater concentration of […]
Monet’s Water Lilies Help Keep Art Market Afloat
At Christie’s in London, one of French impressionist Claude Monet’s four water lily paintings has sold for more than $80 million, almost double the previous auction record for a work by the artist. Christie’s director of impressionist art, Olivier Camu, called the sale “a thrilling bidding battle between a number of clients in the room […]
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