FORGET BLUE skies -- for a growing community of stargazing tourists, darkness is all they want. "People have never seen the Milky Way," says Rowena Davis of the International Dark-Sky Association, which identifies the earth's best locales for appreciating the heavens.READ»
1690s Scotland, 1930s Austria, 2008 Iceland -- all are small countries that suffered economic collapses. Scott MacDonald and Andrew Novo's new book argues that small nations are especially vulnerable and ill-equipped to rebound. ...READ»
Cambodia is the "missing link," but millions of dollars are being poured in to repair its fragmented portion of the Singapore-Kunming Rail Link Project.READ»
A prototype tidal energy turbine is to be built on the west coast of Scotland that will be the world's most advanced, claims the company that is to make the device. The $6.25 million contract has been won by Burntisland Fabrications*, ...READ»
Millions of men and women rise in the early morning to don plaid and shout "Fore!" On April 9, millions more will park themselves in front of their TVs as the 73rd Masters Tournament begins in Augusta, Georgia. Here, a look at the business behind this centuries-old sport.READ»
A power generator fueled by whiskey. Strictly speaking, the upcoming power station to be built in Scotland will be powered by by-products from the whiskey distillation process, rather than the golden drinkable alcohol itself. Still, ...READ»
