Siberia

Baby Mammoth Frozen In Time

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Frozen Mammoth, Best Preserved, Lyuba, Hong Kong, Mammoth, Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Baby Mammoth, Frozen Baby Mammoth, Fossil, Green News

Meet Lyuba, the world's best-preserved baby mammoth. Discovered in 2007 by a reindeer herder in the Siberian permafrost of the remote Yamal Penins...

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Michael Klare's The Race for What's Left

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Tar Sands, Resources, Natural Resources, Military, Michael Klare, Fossil Fuels, Africa, Oil, Environment, Hydrofracking, Siberia, British Petroleum, Niger, China, Arctic, Renewable Energy, The Race for What's Left, Clean Energy, Books News
Lawrence Wittner

Is it possible to cope with the immense dangers posed by the rapid consumption of the world's resources? In The Race for What's Left, Michael Klare claims that it is -- but only through a significant change in behavior.

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Plane Carrying 43 Passengers Crashes In Siberia

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Russia, ATR 72, Irina Andrianova, Reuters, Siberia, Plane Crash, Siberia Plane Crash, World News

(Reuters) - A passenger plane crashed and burst into flames after takeoff in Siberia on Monday, killing 31 people and putting the spotlight on Russia'...

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Mass. Teen Sells Socks To Support Russian Orphans

Salem Patch | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: sparks540, The Who, Kim Ayers, Keri Cahill, Orphans, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Siberia, Bridget Ayers, Russian Foreign Ministry, Impact News

Bridget Ayers is an unassuming 13-year-old who loves the Beatles and classic rock and, like many others her age, she still has the occasional off-day ...

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Lee Speigel

Tusk, Tusk: Woolly Mammoth Video A Big, Hairy Hoax (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Video, Sayan Mountains, Weird News, Woolly Mammoth, All News Web, Lou Petho, Barcroft Media, Siberia, Weird Photos and Videos, Kitoy River, Animals in the News, Michael Cohen, Weird News News

It's not exactly the boy who cried wolf - it might be more correct to call it the man who hollered woolly mammoth. It appears that a story last wee...

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Woolly Mammoth Allegedly Caught On Video In Siberia

Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Fayetteville Observer, Video, Prehistoric, Woolly Mammoth, All News Web, Hairy Elephant, Siberia, Kecia Stewart, Animals in the News, Weird Photos & Videos, P T Barnum, Michael Cohen, Weird News News

A woolly mammoth has reportedly been seen and videotaped in Siberia, offering irrefutable proof that the giant hairy prehistoric elephants -- believed...

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Ancient Skull Reveals Clues About Man's Best Friend

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Remains, Dog Skull, Skull, Siberia, Video, Dog, Ancient, Man's Best Friend, Belgium, University of Arizona, Caveman, Science News

How long have we been raising dogs? According to new research, long enough that we ought to call them 'caveman's best friend.' A 33,000 year-old do...

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WATCH: Traveler Looks For 'Jesus' In Siberia

Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Russia, Video, Vissarion, Fringe Religious Groups, International Destinations, Religions, Asia Travel, Church of the Last Testament, Religious Groups, Travel Tv, Siberia, Russia Travel, Destinations, Travel News

The globetrotting provocateurs at Vice have just released one of their weirdest travel series yet: A three-part documentary hunt for "Jesus of Siberia...

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Lee Speigel

Scientists '95 Percent' Certain Last Month They'd Found Evidence of a Yeti, Now . . . Not So Much

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Sasquatch, Russia, Idaho State University, Video, Abominable Snowman, Yeti Institute, Yeti, Jeffrey Meldrum, Igor Burtsev, Siberia, Bigfoot, Cryptozoology, Weird Russia, Kemerovo, Moscow, Darwin Museum, Weird News News

A group of international scientists made headlines last month after suggesting they were "95 percent" certain they'd found evidence that the elusive Y...

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How To Create A Prayer Tree In Your Local Community

Sandra Ingerman | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Holidays, Loneliness, Community Prayer Tree, Prayer Tree, Mindfulness, Mindful Living, Positivity, Community, Winter Rituals, Prayer, Siberia, Shaman, Redroom, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Sandra Ingerman

Many people during this time of year buy Christmas trees. During our solstice celebration this year I would suggest a new way to bring in this holiday season.

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Black In The Whitest Corner Of Russia

Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Russia, Trans-Siberian Railway, Blacks, Ethnicity, Grannies on Safari, Travel, Siberia, Race, African-American, Zaringold, Slidepollajax, Travel News
Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson

An entire group of Russian tourists asked if they too could take my picture! I was a novelty and it was 2010!

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Lee Speigel

American And Russian Scientists Join In Hunt For Siberian Snowman

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Sasquatch, Himalayas, Cryptozoology, Video, International Center of Hominology, Abominable Snowman, Yeti, Siberia, Bigfoot, Darwin Museum, Weird News News

Snowmen aren't just playthings children build in wintertime. Some say they're living beings, and an international group of scientists are about to go ...

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PHOTOS: Is North Korea Ready To Halt Nuclear Missile Tests?

AP | By MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Russia, Video, Kim Jong Il Russia, Slidepollajax, Siberia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Kim Jong Il, Dmitry Medvedev, Kim Jong Il SIberia, World News

MOSCOW (AP) -- North Korea is ready to impose a moratorium on nuclear missile tests if international talks on its nuclear program resume, a spokesman ...

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WATCH: Kim Jong-Il Arrives In Siberia For Summit

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Russia, North Korea Nuclear Program, Siberia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Kim Jong Il, Dmitry Medvedev Kim Jong Il, Dmitry Medvedev, North Korea, World News

MOSCOW (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's armored train arrived Tuesday in an eastern Siberian city for a summit with Russian President Dmitry...

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Putin On Ice: Russian Prime Minister Shows Off Hockey Skills

Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin Ice Hockey, Vladimir Putin, Siberia, Ice Hockey, World News

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has regularly sought to portray himself as his nation's man of action, manning fighter jets, going barechested o...

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Yeti Probe Planned In Siberia

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Siberia, Bigfoot@Y:World, Abominable Snowmen, Yeti, Yeti Research Institute, Kemerovo, Mythology, World News

Officials in west Siberia plan to launch a new scientific institute dedicated to studying yetis after a spate of reported sightings in remote areas. ...

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Helen Yarmak: Rock And Royal at the Crown Penthouse Terrace

Anisha Lakhani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mink, Playboy Enterprises, Jewels, Ayn Rand, Crown Building, Slidepollajax, Russia, Siberia, Rock and Royal, Fur, Helen Yarmak, New York News
Anisha Lakhani

Luxuries are the well-earned fruits of her dedication and keen eye for precision. She's the woman fellow Russian Ayn Rand idealized in her novels.

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House Rhetoricians vs. Santa's Reindeers

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Alaska, Fred Upton, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 112th Congress, Buffalo, Climate Change, Caribou, Green News, Siberia, Reindeer, Teshekpuk Lake, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Slidepollajax, Green News
Subhankar Banerjee

Reindeer are dying in large numbers all across the Arctic. If the actions of the House Rhetoricians are allowed to play out this year, Rudolph won't be here much longer to carry Santa around the globe.

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HuffPost Review: The Way Back

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Ed Harris, Marshall Fine, The Way Back, Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan, Siberia, Peter Weir, The Way Back Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Jim Sturgess, Movies, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

With The Way Back, Peter Weir jumps the tracks, making a movie with amazing scope but little drama. The level of tension in the film is like a toothache -- constant, gnawing but not particularly enjoyable.

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Russian Military's Designer Uniforms Leave Soldiers In Hospital

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russian Army, Valentin Yudashkin, Fashion, Fashion Designer, Winter Weather, Slidepollajax, Russia, Siberia, Russian Military, Winter, World News

Russia's military has been praised for its chic uniforms, the creation of one of the nation's most celebrated designers. But as many of the world's fa...

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Legendary Midtown Bar Siberia Plans To Reopen In Hell's Kitchen

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NY Restaurants, NYC Restaurants, Hells Kitchen, Nyc Eats, Nyc Food, Siberia, Nyc Around, Siberia Bar Hells Kitchen, Siberia Bar, New York News

MANHATTAN -- Siberia, the notorious hangout favored by boozy journalists that closed in 2007, is applying for a liquor license renewal, fueling hopes ...

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'Wild People' Were Species Of Early Human, Speculates Folklorist Michael Heaney

USA Today | Dan Vergano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denisova Cave, Almases, Paleontology, Gold Mines, Arimaspians, Griffons, Michael Heaney, Heidelbergensis, Ancient History, Neanderthals, Bronze Age, History, Wild People, Homo Sapiens, Russian Steppe, Evolution, Siberia, World News

Siberia's Denisova cave held the pinky bone of an unknown early human species, a genetics team reported in March. The Naturejournal study, led by Joha...

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'The Ice Road': My Life In A Siberian Labor Camp

Dr. Stefan Waydenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, Nazis, Refugee Camps, Labor Camps, Poland, Siberia, Books, The Ice Road, World War II, Soviet Union, Stalin, Books News
Dr. Stefan Waydenfeld

My life was hard labor in a Siberian logging camp, working all year round, maintaining an ice road for the transport of timber in subzero temperatures.

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Woolly Mammoths Resurfacing In Siberia

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Woolly Mammoth Climate Change, Animal Stories, Woolly Mammoths Resurface, Woolly Mammoth Bones Resurface, Extinct Animals, Climate Change, Siberia, Woolly Mammoths, Woolly Mammoth Bones, Green News

A fantastic LA Times article details the recent proliferation of woolly mammoth bones in Siberia. As permafrost in the region thaws, entire villages ...

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Buryats Worried by Future in Newly Merged Territory

J. Lee Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Siberia, Indigenous People, Aginsk Buryat Autonomous Region, Aginsk, Buryats, World News
J. Lee Jacobson

The Buryats, a formerly nomadic people of Mongol origin with strong ties to Buddhism and shamanism, now fear a loss of their unique culture and the reversal of recent economic gains.

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