NBC, ABC and CBS to tone down 'upfront' advertising sales events

The networks are still having a tough time as viewership remains down after the writer's strike, and the sluggish economy is making advertisers hesitant to spend."TV lineup presentations to advertisers are being scaled back because of the sluggish economy and lingering...

Underground Fires that Burn For Decades

" Sometimes a fire just won't go out. Uzbekistan is home to a place called Darvaz, nicknamed by locals "the door to hell." It's a semi-underground gas fire that's been burning nonstop for 35 years. Find out why, and see some close-up pictures of this hellmouth after the jump,...

Octopus sex more sophisticated than arm-wrestling

"For decades,scientists have viewed octopuses as unromantic loners, with matinghabits nearly devoid of complex behavior. But new research from theUniversity of California, Berkeley, has found that at least one speciesof octopus engages in such sophisticated lovemaking tactics...

A new ray of hope for Zimbabwe

With the end of President Robert Mugabe's rule so close, international investors are now beginning to show early interest in the country again, and its people are starting to hope for a bright future."After often violent seizures of white-owned farms and clearances of slums...