The "Meridan" highway, which would stretch 1,250 miles through Russia, has received the green light from officials. It would provide the shortest route to move goods overland between China and Europe.
From India to Spain, several Hyperloop projects are under development, promising faster, cheaper, greener cross-country travel. So when can we expect to be traveling by this new technology?
When writer Guy Beringer introduced the concept of brunch more than a century ago -- a civilized late-morning meal, not as early as breakfast or as heavy as Sunday lunch -- he could not have foreseen what it would become in its most elite incarnation.
It was a scene no one could quite believe -- atop Everest, once considered the most remote place on earth, lines of climbers snaked over the ridgeline above the mountain's highest camp at 8,000 meters (26,247 feet), waiting for their turn to summit.
Half a century ago, the Sicilian town of Poggioreale was hit by an earthquake that caused most of its citizens to flee for good. Now a local mayor wants to bring this ghost town back from the dead.
The world's tallest active geyser is known to be unpredictable. But if there was ever a year to witness its spectacular surge of water, this might be it.
From Bodrum to Antalaya, the crystal clear waters and sandy beaches of the Turquoise Coast -- or the Turkish Riviera -- are a quieter, cheaper, but no less luxurious alternative to other Mediterranean destinations.
The 800-pound, 10-foot white shark has been spotted electronically off the New Jersey shore just in time for Independence Day. Oceanographers tagged it in February in Mayport, Florida, so Miss May has come a long way to be here.
