Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Israel's latest cultural hero is neither the usual army general nor a sexy celebrity — he's a bespectacled 43-year-old Belarus-born chess grandmaster.
Israelis have been riveted by Boris Gelfand's three-week battle for world chess supremacy. Despite coming up just short this week, losing in a sudden-death round, his efforts have attracted new fans and drawn attention to Israel as a surprising chess powerhouse.His duel with world chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India was broadcast live on Israeli TV, thousands joined Gelfand fan pages on Facebook and his moves became water cooler talk in Israel — even among those who can't tell the difference between a rook and a bishop.Anand retained his title in Moscow on Wednesday, beating Gelfand 2.5-1.5 in a rapid tiebreaker round — the chess equivalent of a penalty shootout — after the two tied at 6-6 after 12 regular games.Gelfand came one point short of claiming a title once held by the likes of chess greats Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer and G...A Russian man was rescued from a trash chute after he became stuck during a desperate attempt to escape his girlfriend, the Ria Novosti news agency reported Thursday...
PARIS (AP) — After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France .Baby Khroma, one of th...
PARIS (AP) — After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France .Baby Khroma, one of th...
Kava, an herb from the Pacific islands whose roots yield relaxing compounds, has been sold in the U.S. for a long time. In 1900 kava extract appeared in the Sears Ro...
As a medicine hunter, I travel the world in search of cures, plant-based therapeutics for a variety of health needs. About six times per year, I plan a research trip...
A Russian region in Siberia on Monday confidently proclaimed that its mountains are home to yetis after finding "indisputable proof" of the existence of the hairy be...
Wild horses have returned to northern Siberia. So have musk oxen, hairy beasts that once shared this icy land with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Moose and ...
Wild horses have returned to northern Siberia. So have musk oxen, hairy beasts that once shared this icy land with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Moose and ...
A rare Siberian tiger attacked and killed a tour bus driver in northern China while the man's horrified passengers watched, Chinese media reported.The tiger pounced ...
A passenger plane crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, killing 31 of the 43 people on board, Russian emergency officials said. The 12 survivor...
A metal object the size of a Volkswagen Beetle has been discovered near a remote village in Siberia . Local residents presumed it recently fell to Earth from space, ...
31 killed, 12 survived
If we were all able to relax on the beach or in the mountains daily, get rid of our hectic schedules, and remove virtually all stress factors from our lives, we woul...
Maria Sharapova once described her movement on clay as like a "cow on ice" but the Russian has now taken steps to shed that tag as she bids to complete her grand sla...
Thirty thousand years after their burial on the Siberian tundra, immature fruits have been cultivated into small, weedy plants — the oldest successful regeneration o...
You may be surprised to learn that many common foods offer some protection to your skin from the potentially damaging rays of the sun, from the inside out. This SPF ...
It's the full flush of spring, and many people's minds turn toward getting into better shape. But for some people, the thought of getting into the gym, changing thei...
A juvenile mammoth, nicknamed "Yuka," was found entombed in Siberian ice near the shores of the Arctic Ocean and shows signs of being cut open by ancient people.The ...
Russian emergency officials say wildfires have swept across southern Siberia, destroying houses in several villages and endangering others. No deaths have been repor...
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