From thirty thousand feet in the air when the KLM airbus was passing over the Lake Baikal, I wondered how it is down there. Baikal is a place of Wonder. It’s a place where you get mountains, forests, cheerful and hospitable people and some...

The annual Leonid meteor shower could produce a strong outburst this weekend for residents of eastern North America and Western Europe. The comet Tempel-Tuttle, which swings around the Sun every 33.2 years and leaves behind a trail of dust...