Evolution versus creationism...it's a topic that's typically debated in the U.S. within the context of Christianity. But an article in the latest issue of the journal Science suggests that debate is heating up in the Muslim world. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the article's author, astronomer Salman Hameed.

Salman Hameed at the Arecibo Observatory

There are red faces at a prestigious German science journal, which printed a strip club advertisement on its front cover - thinking it was a Chinese poem. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Michael Brook, editor of the technology magazine T3, about some of the predictions made over the years about technology. Some came true...but others were way off the mark.

President-elect Obama has reportedly chosen Steven Chu to be his energy secretary. Chu is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and an expert on alternative fuels and climate change. The World's Jason Margolis reports.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Tinku Ray about India's announcement today that it's overhauling its security system. The move is in reaction to public criticism of the government for its failure to prevent the Mumbai attacks.

The northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk has not seen the level of violence that has plagued other areas in Iraq in recent years, but that changed today. A suicide bomber killed dozens of people today. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from The World's Quil Lawrence.

Quil Lawrence with a Kurdish fighter during the Iraq invasion in 2003

The latest round of nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea ended today without an agreement. That means North Korea joins the list of unresolved foreign policy issues waiting for President-elect Barack Obama. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

North Korea nuclear talks

Today on The World: The Bush Administration falls short of reaching a nuclear deal with North Korea; Also, what the appointment of Steven Chu as Energy Secretary could mean for President-elect Obama's environmental policy; And a new book relives the splendor of pre-revolution Havana, Cuba.

Hip hop artist Joaquin Santos is from San Diego but he has strong family ties to El Salvador. His solo album, Salva Vida, tackles the social, political and economic problems plaguing the Central American nation. The World's Clark Boyd has today's Global Hits.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the three "range" states of the endangered mountain gorilla -- Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jamie Kemsey of the International Gorilla Conservation Program in Rwanda.

Web extra: Hear Jamie Kemsey describe his first hand encounter with gorillas in Uganda (Bwindi Impenetrable National Park)