Summer Heat Stifles Tokyo as Japan Rebuilds Economy The Japanese economy was hit hard by the huge earthquake in March, with the twin disasters of the tsunami and the ensuing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant impacting severely on economic output....
Teen Actors Make Portraits Come Alive Teenagers are making portraits come alive this summer at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., this summer. They put on makeup and make final alterations to their costumes. Its like being backstage i...
Fears of Suicide Surge in Japan's Tsunami Zone [ti:Fears of Suicide Surge in Japan's Tsunami Zone] [ar:Voice of America] [al:VOA News English] [00:00.00] [00:00.79]The physical impact of the tsunami [00:02.59]is still clear to see. [00:04.37]But as r...
Juno Spacecraft Launches Toward Jupiter The U.S. space agency launched the Juno spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday, beginning a five-year journey to Jupiter. 3,2,1. Ignition and liftoff of the Atlas 5 [rocket] with Juno on a t...
Bioengineered Spinal Disc Could Relieve Back Pain Researchers at Cornell University in New York have developed an artificial spinal disc that may help patients with chronic back pain and other disc problems. The spine is a column of bones alternating...
Health Experts Urge Mothers Worldwide to Breastfeed International advocates are using the annual observance of World Breastfeeding Week - which is August 1-7 - to raise awareness of breastfeeding's health benefits and to provide the societal support...
Iowa's Make-Believe University Has Fans Worldwide The Midwest farm state of Iowa is so proud of its string of blue-water lakes - the Okoboji Lakes - that it calls them Iowa's Great Lakes. They're ringed by resorts, marinas, and fishing cabins. And th...
Nanostructure Promotes Blood Vessel Growth U.S. researchers have developed a new way to promote the growth of blood vessels which potentially could improve treatment in diabetes, organ transplants, stroke, and heart attack. The veins and arteries tha...
Studies: How Whales, Fish Might Adapt To Warming Ocean Two new science studies provide a glimpse of how some important Pacific Ocean sea creatures could adapt to a changing climate. One study describes how gray whales successfully adapted to previous...
Urine Test May Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Scientists have developed a new test for prostate cancer that may help patients and their doctors make difficult treatment decisions. But identifying the most aggressive and dangerous prostate cancers...
Britons 'E-Petition' for Death Penalty Return Hundreds of Britons have petitioned their government to reintroduce the death penalty in a new government Internet scheme that was launched Thursday. E-petitions that get enough signatures may be debated...
Liberia Prepares for Voting Amid Security Concerns, Refugee Crisis Liberia's electoral commission is working to safeguard voting along the border with Ivory Coast, where hundreds of mercenaries from the recent Ivorian political crisis are under arres...
WFP: Ethiopia's Emergency Food Reserve Near Zero The head of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Ethiopia says the country's emergency food stocks are almost completely exhausted, with drought conditions expected to worsen before they improve. There...
Archaeologists Hope to Solve Ancient Mystery Many archaeologists believe humans first migrated to North America over the Bering Strait 15,000-to-18,000 years ago. They lived a nomadic lifestyle of hunting and gathering. Then, starting about 2,000 yea...
Mubarak Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Historic Egyptian Trial Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak appeared in a courtroom cage Wednesday charged with the murder of anti-government protesters and corruption. The trial, unprecedented in Egyptian history, i...
