After Japan, Experts Rethink Costs, Safety of Nuclear Power The power plant was designed to withstand the largest tsunami ever to hit Japan, a 1960 event linked to a 9.5 magnitude earthquake in Chile, the largest earthquake in recorded history. The e...
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Soviet Collapse Altered Ongoing World Power Balance The collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago changed the worlds geopolitical balance. When the Soviet Union fell, it ended the tenure of a superpower with the resources of more than a dozen countri...
Egypt's military rulers have agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. Politicians say the agreement was made during a crisis meeting on Tuesday as tens of thousands of Egyptians protested in the street...
Egypt to Form New Government, Military to Transfer Power Egypt's military rulers have agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. Politicians say the agreement was made during a crisis meeting on Tuesday...
Egyptians Rally Demanding Military Cede Power With a little more than a week before Egypt's first post-revolution elections, demonstrators turned out en masse to protest what they say is the military's attempt to prolong its temporary powers. A sea o...
No Shortage of Star Power at Toronto Film Festival There was no shortage of star power at the Toronto International Film Festival or TIFF as it's known locally. Celebrities from Brad Pitt to George Clooney to Madonna walked the red carpet at the prem...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Ocean Storms and the Science of Nature's Power CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith. Today we tell about the science of severe o...
Power Your Laptop by Taking a Walk Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a technology that turns human motion into electricity. In this week's journal Nature Communications, they describe how to power a cell phone or other...
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to relinquish power once and for all, saying the momentum against him has reached a tipping point. In a statement late Sunday after Libyan rebels pushed into the capital, Tripoli...