By Frank Ling Washington 07 August 2006 New research shows that global warming might be worse than expected because of melting permafrost, permanently frozen soil, which can release the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. Computer models predict higher...
By Anthony Stokes Washington, D.C. 14 July 2006 watch earthquake report U.S. geological experts are working to develop a computer model that can better detect an earthquake and warn people in advance. VOA's Anthony Stokes looks at how the early warn...
By David McAlary Washington 10 January 2006 Before you continue thinking about our Milky Way galaxy as a peaceful, spiral disk of stars slowly rotating through the heavens, consider this: It is hungri...
EXPLORATIONS - Wade Davis: Scientist, Explorer and Writer By Marilyn Christiano Broadcast: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: Wade Davis And this is Steve Em...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Scientists Meet in Cameroon to Discuss Malaria By Oliver Chanler and Caty Weaver Broadcast: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in V.O.A. Sp...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - U.S. Scientists Find a Way to Create Embryonic Stem Cells With Adult Skin Cells By Cynthia Kirk, Nancy Steinbach, and Caty Weaver Broadcast: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 (MUSIC) VOIC...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Scientists Find Most Earth-Like Planet Yet Discovered By Dana Demange, Cynthia Kirk, ... Broadcast: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA...
AGRICULTURE REPORT - Scientists Find Compound in Smoke that Helps Seeds Grow By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A di...
By David McAlary Scientists have discovered fossils of an ancient, tiny species of human in an isolated part of Indonesia. They are bones from what they say is a smaller version of the now extinct imm...
By Greg Flakus Scientists in Texas are trying to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide air pollution by capturing the gas, compressing it and then putting it underground. This technique could also yie...