By Phil Mercer Sydney 20 February 2008 Scientists say they have taken an array of new marine species from the seabed off eastern Antarctica. They are warning, though, that climate change could soon make extinct many of the strange creatures they have...
By Michael Bowman Caracas, Venezuela 28 June 2007 Protesters in Caracas 27 June 2007 Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have marched in the capital to press for freedom of expression, one month after self-proclaimed socialist President Hugo Chavez shut...
By David McAlary Washington 09 May 2007 Scientists have announced they have begun assembling an Internet catalog of every living thing on Earth. The organizers say the new website will become the single location where researchers can go to study the...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 May 2007 Leading environmental experts who are meeting in Bangkok this week are hammering out details of a report on ways to fight climate change. Several leading US scientists say the report, to be released Friday,...
By David McAlary Washington 02 May 2007 U.S. researchers have discovered a gene that promotes longer life in earthworms that eat much less than normal. Humans have similar genes, and VOA's David McAlary reports that, if they work the same way as in t...
By David McAlary Washington 05 April 2007 Scientists have discovered a genetic reason why some dogs are small and others big. They say the finding has implications beyond canine size, since the work applies to the study of other complex genetic trait...
By Ernest Leong Washington 19 March 2007 watch Vaccine report Some U.S. state lawmakers are fighting a mandate requiring certain vaccinations for children, saying it encourages undesirable behavior. Getting vaccinated has become a more complicated pr...
By Jessica Berman Washington 17 January 2007 If or when it strikes, the avian flu pandemic would likely kill victims by switching on an uncontrolled immune system response. That's according to researchers, who studied a 90-year-old flu virus in the h...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 17 January 2007 watch Doomsday Clock report An international group of atomic scientists is warning of the dual threats to the world posed by nuclear weapons and climate change. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Washington. K...
By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 13 December 2006 watch Malaria Research report Malaria is spread by mosquitoes Experts and scientists around the world agree that the fight against malaria will only be won through a combination of approaches ranging...