The recent bankruptcy of Kodak – America’s largest photographic film company – is expected to affect employees and photographers alike, especially those who rely on the film, paper and chemicals Kodak has produced since the 19th century. Jim Megargee compares himself and others like him to dinosaurs on the brink of extinction. He is...
The biggest storm on the sun in years erupted on January 22 with a huge solar flare, an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or CME, and a burst of fast moving, highly energetic protons that, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, caused the strongest...
Algorithm assists software systems identify changes In 2009, a Chinese woman illegally entered Japan by altering her fingerprints in order to fool immigration officials. While it was Japan’s first...
“EU: Greece May Need More Eurozone Aid” Reported by VOA News, January 26, 2012. Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and Finance Minister Evengelos Venizelos have resumed talks on debt...
The United Nations says the situation in Somalia is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, and will remain so this year. Particularly hard hit are the so-called IDPs,...
“US Central Bank Sees Low Interest Rates Through 2014″ Reported by VOA News, January 25, 2012. The U.S. central bank says it will keep its benchmark interest rate near...
The Northern Lights lit up the skies above Scotland and northern England after the biggest solar storm in more than six years bombarded Earth with radiation. Video shot last...
“Egyptians Mark First Anniversary of Uprising” Reported by VOA News, January 25, 2012. Thousands of Egyptians have gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of the...
One of the changes we made to our site is adding a Picture Galleries slide show section. There’s a wide and diversified range of subjects to view from –...
“Major Websites Protest US Anti-Piracy Legislation with Blackout” Reported by VOA News, January 18, 2012. Blacked out homepages and links to petitions are greeting U.S. online visitors Wednesday, as...
“Italian Divers Resume Search of Wrecked Cruise Ship” Reported by VOA News, January 19, 2012. Italian divers resumed their search Thursday for at least 21 people missing from a...
The latest efforts by Indonesian authorities to stop people from riding on top of trains reinforces the perception that the government is too dysfunctional to make the needed investments...
New York’s Chinatown is gearing up for Chinese New Year. Foods are being prepared, decorations hung and last minute rehearsals are being held for the festival and parade that...
People who have had heart surgery often take blood-thinning drugs to prevent life-threatening blood clots from forming. But if these patients ever need surgery again, they face a dilemma....
Update Friday, January 20, 2012: The ‘leap second’ has been granted a three-year reprieve. On Thursday, delegates at an International Telecommunications Union meeting in Geneva postponed a vote to...
“Remembering Blues Legend Etta James”. Reported by Doug Levine, January 20, 2012 (VOA News) Legendary blues singer Etta James, whose influence spread to generations of pop, rock and rhythm-and-blues...
New varieties emerge when virus-carrying birds change migration path A newly-identified link between pandemic flu and the weather phenomenon known as La Niña, may one day permit advance warnings...
“Arab League Meets on Syria” Reported by VOA News, January 22, 2012. The Arab League meets in Egypt Sunday to review the first month of its heavily criticized observer...
“Divers Find 13th Victim of Italian Cruise Ship Disaster” Reported by VOA News, January 22, 2012. The known number of lives lost in the grounding of that Italian cruise...
“IMF Calls for Robust European Action on Debt Crisis” Reported by VOA News, January 23, 2012. The chief of the International Monetary Fund is calling for European governments to...
The biggest solar storm in seven years currently is hitting the Earth, but does not pose a threat to life on the planet. The U.S. National Weather Service says...
“Republican Presidential Contenders Spar over Each Other and Iran” Reported by Jim Malone | Washington, January 23, 2012 (VOA News). Top contenders Romney, Gingrich square off ahead of Florida...
“Egypt’s Tantawi to Partially Lift State of Emergency Wednesday” Reported by VOA News, January 24, 2012. Egyptian military ruler Mohamed Hussein Tantawi says he will partially lift the country’s...
Japan tsunami flooded rice paddies, destroying crop Scientists are developing a salt-resistant variety of rice. The move was prompted, in part, by last year’s Japan tsunami, which flooded some...
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