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Turning Tragedy into Art Activism Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 30, 2010 When Washington artist Regina Holliday lost her husband to cancer last year, she immersed herself in painting. She used her art to express her gri...

Giant Rats Show Promise in Battle Against TB Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 30, 2010 Scientists in Africa have come up with a creative solution for tackling one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases - giant rats.  The animals...

Backyard Astronomers Discover Black Holes and Other Wonders Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 30, 2010 Amateur Astronomer Gus Johnson didn’t set out to witness what scientists say is the first ever observed birth of a black hole. But that's ...

Photo Exhibit Shows the Grim Face of War Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 30, 2010 Images by Italian journalist Enrico Dagnino, on display at a Washington, DC, gallery, spotlight cruelty of recent conflicts in Eastern Europe, the...

Electric Cars Lead New Models in 2011 Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 30, 2010 Electric cars have been in development for a few years, but industry experts say more efficient batteries, improved performance, and greater consu...

Old Merges With New in Shakespeare’s Home Town Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company has a new home in a familiar space. The theater company, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2011, ha...

New Studies Reveal Infants' World of Vision Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Scientists have discovered a groundbreaking way of learning how infants use visual information to adapt to new surroundings.  Although eye-tracking...

Plant Scientists Fight Hunger Through Genetics Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 The United Nations is observing World Food Day (Saturday, Oct. 16). Food prices have been climbing in recent months because of bad weather in seve...

Floating Wetlands Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Around the world, water quality is a huge concern.  But some new technology that may help clean water of excess nutrients takes a cue from nature ...

Three-Year-Old Boy Survives Thanks to Liver Transplant Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Josh Dwonch was diagnosed with a rare liver disease when he was a baby. His parents, humanitarian workers, had faced their fair share of challenge...

Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Better for Patients and Caregivers Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Alzheimer’s affects more than 35 million people globally, robbing them of their precious memories and, over time, their lives. It is also the sixt...

Mississippi Has Highest Rate of Childhood Obesity in US Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Residents of Mississippi favor pork barbecue, fried catfish, buttery biscuits and gravy and tamales.  Generations of eating calorie-laden...

Smoking Now The Leading Cause Of Death Worldwide Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 The use of tobacco is now the primary cause of death around the world.  And the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says not ...

Early Detection Still the Best Defense Against Breast Cancer Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 This year 1.5 million women around the world will be told they have breast cancer. Experts say there is now a 98 per cent rate of survival if the c...

WHO Says New Vaccine Could Eradicate Polio Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 A new polio vaccine gives hopes that the disease can be completely eradicated. Polio can cause severe deformities and paralysis in children. The nu...

Special Grass for Livestock Could Cut Greenhouse Gases Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Recent studies at an international agricultural research institute in Colombia have shown that a grass used to feed livestock, known as Brachiaria...

New Research May Help Determine Where New Outbreaks of Cholera May Occur Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Health officials are concerned that Hurricane Tomas could cause the cholera outbreak in Haiti to get even worse. The waterborne disease is already ...

Thailand Uses Technology, Rangers to Protect Wild Tigers Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 In the coming days, the 13 nations that are home to wild tigers will meet in Moscow (Nov. 21-24) to seek ways to protect the big cats. They will b...

Thailand Uses Technology, Rangers to Protect Wild Tigers Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 In the coming days, the 13 nations that are home to wild tigers will meet in St. Petersburg - Nov. 21-24 - to seek ways to protect the big cats.Th...

International Organizations Helping to Stem Spread of Cholera in Haiti, Will Soon Need More Money, Supplies Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 In the best of times, providing health care for Haiti’s sick is a challenge.  But now, nearly a year since a devastating earthquake struck the Car...

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