'Laverne & Shirley' star Penny Marshall dead at 75. TV legend and director of 'Big' and 'A League of Their Own' died from complications from diabetes on December 18, 2018.

Kavachi is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Located south of Vangunu Island in the Solomon Islands, it is named after a sea god of the New Georgia Group islanders, and is also referred to locally as Rejo te Kavachi ("Kavachi's oven’). The volcano has become

An invention for a rapid fix of potholes in the streets. An invention that will speed the process of repairs, especially in citiers and roads where the extreme climate makes a nightmare driving.

Nigeria is reclaiming 10 square kilometres of land from the ocean to create "Eko Atlantic" - a vast new city that is set to become the financial heart of Africa.

The historic Category 4 storm, struck the Florida Panhandle early Wednesday afternoon, unleashing heavy rain, high winds and a devastating storm surge.

This animation shows the GOES-East infrared imagery from April 1-30, along with the locations of each tornado that formed during the time (symbolized as red dots). Though tornadoes cannot actually be seen by GOES, these satellites are instrumental in being able to detect the conditions associated wi...

Vortex is a new paradigm in renewable energy with wind generators which need no blades. ``The design of Vortex's generators offers a potentially revolutionary shift from today's traditional designs, blades and all.

Tesla has already done similar battery and solar power projects with the Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative in Hawaii and in American Samoa. Both projects were designed to supply power for much smaller populations than Puerto Rico, however. Still, the Tesla CEO is confident that his company’s existin

A large Chinese rocket that was orbiting earth out of control has finally made impact, landing in the Indian Ocean close to the Maldives.

Buildings are a big environmental headache. They account for nearly half of the world's climate changing emissions. But things may be different in the years ahead, as VOA's Rosanne Skirble discovered in a laboratory on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.