New America Media: Science & Technology

Tsunami Country: Man Vs. Nature in Japan's Devastated Northeast

New America Media, Commentary, Yoichi Shimatsu, Posted: Mar 13, 2011

Japan's northeast coast, ravaged by earthquake and tsunami, would not have been nearly so vulnerable but for the folly of humans.

Fears Mount that Japanese Nuclear Plant Is Near Meltdown

New America Media, News Analysis, Yoichi Shimatsu, Posted: Mar 12, 2011

A day after Japan’s devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, core meltdown is underway the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant and appears to be unstoppable.

First Waves of Weakened Tsunami Hit Eastern Philippines

GMA News, News Report, Jerrie M. Abella, Ben Serrano/JV, GMA News , Posted: Mar 11, 2011

Philippine officials announced Friday that all tsunami alerts in the Philippines have been lifted, although still weaker waves might continue coming in until early Saturday morning.

Japan's Tsunami & Nuclear Plants: Humans, Not Nature, Made This Crisis

New America Media, News Analysis, Yoichi Shimatsu, Posted: Mar 11, 2011

As a huge earthquake and tsunami threaten Japan's nuclear plants, we must remember that nature's power is only as great as the human-caused vulnerability of our civilization.

Egypt's Elders Wary of Twitter Generation

New America Media, News Analysis, Amr Emam, Posted: Mar 02, 2011

More than half of Egypt's 80 million are under 30, and they are bringing radical change to the country after the revolution.

Wii-Type Video Games May Help Elders Beat Depression

The Atlantic, News Feature, Aylin Zafar, Posted: Feb 22, 2011

Could doctors start prescribing Wii Bowling instead of Zoloft to help seniors beat the blues? New research shows that video games may cut elders' depression in half.

Sierra Club Head Warns: "Biggest Assault on the EPA in U.S. History"

New America Media, Question & Answer, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Feb 22, 2011

The GOP-controlled Congress wants to slash the Environmental Protection Agency—and some conservative lawmakers even want to abolish it.

Study: Blacks End Up Back in Hospitals More Often Than Whites

New America Media, News Report, Paul Kleyman, Posted: Feb 19, 2011

A new Harvard study shows that many black Medicare patients must be readmitted to hospitals within 30 days of being sent home.

"Twitter" in China Saves Abducted Children

China Daily USA, News Report, Li Li , Posted: Feb 16, 2011

China's online users collect and share photographs, information and clues on the Internet as part of campaign to fight children kidnappers.

Hoa Dinh Viet’s Email App, Sparrow, Tops Apple Mac App Store

Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Feb 11, 2011

Hoa Dinh Viet, a Vietnamese-French engineer, is sitting on top of the Mac App Store with his incredible Mac Email client, Sparrow App. The email application is called the perfect desktop translation of Gmail: simple, powerful, and beautiful.