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Surprising Words & Phrases Invented by US Presidents

By Dora Mekouar | VOA on Dec 4, 2022   Featured, National, National/World  

Surprising Words & Phrases Invented by US Presidents

When America’s leaders can’t think of the perfect word for certain situations, they sometimes make one up. And those new words often go down in history. From “lunatic fringe” (Teddy Roosevelt) and “iffy” (Franklin D. Roosevelt) to “snowmageddon” (Barack Obama) and “bigly” (Donald Trump), the terms coined by U.S. presidents are as unique as the […]

March 7th, 1876

By VOA on Mar 7, 2019   This Day in Alaskan History  

March 7th, 1876

Would You Climb In This Capsule To Survive A Tsunami?

By Tom Banse | VOA on Jan 27, 2017   Featured, Science/Education  

Would You Climb In This Capsule To Survive A Tsunami?

  OCEAN PARK, WASHINGTON — A small company in the northwestern U.S. is drawing global interest in a high tech way to survive a tsunami. The company has created an escape pod, called a survival capsule that could also protect residents on vulnerable coastlines in the event of a hurricane or typhoon. In either case, survival […]

Back to the Future: Science Fiction turns Science Fact

By Jörg Reitterer | TU Wien / TriLite Technologies on Oct 13, 2015   Featured, Science/Education  

Back to the Future: Science Fiction turns Science Fact

Flying cars, hoverboards and video chat – a very futuristic vision for the year 2015 was presented in the movie “Back to the Future Part II”, released in 1989. Now, shortly before “Back to the Future Day” on October 21st, 2015, it is time to check whether reality has indeed kept up with the daring […]

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