three decades

Cern collider ready for power-up

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Tue, 09/09/2008 - 11:21am

Three decades after it was conceived, the world's most powerful physics experiment is ready to be fired up.



 

Rescuers Dig Through Quake Rubble in China

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 8:58am

In China, rescue workers have been digging through flattened homes and schools in a desperate search for victims of China's worst earthquake in three decades.

Chinese authorities say nearly 12,000 people were killed and more than 18,000 are missing. Co-host Renee Montagne talks to Mark Magnier, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, for the latest developments.