The leatherback turtles feed on jellyfish so they bring the balance - if they are not there, it means there will be a jellyfish explosion and that will not be good for the whole functioning of the marine environment."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

But an explosion in space cost him the chance to reach the moon -- and nearly cost the crew their lives.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

It was expanding. And that,Hubble said, meant it probably began with an explosion of unimaginable force.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

It says an explosion or explosions by comets could explain the disappearance of many animals and human beings who lived in North America at that time.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

The researchers say their findings support the idea that a huge explosion or explosions caused fire and pressure powerful enough to kill off life on the Earth.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

Many have cuts and broken bones from falling debris and burns from the intense heat of the explosion.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Vegetable sellers mulled around the scene of the explosion in its aftermath, looking dazed and in disbelief.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01

Baghdad TV showed pools of blood and chunks of cinderblock from the explosion of a bomb in the Kurdish village of Sinjar,near Mosul.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Witnesses say the explosion hit a crowded market late in the day,Wednesday, killing mostly women and children.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Engineers discovered the problem during fueling, and worried that any excess hydrogen on the launch pad could cause an explosion during engine ignition.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

They are known as Asian Carp and the explosion of their population in the Illinois River is a concern to large-river ecologist Kevin Irons.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

They raided the house in the early hours of the morning. Gunfire and an explosion followed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Many of the victims were trapped inside their cars and trucks when the explosion occurred.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01

"It is critical that we find out the facts so that all of Massey and the industry's coal miners can work without fear of another explosion."

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

Eleanor Johnson is a professor in the English and Comparative literature department at Columbia University who attributes a growing misuse of language to the explosion of electronic communication.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

More than 500 people packed an auditorium in Chicago to hear how NASA astronauts and flight controllers successfully brought the 1970 mission home after an explosion crippled the spacecraft.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

An eyewitness who owns a shop inside the market also told reporters that he heard a loud explosion, with a ball of fire and clouds of smoke in its aftermath.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01

A middle-aged man who works at the market complained that it made no sense to him why anyone would put a bomb in a crowded vegetable market: He said that all the traders and sellers were going about their business when the explosion took place.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01