MR. JAMES DUFFY lived in Chapelizod because he wished to live as far as possible from the city of which he was a citizen and because he found all the other suburbs of Dublin mean, modern and pretentious. He lived in an old sombre house and from his w...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCS, are reshaping the landscape of higher education. And there's no bigger MOOC than Coursera, the for-profit tech company, with 3.5 million people taking its online courses. Today, Coursera unv...
June fourth marks the 24th anniversary of the Chinese governments suppression of protests at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. As a public place, the Tiananmen Square is huge. On one side is The Great Hall of the People, where Chinas Congress meets. In th...
MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: El Savador's highest court has ruled that a pregnant woman, whose health is expected to deteriorate as her pregnancy continues, cannot undergo an abortion. The 22-year-old, who goes by the name Beatriz to protect her identity, ha...
We are also celebrating an anniversary in India. Bollywood celebrated its 100th birthday earlier this month. You probably know Bollywood films. The actors usually speak Hindi, and the movies often include a lot of singing and dancing. Many tell drama...
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Of the various scenarios that could unfold for Afghanistan after 2014, one group that isn't talking war, the sons of the men who became known as warlords. A couple of weeks ago, I was in Kabul and met 27-year-old Adib Fahim. His...
Oh my goodness! Im at Haaaaaarvard! Wow! To President Faust, my fellow honorandsCarl that was so beautiful, thank you so muchand James Rothenberg, Stephanie Wilson, Harvard faculty, with a special bow to my friend Dr. Henry Louis Gates. (Applause) Al...
Hi there. Thanks for joining us again on As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. The fate of mankind will rest in the hands of one. Ooo. Dont start. Do you recognize that movie? Its Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The star is Angelina Jolie. Jolie is famous for a lo...
This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Flora Lichtman. Up next, going digital in the golden years. Fans of the movie Babe might remember this scene, which is coming - coming at you soon. Essentially in this scene, the main character's wife gets a fax machine fr...
Scientists have developed an experimental vaccine to treat individuals addicted to the drug heroin. Such a treatment would be a major step forward for both public health and safety. As we hear from Avi Arditti, heroin dependency not only destroys hum...
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Over the past few years, research has taught us a lot about Neanderthals, about their red hair and their blood type and their genome. And now we're learning about their breastfeeding practices. As NPR's Adam Cole reports, figuri...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK, we reported yesterday that Apple, the most profitable tech company in the United States has found a loophole to keep down its U.S. tax burden. They store billions of dollars overseas, paying very little taxes on that money. Wh...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: These days, there's very little you can't find on the World Wide Web, but we have a story now about one important piece of the Web's own history that has gone missing, and no search engine will find it. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel repor...
This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about vitamins. Many jobs must be done with two people. One person takes the lead. The other helps. It is this cooperation that brings succe...
Hi there. Nice to have you with us again on As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Christopher Cruise. I have a question for those of you in a relationship. How normal are you and your partner as a couple? I mean, are you like most other couples when...
