FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty. The work and theories of Sigmund Freud continue to influence many areas of modern culture. FAITH LAPIDUS: Today, we explore Freud'...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Spring is the time when farmers in Haiti plant about sixty percent of their crops. But this spring is a struggle with disaster. The January twelfth earthquake flattened much of Haiti's capital and s...
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. To some people, they are nothing more than a harmless treat or a guilty pleasure to enjoy from time to time. To others, they are en...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Market researchers estimate that more than one billion personal computers are in use worldwide. Availability has improved in developing countries, but still remains limited compared to industrialize...
Im Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Roberto Clemente. He was one of the most honored baseball players in history. He became the first Latino baseball player to be inc...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This was a big week in American sports. In college basketball, a small school with a young coach nearly defeated a longtime powerhouse team for the national championship. Butler lost by just two points to D...
Im Doug Johnson. Today we tell about the first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, who died earlier this week. We also answer a question about the great American writer Ernest Hemingway. And we play music by a young jazz musician Esp...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Two rulings in the United States could change how information is controlled online and in our bodies. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled that current laws limit government power o...
BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. During the eighteen hundreds, the federal government forced American Indians to live on lands called reservations. No longer could the Indians move freely over...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we answer a question from a listener in Colombia. John Anderson wants to know the costs of undergraduate and graduate study in the United States. Well, the first thing to know is that prices are...
BOB DOUGHTY: I'm Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a scientific research area in the United States. It is filled with the remains of ancient animals. This unusual place is...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Sleeping sickness is a deadly disease that infects about sixty thousand people in Africa each year. Now scientists in Scotland say they may have found a new treatment. Their findings are in the journal S...
BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Today we tell about the beauty and science of orchids, some of natures most interesting flowers. Orchids at the U.S. Botanic Garden...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says deforestation has decreased over the past ten years. But it still continues at a high rate in many countries. Deforestation is mainly caused...
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. April is National Poetry Month in the United States. This year is the fifteenth celebration of the event. We tell about how America w...
