Scientists in Austria Race to Study Disappearing Glaciers In Austria, researchers are drilling into mountain glaciers in the Alps in search of data about the Earths climate thousands of years ago. Glaciers are huge areas of ancient ice on mountains o...
Scientists blame greenhouse gases for being a major cause of climate change around the world. This is because greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere and make the planet warmer. Higher temperatures have caused major environmental problems on Ear...
New Details on Asteroid Strike That Killed Off the Dinosaurs Researchers say they have discovered new details about the day an asteroid hit Earth and killed off the dinosaurs. 研究人员表示，他们发现了小行星袭击地球那天致恐龙灭绝...
Health Workers Aim to Save Lives of Mothers, Babies with Smartphone Data A new project in India and Uganda is aimed at helping health workers save the lives of mothers and babies with information from electronic devices. 印度和乌干达的一个新项...
Beekeeping May Reduce Stress and Depression From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle Report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活报道。 Bees are major pollinators of fruits, vegetables and nuts. 蜜蜂是水果、蔬菜和坚果的主...
Cancer Is the Leading Cause of Death in Wealthy Countries From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Cancer is now the leading cause of death in wealthy countries. Researchers say cancer has replaced heart disease as the top kill...
This week we answer a request from Thant Zin Aung. Question: He writes: Hi Teacher, Let me know how to use wonder as question form. Thanks in advance. Thant Zin Aung Answer: Dear Thant Zin Aung, Thanks for writing to us. Your request is somewhat diff...
Imagine that you want to describe an experience. You want to talk about how you perceived something in other words, what you saw, heard, or felt. In our report today, we will explore the grammar of perception. Specifically, we will explore what gramm...
US Universities Report Drop in Students from China For the past 10 years, the number of Chinese students at U.S. universities has been rising. But university officials are starting to see a sharp drop in Chinese students. Several universities have re...
Technology is widely available to students in classrooms across the United States, a new study shows. The study comes from the non-profit NewSchools Venture Fund and Gallup, a company best known for its public opinion surveys. It found that nearly ni...
Murder had come to the old house on the street called Rue Morgue! Murder had come and gone and left behind the dead bodies of an old woman and her daughter. It was a perplexing crime scene. The damage to the daughters body suggested a killer of super...
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Today, we are down on the farm! Since the 16th century, the word farm has meant land used for agricultural purposes. But a much older meaning is related to economics. The English word far...
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this program we talk about common expressions in the English language and we explain how to use them. And today we talk about something weve all experienced -- getting into trouble. Bu...
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. The English language has hundreds of expressions and phrases that include the word hand. But today we will focus on only a handful. Here handful means a small amount. But keep listening t...
More and Many This week we answer a question from Pakistan. 本周，我们将回答来自巴基斯坦的一个问题。 Shahid writes, Please explain about more and many. 沙希德写道，请解释一下more和many。 What is the difference between...
