An international team of scientists has successfully decoded ancient DNA from animal skin on which some of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written. The first of the 2000 year old religious documents were found in 1947 in a cave near Qumran, about 20 kilome...
Scientists Find Mammoth Bones Near Mexico City Huge bones have been discovered in a place 50 kilometers north of Mexico City where a new airport is being built. Scientists, who study the past by examining very old objects, are digging up more and mor...
A violent event of a massive size may have led to the birth of our solar system, scientists say. That event was the crashing of two galaxies. The coming together of our galaxy and a smaller one caused countless stars to form in the Milky Way more tha...
The coronavirus crisis could be preventing thousands of people from completing the final steps to receive U.S. citizenship, activist groups say. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the agency that processes citizenship requests....
From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! AS IT IS --- our new magazine show in Special English. Today and in the days to come, we will be expanding on major world events and reporting on issues that concern you. We will be talking with newsmak...
From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! AS IT IS --- our new magazine show in Special English. Today and in the days to come, we will be expanding on major world events and reporting on issues that concern you. We will be talking with newsmak...
From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! AS IT IS --- our new magazine show in Special English. Today and in the days to come, we will be expanding on major world events and reporting on issues that concern you. We will be talking with newsmak...
Hello, Im Steve Ember. On our show today, we tell about the United States Senates process of confirming the presidents nominees for important government positions. We look at some of the concerns surrounding the immigration issue in the United States...
Hello, again, and welcome. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today, we take a closer look at a story that is almost always in the news. Why is it that the Israelis and the Palestinians never seem to be able to solve their problems at the peace table? Some...
This is AS IT IS! Im Caty Weaver. On the show today We talk about the debate in the United States about targeted killings of American terrorism suspects overseas. The Obama administration is defending its policy after the release of a document that s...
From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! Hello, Im your host, Kelly Jean Kelly. We have been talking this weekend about the Grammy Awards for the years top musicians. Today, we will listen to music by some of the country music nominees. But fi...
This is AS IT IS, from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, Steve Ember tells us about a new cancer study from the World Health Organization. Health experts are predicting a big increase in cancer in the worlds big cities. Ill tell you...
From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! your daily magazine show in Special English. Im June Simms. Today we hear the story of a 16 year old Ugandan girl who has become an international chess champion. We also play music from one of the world...
Obama will give his fourth State of the Union speech Welcome, to As It Is. President Obama will give his fourth State of the Union speech Tuesday. The speech signals major policy goals for the coming year and reports, as the name suggests, on the cur...
From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! Hello Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today, we will be turning our eyes to the sky in search of a visitor from another world. Well also hear more about disputes in the South China Sea. Who owns the area,...
