Hollywood Films Focus on Women Abused in Bosnian War Who were you before the war? asks Serbian commander Danijel of his captive, a Muslim woman named Ajila from Sarajevo. Their complicated relationship plays out during In The Land of Blood and Honey,...
Global Warming Could Delay Next Ice Age The next ice age could be delayed by tens of thousands of years due to excessive amounts of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which disrupts Earths natural cycle of warming and cooling, according...
Geophysicist Probes Ocean's Secrets Today, Pitman is a distinguished professor of geophysics at Columbia University, and the recipient of many of his fields most coveted honors. Even though he is now in his 80s, Pitmans animated manner makes it easy...
Ocean Floor Reveals Past Climate Changes Time capsule Lamont research professor Maureen Raymo, the director of the Core Repository, slides open a long, narrow drawer from the cabinet. Like thousands of others here, the drawer contains a long, thin cy...
Mapping Mountain Range Found Under Antarctic Ice Its late afternoon at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, where Robin Bell is at work analyzing various images of glaciers and plotting her next expedition to the frozen southern pole. She takes a br...
Simulated Disasters Provide Earthquake Data The Rock Mechanics Laboratory is one of several specialized labs at Lamont-Dohertys Division of Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics, now studying the subterranean dynamics of earthquakes. Research profes...
Energy Production Facing Limits of Water Scarcity发电面临用水危机 Nearly all forms of energy production use large amounts of water. Coal, which generates nearly 50 percent of the electricity in the U.S., needs water for mining and transport,...
Guinea Bissau Looks to Power Transfer After Presidents Death Recently strengthened relations between Guinea Bissaus Prime Minister and the military should help the country transition to new leadership after the death of President Malam Bacai Sanha wa...
US Company Brings Hearing Aids to Haiti 美国公司向海地提供助听器 The silence sounds strange. More than a hundred people just sitting. Organizers call names, but others have to answer for them. Their silence is why they are here. Some wait...
Iranian President on Four-Nation Tour of Latin America 伊朗总统内贾德到达拉美之行第一站 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad got red carpet treatment on his arrival in Caracas where he often goes to see President Hugo Chavez. Michael...
Researcher Blueprints Ovarian Cancer Tumors研究人员提出防治卵巢囊肿 Ovarian cancer is called a silent killer because by the time symptoms appear and diagnosis is made, it is generally too late for a cure. Last year, 22,000 women were diag...
Presidential Trivia Intrigues Tourists 总统独家琐事引发游客兴趣 This is Anthony Pitchs time of the year. Hes a Washington, D.C., writer and tour guide who, in the weeks before the mid-January Presidents Day holiday, brings out an updated...
Chinese Symbols Prove Popular in US 汉字在美国大受欢迎 From the moment Spaniards - or Vikings, some would say - first dropped anchor and encountered the natives whom the Spanish called Indians because they thought they had arrived in India -...
New Hampshire Voters Expect to See the Candidates Up Close Mitt Romney can feel the love (support of voters). Before he can reach the White House, Romney must first pass muster with these voters in New Hampshire. And the voters here like to see their...
VOA标准英语2012--Unconventional Voices Make Points in New Hampshire The American presidential election isn't until November of this year. But the nation's first primary election takes place on Tuesday in the northeastern state of New Hampshire. S...
