SHEP O'NEAL: Now, the Special English program AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Today's story is called The White Heron. It was written by Sarah Orne Jewett. Here is Kay Gallant with the story. (MUSIC) KAY GALLANT: The forest was full of shadows as a little...
Thank you, President Hill, for inviting me to speak, and thank you to the Class of 2010 for not protesting...seriously. I was wondering what I should say to you there are so many possibilities you know? So I asked some of you and by some I mean two w...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. The World Bank estimates there are about 650 million mobile phone users in African countries south of the Sahara Desert. That is greater than the number of users in the Unit...
President Anderson, members of the faculty, board of trustees, distinguished guests, my old colleague, Senator Bob Byrd, who has earned his degree through many years of attending night law school, while I am earning mine in the next 30 minutes, disti...
This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Last August, NASA's Curiosity Rover staked its claim in Gale Crater on the surface of Mars, and since then it's been cruising around, zapping rocks, sniffing the Martian air and snapping some self-portraits. Bu...
This is SCIENCE FRIDAY, I'm Ira Flatow. Here's some news to raise a glass to: the idea that red wine may help us live longer and healthier lives. Well, it got a new boost this week. According to a team of researchers, a compound found in the skin of...
From VOA Learning English, this is EXPLORATIONS in Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise. And I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. Today, we report on new knowledge about Stonehenge, the famous, ancient stone circles in southern England. Laser technology has aide...
Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. This week, we tell about one of the most recognizable objects in science fiction the laser. It is one of the best examples of how technology can go from the science of the future to eve...
Well this is a really extraordinary honor for me. I spend most of my time in jails, in prisons, on death row. I spend most of my time in very low-income communities in the projects and places where there's a great deal of hopelessness. And being here...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? If you answered more happy, then you were right, based on a study in 2008. It found that people generally become happier...
BOB DOUGHTY: Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story today is called The Lady in Black. It was written by Eleanor H. Porter. Here is Faith Lapidus with the story. FAITH LAPIDUS: The house was very still. In the littl...
Im Steve Ember. And Im Phoebe Zimmermann with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a very popular musical instrument. Listen and see if you can guess what it is. If you guessed it was a guitar, you are correct. Probably no other m...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: NBC has had a terrible ratings period, but the news here is not so much the network's decline as the primary language spoken on a network that passed NBC. NPR's Mandalit del Barco has more on TV's February sweeps, starting with t...
From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Avi Arditti. And Im Faith Lapidus. Today, we report on caffeine and two popular drinks: tea and coffee. We tell about a study that found black tea is better for your health...
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Rene Montagne. In Syria's Islamists have grown in influence as the rebellion grinds on against the Assad regime. These Islamists have proven to be effective on...
