[00:05.77]A private American company says it has identified all the chemical pieces in the genetic material that shapes human life. [00:17.82]Celera Genomics Group says it has identified and named all the genetic parts of the material inside the nucl...
[00:05.49]Physical changes, such as gray hair and small lines on the face, appear as we grow older. [00:15.78]Now, American scientists say such changes may result partly from changes in our genetic material. [00:24.24]They say these genetic mutations...
[00:06.37]The United States has a new official clock. [00:10.95]The clock began operating late last year in the American city of Boulder,Colorado. [00:18.39]Experts say the new clock is so exact that it will neither gain nor lose so much as one secon...
[00:05.12]American researchers say a new, low-fat substitute for butter could reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke for millions of people. [00:17.76]The new food product is made from vegetable oil with added substances called sterol esters. [00...
[00:05.75]Last month, scientists announced that they recorded the first detailed maps [00:13.06]of the development of a child's brain between the ages of three and fifteen. [00:19.98]Scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles School of...
[00:07.05]The World Health Organization says about 600,000-- 300 babies got H-I-V, [00:15.39]the virus that causes AIDS, from their mothers in 1998. [00:20.48]It says 90% of those babies were in African countries south of the Sahara Desert. [00:28.71...
[00:04.91]54) Anti-sense Technology [00:10.55]Research scientists have reported success in using an experimental method [00:17.97]called anti-sense technology to treat people with cancer. [00:23.41]For years, researchers have tested anti-sense techno...
[00:05.96]Philtis Wheattey's first major work was An Elegiac Poem on the Death of the Celebrated Divine. [00:14.52]It waspublished in 1770. [00:17.53]Phillis wrote the long poem to honor a famous clergyman who had died. [00:22.96]Phillis wrote mostly...
[00:07.94]The girl who became known as Phillis Wheatley was born about 1753 in Senegal, Africa. [00:22.86]She was kidnapped and brought to the New England colonies in North America on a ship that carried slaves. [00:31.40]The ship's name was Phillis....
[00:05.20]Nikola Tesla developed the alternating current power system that provides electricity in the United States. [00:14.42]Many of his other discoveries led to electronic inventions for which other scientists were honored. [00:22.75]Mister Tesla...
