AMERICAN MOSAIC - Six Environmental Activists Win Goldman Prize FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we play music from the singer-songwriter Santigold And, check out so...
Alaskan Wins Environmental Prize for Opposing Offshore Drilling Saving her village traditions means everything to community activist Caroline Cannon. This includes the annual hunt for one bowhead whale, in which villagers use wood-framed boats covere...
Liberian, Yemeni Women Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Two women from Liberia and one from Yemen were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Saturday for their efforts to peacefully bring change to their countries. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian...
Calfornia Foundation Announces $10 Million Genetics Prize The X Prize Foundation is offering a $10 million prize to the reseach team that excels at fast, accurate and cheap genetic sequencing. On Wednesday, the California-based organization, which us...
Former Heads of Brazil, Ghana Awarded Anti-Hunger Prize Two former presidents who dramatically reduced hunger in their developing countries received the World Food Prize, the top prize honoring achievements to combat hunger. Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula...
Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims share the 2011 Nobel prize in economics for providing ways to understand the impact of policy changes on the economy. The prize is based on old research that is of great interest in the current global fin...
The world's top honor in food and agriculture this year goes to two former presidents who led dramatic reductions in hunger and poverty in their countries in the past decade. Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor and Brazilian President Luis Inacio L...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Scientist Working to Save Bees Is Winner of Environmental Prize BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith. This week, we tell about the latest winn...
Business School Prize Promotes Global Water Strategies About one billion people on earth do not have access to adequate or clean water supplies. More people die each year of water-borne illnesses, such as dysentery and cholera, than are killed in war...
Ian: Hey, Ian, have you ever met anyone famous? Todd: Anyone famous? Ah, yes, I have. I met the Duke of Edinburgh. Ian: Mm, who's that? Todd: He is the Queen's husband and I met him at Buckingham Palace. Ian: How did that happen? Todd: Well, it was b...