AS IT IS 2016-04-26 Remembering African Music Great Papa Wemba 非洲知名音乐人帕帕文巴表演中猝死 Music lovers are remembering one of Africas greatest musicians. The Congolese music star Papa Wemba died on Sunday after collapsing at a m...
AS IT IS 2016-04-26 Chernobyl, Risky Still, Thirty Years Later 切尔诺贝利三十年后风险仍在 Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the worlds worst nuclear accident. The effects of the disaster are still felt today....
Polio Virus Used to Kill Brain Tumors 脊髓灰质炎病毒被用于杀死脑部肿瘤 Researchers are using the polio virus to fight cancer cells in the brain. A team at Duke University is using a polio virus to infect tumor cells. It sets off an im...
High Demand from Investors for Special US Visas 投资者对美国特殊签证有极大需求 The number of people from other countries -- especially China -- who want to invest in the United States in exchange for a permanent resident visa reached i...
Kids Need More Than The Basics to Learn 孩子们需要学的不只是基础 Americas top education official says many schools are spending too much time teaching the basics reading, math and writing. That might seem opposite to what educators have b...
AS IT IS 2016-04-25 Diversity Documented on Streets of Northern Virginia 北弗吉尼亚街道的多样性记录 If you listen to the comments that some American presidential candidates have been making, you might believe that the United States is be...
AS IT IS 2016-04-25 Morality Police Formed in Iran 伊朗成立道德警察 Iran has a new morality police unit to observe its citizens. Tehrans police chief Hossein Sajedinia said the 7,000 officers male and female will make sure women follow Islami...
Pyramid vs. Ponzi Scheme. Which One Is Worse? And now for the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. When you work hard for your money, you do not want to lose it. And if you invest your hard-earned money, you want to see great return...
The Glacial World of Mount Rainier 雷尼尔山的冰川世界 This week on our National Parks journey, we travel to Americas mountainous Pacific Northwest. We are exploring Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state. The mountain in Washington...
Researchers Repair Brain Injuries With New Cells 研究人员培育新脑细胞治疗大脑损伤 A group of researchers at Rice University in Texas are learning how to help the brain heal from serious injuries. Brain cells, called neurons, connect w...
If You Did Not Get into Harvard, Do Not Worry Fewer than 5 percent of the students who applied to Stanford University in California were accepted this year. About 6 percent of the applicants to Yale University in Connecticut were admitted. But one wr...
AS IT IS 2016-04-24 Migrants Crossing US-Mexico Border Drop to Lowest Level 墨西哥移民到美国的数量创新低 The number of Mexican migrants blocked from crossing the U.S. border in 2015 was at its lowest level in nearly 50 years. The inform...
AS IT IS 2016-04-24 Disease Threatens World Banana Supplies 疾病威胁世界香蕉供应 A disease called Panama is threatening supplies of the worlds most popular fruit banana. Two years ago, the United Nations warned that the Panama disease could...
Prince Music fans and professionals are mourning the loss of revolutionary performer Prince Roger Nelson, better known as Prince. The artist was found dead in his home near Minneapolis, Minnesota, Thursday. He was 57 years old. Prince was a highly sk...
Everybody Wants Some in this Linklater Movie Award-winning filmmaker Richard Linklater looks back at college in the 1980s in his new humorous film, Everybody Wants Some. The new movie is not a sequel to Boyhood. That 2014 Linklater film followed 12 y...
