From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. It is back to school time in much of the world. Calm, easy mornings are replaced with busy, hurried ones. Children wake up early and get ready for school. Many parents are also getting r...
Scientists Explore How Cannabis May Fight Psychosis British scientists have found how a substance in the cannabis plant acts in the brain to reduce abnormal activity in patients at risk of psychosis. Their findings suggest that the substance could be...
Can Facial Recognition Help Prevent School Shootings? American education officials have sought new ways to make schools more secure following several deadly shootings in recent years. One of them took place in February at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Hig...
South Korean Smart Farm Built Inside Former Road Tunnel A South Korean company is operating the countrys largest indoor smart farm inside a former road tunnel. The farm produces fruits and vegetables hydroponically, which means the plants do not grow...
The United States says the offices of the General Delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Washington should close. The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the PLO has not taken steps to support the start of direct and meani...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Breakfast is the first meal of the day. Some people love it! They look forward to breaking their nighttime fast with a big meal. Others may like to eat something small. For those who ski...
STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about three inventors who died last month. Max Mathews, Norio Ohga, and Hubert Schlafly all had a big influence on moder...
STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we discuss the best-selling book Unbroken, by writer Laura Hillenbrand. It is a story about survival, heroism, and the strength...
Wiley Post: The First Pilot to Fly Around the World Alone MARY TILLOTSON: Now the VOA Special English program, Explorations. Today Shirley Griffith and Doug Johnson tell about pilot Wiley Post. He set new records when he flew his own airplane around...
RAY FREEMAN: EXPLORATIONS, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today Shirley Griffith and Frank Oliver tell about a famous World War Two pilot, Jimmy Doolittle. (MUSIC) FRANK OLIVER: He was a scientist, an airplane engineer and a ge...
Six Building Designers Who Are Redefining Modern Architecture STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about six building designers widely considered some of the to...
(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: Graphic Image And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, Explorations. Today we tell about American scientist Carl Sagan. He spent much of his life helping make space travel p...
(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. You are listening to our program today on a radio. Almost no communication would exist in the world without the electromag...
(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. On our program today, we tell about the American space agencys plans to help young students learn about science and mat...
(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about a famous natural place, the Grand Canyon. (THEME) VOICE ONE: In late September, Fifteen-Forty, a g...
