2001-08-30 Testing Possible Treatments for CJD
This is the VOA Special English Science Report. American scientists say that two drugs have shown to be effective against the protein thought to cause the deadly brain condition Creutzfeldt-Jakob…
2001-08-29 AIDS in the United States
This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. The disease AIDS was first reported in the United States twenty years ago. By the end of last year, more than seven-hundred-seventy-four-thousand…
2001-08-23 Dinosaur Noses
This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. An American scientist has found that many images of dinosaurs may be wrong. For years, pictures of the ancient creatures have shown…
2001-08-22 Cloning Mount Vernon’s Trees
This is the VOA Special English Science Report. Tree experts have begun an effort to rebuild forests near the home of America’s first president, George Washington. Earlier this month, workers…
2001-08-17 OxyContin Warning
This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. The federal government and manufacturers of the drug OxyContin have increased warnings about its use. Directions on the containers of the pain-killing…
2001-08-16 Designer Antibiotics
This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. Researchers in La Jolla, California, have taken steps toward developing effective new antibiotic drugs. M. Reza Ghadiri and other researchers from the…
2001-08-10 Female Hormones and Heart Disease
This is the VOA Special English Science Report. The American Heart Association has changed its advice about older women and female hormones. The organization now says healthy order women should…
2001-08-09 Iceman’s Death
This is the VOA Special English Science Report. Scientists have announced the cause of death for a man who died five-thousand-three-hundred years ago. The scientists say the man was killed…
2001-08-03 The Perseid Meteor Shower
This is the VOA Special English Science Report. This month, you can see with your own eyes how material from space falls to Earth. Space material, which is mostly rock,…
2001-08-02 DDT Linked to Premature Births
This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. American scientists have found that the chemical D-D-T increases the risk of pregnant women giving birth too soon. They say the use…
2001-07-27 Rules for Genetically Engineered Foods
This is the VOA Special English Science Report. A group responsible for world food safety has agreed on the first international rules to govern the safety of foods made with…
2001-07-26 Reduction in Deep Sea Current
This is the VOA Special English Science Report. Scientists say there has been a reduction in the flow of a deep sea current during the past fifty years. The current…
2001-07-20 Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute
This is the VOA Special English Science Report. Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland has received one-hundred-million dollars to develop new medicines to prevent and treat the disease malaria. The…
2001-07-18 Men’s Heart Risk
This is the VOA Special English Science Report. A recent American study shows that a man’s race and where he lives affect his chances of dying of heart disease. Heart…
2001-07-12 Leaning Tower of Pisa Repaired
This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. Engineers are celebrating the completion of repairs to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Italian officials closed the Leaning Tower for safety reasons…