2012-10-23 Digest – Scientists Search for New Ways to Treat Infection
This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Christopher Cruise. And I’m Jim Tedder. Today, we report on the search for new ways to treat infections. We…
2012-10-16 Digest – Was Jesus Married?
This is Science In The News, in VOA Special English. I’m Mario Ritter. And I’m Faith Lapidus. Today, we tell about a debate over words written on an ancient piece…
2012-10-09 Music Classes in Childhood May Lead to Changes in the Brain
This is Science In The News, in VOA Special English. I’m Christopher Cruise. Today we tell about experiments at a major university in the central United States. Northwestern University researchers…
2012-09-25 Efforts to End Shark Finning Make Progress
BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Each year, fishermen catch millions of sharks and cut…
2012-09-18 Digest – Tons Of Methane Gas Could Be Trapped Under Antarctica
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I’m Shirley Griffith. Today, we tell about methane gas thought to be…
2012-09-11 Digest – Cancer Drug Finds HIV Hidden in the Body
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Shirley Griffith. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I’m Christopher Cruise. Today, we tell about an anti-cancer drug recently shown…
2012-08-28 Easing Pain in the Sick and Dying
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember. Today we tell about developments in pain control. (MUSIC)…
2012-08-21 Eight Million People Now Being Treated for HIV
BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. MARIO RITTER: And I’m Mario Ritter. The nineteenth International AIDS Conference took place last month…
2012-08-07 Bonobos Threatened With Extinction
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I’m Christopher Cruise. Today we tell about an African ape, the bonobo.…
2012-08-14 Digest – Deadly Shark Bites Increase in Waters Near Western Australia
JUNE SIMMS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m June Simms. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. Today, we tell about deadly shark attacks near Australia’s…
2012-07-24 Digest – American Space Agency Launches Black Hole Hunter
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Christopher Cruise. JUNE SIMMS: And I’m June Simms. Today we tell about American efforts to seek out…
2012-06-26 Digest – ‘The Map of Life’/Ancient Dogs/Golden Gate at 75
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Christopher Cruise. BARBARA KLEIN: And I’m Barbara Klein. Today, we tell about a project called “The Map…
2012-06-19 Digest – The Search for DNA from A Creature That May Not Exist
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. BARBARA KLEIN: And I’m Barbara Klein. Today we tell about an appeal for genetic material…
2012-06-05 Digest – Venus Transits Sun for Last Time This Century
JUNE SIMMS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m June Simms. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I’m Shirley Griffith. Today, we tell about the planet Venus and what…
2012-05-22 Digest – Chile’s Coastal Recovery; Africa’s Groundwater
BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today, we tell about some unexpected effects of a…