2009-07-07 Digest – Could Typhoons Help to Prevent Severe Quakes?
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell how some storms might…
2009-06-30 Digest – Working to Improve the Condition of Everglades National Park
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson. This week, we tell about Everglades National Park in…
2009-06-23 Digest – Transgenic Monkeys Produced in Japan
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a program in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith. This week, we will tell about a…
2009-06-09 Digest – Project Aims to Help Scientists Predict Tornadoes
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty. On our show this week, we will tell about…
2009-05-26 The Buzz About Diseases Spread by Mosquitoes
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember. Today, we tell about diseases spread by mosquitoes —…
2009-05-19 Looking for New Uses for Spices — in the Medical Lab
This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a program in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus. Herbs and spices help to sharpen the taste of…
2009-05-12 Digest – Oldest Examples of Two Coral Species Are Found
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about newly-found organisms that…
2009-05-05 Digest – Scientists Say Arctic Ice Continues to Shrink
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about ice loss in…
2009-04-28 Osteoporosis Increases Danger of Broken Bones
This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today we tell about osteoporosis, a disease that can make bones…
2009-03-31 Digest – Ancient Footprints Let Experts Step Back in Time
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty. This week, we will tell about evidence of early…
2009-03-24 Recession Raising Stress Levels in US Workers
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty. This week, we will tell about stress and its…
2009-03-17 Nations Take Steps to Prepare for Ever-Present Threat of Tsunamis
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith. Our subject this week is tsunamis — the sea…
2009-03-10 Digest – A New Treatment for Those Who Have Lost an Arm
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about an American study…
2009-03-03 Crime and Punishment – Two Reports
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein. This week, we tell about two recent studies by…
2009-02-24 Digest – Tree Deaths in Western US Linked to Climate Change
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about one explanation for…