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…
2012-04-17 Digest – Group Announces New Effort to Solve the Mystery of Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight
MARIO RITTER: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Mario Ritter. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I’m Shirley Griffith. Today, we tell about efforts to learn what happened…
2012-04-03 Elephants in Cameroon Fall Victim to Killings
BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. MARIO RITTER: And I’m Mario Ritter. Wildlife experts are concerned about the growing number of…
2012-02-28 Digest – NASA Celebrates Past While Facing Unsure Future
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 remember a major anniversary for the American…