2010-06-22 Digest – Media Technology: Adobe and Apple Reach a Flash Point
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about two very different…
2010-06-08 Digest – How to Get the Most Out of a Workout
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is the VOA Special English program SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. I’m Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell about physical exercise. We…
2010-05-25 Digest – UN Report Criticizes Governments for Failing to Halt Losses of Plants, Animals
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about a United Nations warning…
2010-04-27 Digest – Scientists Predict a Bad Year for the Monarch Butterfly
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember. This week, we will tell about North America’s monarch…
2010-04-06 An Odyssey of Orchids at the United States Botanic Garden
STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember. Today we tell about the beauty and science of orchids, some of nature’s most interesting flowers. BARBARA KLEIN: Many people think of orchids as…
2010-03-23 Making Order From the Building Blocks of Life
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today we talk about genes. They are parts of…
2010-03-16 Digest – Colorful Dinosaur Discovered in China
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 will tell about two kinds of dinosaurs.…
2010-03-09 Smoking – The Leading Cause of Preventable Death
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. This week, we talk about smoking – the leading…
2010-03-02 Digest – Studying White Roofs as a Way to Reduce Urban Heat
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about the medical condition…
2010-02-16 Digest – Getting to the Heart of How Omega-3 Fatty Acids Work
STEVE EMBER: This is the VOA Special English program SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. I’m Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And I’m Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell how less salt…
2010-02-09 Science of Safety, How Seat Belts, Kevlar Arrived
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Shirley Griffith. BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today we tell about two recent inventions that have…
2010-01-26 In Consumer Electronics, 3-D and All Things Wireless
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty. This week, we look at the newest devices demonstrated…
2010-01-19 Digest – Revisiting the Accord From Copenhagen
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 an agreement to…
2009-12-22 Digest – Study Shows Loneliness Can Be Infectious
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith. This week, we will tell how people who are…
2009-12-15 Digest – In Egypt, King Tut’s Tomb Getting a Makeover
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 efforts to protect…