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…
2009-12-08 Digest – How Nine Researchers Won Their Nobel Prizes
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Mario Ritter. Today, we will tell about the two thousand nine…
2009-12-01 ‘On the Origin of Species’ Celebrated and Debated 150 Years Later
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson. November twenty-fourth marked the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of…
2009-11-24 Digest – How You Look in Pictures Tells a Lot About You
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 efforts against the…
2009-11-17 Digest – A Serious Study Looks at Laughter Worldwide
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein. Today, we will tell about a plan to fight…
2009-11-10 Norman Borlaug, Pioneer of the Green Revolution
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson. Today we tell about the American plant scientist Norman…
2009-11-03 Digest -Researchers Give the Green Flag to a Race Car
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about a genetic map of…
2009-10-27 Digest – Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks Less This Year
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 the latest about sea…