This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? Finally, science has something you can give people that really does help them lose weight: money. Rewarding dieters with a few hundred dollars is effective for promoti...
U.S. Admiral Mark Fitzgerald says commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean should carry armed guards to help defend against Somali pirates. The area is enormous and we just do not have enough assets to cover every place in the Indian Oce...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama is predicting a fight over financial regulatory reform at a town hall meeting in Elyria, Ohio today. The president said he knows there will be heavy opposition to his plan to tighten rul...
By Melinda Smith Washington 31 August 2007 Centuries ago doctors used hypnosis to help relieve the excruciating pain of surgery. It then fell out of favor with the introduction of anesthesia. Now as VOA's Melinda Smith reports, new studies show a hos...
By Al Pessin Brussels 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pe...
Now let's briefly discuss consonants. Much of the clarity of your speech depends upon your pronunciation of the 25 consonants in the English language. Consonants are speech sounds formed by first 1)bl...
The final habit No. 7 is the habit of self renewal. It ’ s the self maintenance habit. It ’ s the habit that if you do it right, and do it completely, and do it regularly, you will 1)automatically...
Watch the three habits: four, five and six. First, think win win. Say to the person something like this, "Why don't we agree to communicate until we can find a solution we both feel good about? Would...
BY STEPHEN R .COVEEY The first habit is 1)proactivity. Be proactive. The word proactivity is fairly common in management literature, but you won't find it in the dictionary. It means more than merely...
There are six characteristics of speech, all of which are vital to speak effectively. In this section we'll look at each of them separately. These speech characteristics are basically important to you...
