Technology Report - IBM Says Minds Will Control Machines Within Five Years This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Controlling a device with your mind. Powering your home with the energy of your own activities. These are two of the develop...
Science: 2011 Breakthrough of the Year The journal Science has named an AIDS study as its 2011 Breakthrough of the Year. The clinical trial found that antiretroviral drugs can be used to dramatically lower the risk of transmitting HIV. The clinical t...
GABORONE, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Not many years ago, Botswana was an unknown entity in the world of soccer. Perhaps the only thing the landlocked Southern Africa nation was known for was its peace, and the pretty little stones - diamonds, not the popula...
After USSR, Russia Rode Roller Coaster for 20 Years When the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia, the biggest member republic, embarked on 20 years of unsteady independence. It was a Christmas gift that anti-communists had prayed for, for seven decades. M...
Historic Civil Rights Ruling Marks 50 Years Fifty years ago this Sunday, on Dec. 11, 1961, the United States Supreme Court reversed the convictions of 16 black college students who had been arrested in a civil rights demonstration in Louisiana. It wa...
UNAIDS: 2011 Game Changing Year The new report from UNAIDS says 2011 brought unprecedented progress in science, political leadership and results. It says despite the financial crisis, greater access to HIV treatment had a dramatic effect on the lives...
英语小测验 Year of the Rabbit 兔年 从下面选项中选择正确答案；单击核对答案按钮，核对你的答案. Your score: 0/6 Your score: 1/6 Your score: 2/6 Your score: 3/6 Your score: 4/6 Your score: 5/6 Your score: 6/6 1 : If you...
BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The question, why the first documented supernova was super-sized and grew so fast, has puzzled astronomers for centuries. Now it is solved by US researchers. The supernova, an exploded star, was observed in 185 A.D. an...
AmericanQuizShowOnAirfor50Years The longest-running TV quiz show in the world is beginning its second half-century on the air. It's Academic is a Washington program that lets high school students showcase their brainpower. It's a Saturday morning, an...
Berlin Wall: 28 Years of Confrontation On August 13, 1961, the window in the Iron Curtain was shut. In a single night, the border between the two parts of Berlin was closed. Thousands of people were cut off from their families, work, and homes. The B...
