AMERICAN MOSAIC - Remembering Astronaut Neil Armstrong JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English! Im June Simms. This week, we hear about a new book on natural soundscapes and the man who recorded them. We also tell about singer K...
Syria Conflict Stokes Calls for Global Arms Treaty Last February in Homs, Syria, photojournalist Paul Conroy witnessed his colleague, Sunday Times writer Marie Colvin, killed in a rocket attack. Conroy has now joined activists with the Control Arms C...
Technology Report - Using the Brain to Move a Robotic Arm This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Cathy Hutchinson is a tetraplegic. She has not been able to move her arms, legs or speak since suffering a stroke nearly fifteen years ago. R...
Technology Report - Using the Brain to Move a Robotic Arm 科技报道 - 使用大脑思维操纵机械臂 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Cathy Hutchinson is a tetraplegic. She has...
Agreement to Resume Iran Nuclear Talks Aims to Prevent Regional Arms Race The agreement to restart talks over Iran's nuclear program includes demands by permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany for concrete and practical steps to re...
Syria's Opposition Wants More Arms With rebels having retreated and Syrian army forces having moved into the opposition stronghold of Baba Amr, there are calls in the international community for limited military intervention against President Bashar...
US Jury Considers Case Against Russian Arms Merchant A federal jury in New York City has begun deliberating in the case against alleged Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, accused of conspiring to sell weapons to Colombian rebels. Bout faces a sente...
US Trial of Alleged Arms Dealer Opens in New York The trial of a former Soviet Air Force officer and alleged international arms dealer dubbed a merchant of death by security experts is underway in New York. Police in Thailand arrested Russian busines...
Iran-RussiaArmsDisputeDamagesRelations Iran's decision to sue Russia in the International Court of Justice to try to force the sale of an air defense system deepens the crisis in the relationship between the two countries and underlines a shift in Ru...
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study suggests that crossing your arms could reduce the intensity of pain, according to media reports. The study was conducted by researchers from University College London (UCL), who reported their finding in the...