This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Every year, one million women around the world are found to have breast cancer. Almost two hundred thousand others are told they have ovarian cancer. The decisions for treatment are more difficult when t...
STEVE EMBER: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about Everglades National Park in the American state of Florida. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: When many people think of...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. World leaders are meeting in New York to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals they set ten years ago. Five years remain to meet eight goals to reduce hunger, poverty and disease and...
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Norman Rockwell was one of the most popular American artists of the twentieth century. His drawings and paintings appeared in a...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Last week we told you about FAILFaire, an event where people talk about international development projects that failed. Many of these projects started as good ideas. Others had some level of success...
BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about writer Ralph Ellison and his famous novel Invisible Man. The book is about a nameless black mans search for his ident...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, in the United States, dissident Republicans succeeded again in defeating more established candidates within their party. Seven states and the nation's capital held primary elections on Tuesday to...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today, music by Sahara Smith. And we answer a question about the Statue of Liberty. But first, a visit to the Robert Frost Farm in New Hampshire, where the harv...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The financial crisis of two thousand eight brought attention to a big problem with banks. Many banks did not have enough money in reserve to protect against their losses. Now there is a proposed solut...
BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. This week in our series, we talk about the presidential election of eighteen twelve. The first ten years of the twentieth century in America were shaped by the...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In the United States, about six out of ten students in graduate schools are women. The same is true of today's young adults who already have a degree beyond college. As a result, the Census Bureau exp...
STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the greatest thinkers in the world, Leonardo da Vinci. He began his career as an artist. But his interest in...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Vaccines and chest compressions are both ways to save lives. Now, separate new reports say each could save more lives if they were used more. One report is from the International Federation of Red Cross...
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about vitamins. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: Many jobs must be done with two people. One person takes the lead. The othe...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Not all research begins with a plan. Some studies begin by accident. Meredith Schafer says that is what happened with her and Cynthia Sagers. Cynthia Sagers is a biology professor at the University...
