By Caty Weaver 2009-9-8 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Human genes are normally organized along forty-six chromosomes in our cells, twenty-three from each parent. A school for people with Down syndrome in Mexico City But some people a...
By Dana Demange 2009-9-8 VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. you might see two cowboy boots. They are painted with a design...
By June Simms 2009-6-28 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some American students from Florida are bringing the business of beekeeping to farmers in a community in Ghana. The program, called the Honey Project, not only gives the stud...
By Jerilyn Watson 2009-6-22 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Compost is a dark, rich material added to soil to improve it. Compost is produced when bacteria and fungi break down organic matter, aided by insects, earthworms and othe...
By Robert Brumfield 2009-9-5 VOICE ONE: I'm Nicole Nichols. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program, People in America. Today we tell about one of the great labor activists, Cesar Chavez.He organized the first successful f...
By Jerilyn Watson 2009-9-6 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A hydrogen fuel cell powered bus in Hartford, Connecticut, in 2007. If you travel by bus in Sao Paulo, Brazil these days your vehicle may be powered by hydrogen fuel cells...
By Jerilyn Watson 2009-9-7 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Planting trees around poultry farms can improve air and water quality -- and relations with neighbors. Research has shown that just three rows of trees near poultry houses...
By Marisel Salazar, Caty Weaver and Jeri Watson 2009-9-7 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 tell about deaths around the world linked to drinking alcohol. We...
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