From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im June Simms. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we examine recent findings about how intelligence develops in babies. We look at when and how babies learn, and the importance
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Hong Kong action hero Jackie Chan has once again provoked criticism, this time from an American blogger, after suggesting on Chinese television that the US is the most corrupt country in the world. When you talk about corruption the whole world, is t
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