VOA标准英语2011--Online Money Management Sites Cater to Y

Online Money Management Sites Cater to Young Savers New youth-oriented banking websites target young people who are often better known for impulsive spending than for saving money. The websites offer information and tools to help clients become bette

VOA标准英语2011--Richmond Re-examines its Confederate Pas

Richmond Re-examines its Confederate Past As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, many Americans are re-examining the conflict, especially in Richmond, Virginia, former capital of the Confederacy. During the Ci

VOA标准英语2011--Beleaguered Fishermen Learn to Run Float

Beleaguered Fishermen Learn to Run Floating Farm A handful of Maine fishermen have graduated from the nation's first ever Cod Academy. The program, run by the Maine Aquaculture Association, trains traditionally ocean-going fishermen to be fish farmer

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Target Antibodies That Work A

Scientists Target Antibodies That Work Against Many HIV Mutations The search for a vaccine against HIV/AIDS has been disappointing, in part because the virus cleverly changes to elude the antibodies of the human immune system. Now, scientists have id

VOA标准英语2011--Heart Failure Drug Not as Effective on U

Heart Failure Drug Not as Effective on US Patients Before new drugs are approved for use, they go through a multi-step approval procedure. In recent years, the process has become more globalized, but a new study suggests that the results of clinical

VOA标准英语2011--Obese People Aren't Necessarily Unhealth

Obese People Aren't Necessarily Unhealthy 研究称肥胖也可以健康长寿 A new study finds that it's possible to be obese and healthy. 一项新的研究发现，肥胖可能是健康的。 For years, we've been hearing about the dangers of obe

VOA标准英语2011--Life Coaches Help With Tough Decisions

Life Coaches Help With Tough Decisions Youve probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, voice and music teachers, career counselors, psychiatrists and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life. But theres a rapidl

VOA标准英语2011--Hubble's Gaze Extends to Edges of Univer

Hubble's Gaze Extends to Edges of Universe Ever since the days of Galileo and the first optical telescopes more than 400 years ago, astronomers have been looking for ways to cast their gaze farther into the heavens around us. Today, thanks to the ear

VOA标准英语2011--New Treatment Potential Found in Popular

New Treatment Potential Found in Popular TB Drug Scientists say new insights into a common tuberculosis drug will make it possible to shorten the treatment period for patients infected with TB. The drug pyrazinamide is widely used in combination with

VOA标准英语2011--Egypt Angered by Israel's 'Regret' for B

Egypt Angered by Israel's 'Regret' for Border Guard Deaths Egypt says it will withdraw its ambassador from Israel following Israeli military action that killed three members of Egypt's security forces along the two nations' border. Israel says its mi

VOA标准英语2011--US Students Spread Musical Message in Ke

US Students Spread Musical Message in Kenya A group of university students and alumni has returned to the United States after three weeks in Kenya, where they were part of a cultural exchange program which aims to transform lives through music. The g

VOA标准英语2011--Philadelphia Strives For Digital Equalit

Philadelphia Strives For Digital Equality The United Nations recently declared Internet access to be a human right. But in the United States, as in many other countries, millions of people do not have access to the wealth of information found online.

VOA标准英语2011--Tripoli: Fighting Empties the Seaside Ca

Tripoli: Fighting Empties the Seaside Capital Driving into Tripoli is to drive into a ghost city. It looks like a set for a Hollywood apocalypse film. Instead of a bustling seaside capital of 1.5 million people, we drove Thursday past kilometer and k

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Target Mosquito-Borne Illness

Scientists Target Mosquito-Borne Illnesses Of all the disease-spreading insects in the world, the mosquito poses the greatest menace, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As if to underscore that threat, two mosquito-borne viral diseases

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Point to Possible Health Effe

Scientists Point to Possible Health Effects of Cell Phones This past May, in a major policy shift, the World Health Organization said electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones are possibly carcinogenic. Although the International Association f

VOA标准英语2011--Power Your Laptop by Taking a Walk

Power Your Laptop by Taking a Walk Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a technology that turns human motion into electricity. In this week's journal Nature Communications, they describe how to power a cell phone or other

VOA标准英语2011--Libyan Uprising Boosts Morale in Mideast

Libyan Uprising Boosts Morale in Mideast The apparent victory by rebels in Libya is sending shockwaves throughout the Middle East. An uprising that appeared to be lost is boosting the morale of protesters facing other Arab governments that have respo

VOA标准英语2011--Analysts Assess Future US-Libya Ties

Analysts Assess Future US-Libya Ties While fighting continues in Libya, the international community is already looking ahead to a post-Gadhafi era. For now, U.S. officials are providing few specifics about a future American role in what Washington ho

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists, Regulators Look to Save Smal

Scientists, Regulators Look to Save Smaller Fish in Marine Food Chain Perhaps you've had salmon, tuna, or swordfish for dinner recently. Or maybe it's on the menu tonight. Every big fish that lands on your plate got that big by eating lots of little

VOA标准英语2011--Mississippi Coast Still Rebuilding 6 Yea

Mississippi Coast Still Rebuilding 6 Years After Katrina When Hurricane Katrina raged across the Gulf of Mexico six years ago, it devastated the100 kilometers of the Mississippi coast. Houses, schools, libraries and hotels became piles of broken wood