VOA标准英语2011--MRI-like Scan May Help Identify Alzheime

MRI-like Scan May Help Identify Alzheimer's Alzheimer's disease normally gets a definitive diagnosis only after the patient dies, and an autopsy finds certain distinctive structures in the brain. Recently, though, scientists have been seeking some so

VOA标准英语2011--Study: Climate is Major Violence Trigger

Study: Climate is Major Violence Trigger A new study in the journal Nature finds that war is associated with global climate. Researchers from Princeton University and the Earth Institute at Columbia University focused on the natural climate cycle kno

VOA标准英语2011--Challenges Slow Kenyan Cotton Industry's

Challenges Slow Kenyan Cotton Industry's Rebound Kenyas fledgling cotton industry has been picking up in recent months with a spike in world prices for cotton. But the once-flourishing business still has a lot of obstacles to overcome to increase the

VOA标准英语2011--Sanctions Have Unintended Effect on Iran

Sanctions Have Unintended Effect on Iran's Tourism Industry - Part 3 When you're talking about travel and tourism to Iran, you can't overlook the question of U.S. and international sanctions imposed against Tehran as part of the ongoing dispute over

VOA标准英语2011--Iran Tourism Appeals to 'Adventure Trave

Iran Tourism Appeals to 'Adventure Travelers' - Part 2 A recent British opinion poll found Iran near the top of the list of countries people would definitely not visit. Yet nearly three million international visitors traveled to Iran last year, and t

VOA标准英语2011--Inclusive Camp Welcomes Special Needs Ch

Inclusive Camp Welcomes Special Needs Children Many school children in the United States go to camp during the summer months, but what makes Camp Accomplish unique is that it brings children with disabilities together with those without disabilities.

VOA标准英语2011--Hispanic TV Networks Ramp Up Telenovela

Hispanic TV Networks Ramp Up Telenovela Production Hispanic television networks in the United States are ramping up domestic production of Spanish-language programming. Traditionally, most Spanish-language programs were brought-in from Central and So

VOA标准英语2011--Experts Recommend Screening Newborns for

Experts Recommend Screening Newborns for Heart Defects One of the scariest things a new parent can hear is, your baby has a birth defect. But some of the most dangerous birth defects are are invisible ones, such as deformities in the baby's tiny hear

VOA标准英语2011--Fears of Suicide Surge in Japan's Tsunam

Fears of Suicide Surge in Japan's Tsunami Zone [ti:Fears of Suicide Surge in Japan's Tsunami Zone] [ar:Voice of America] [al:VOA News English] [00:00.00] [00:00.79]The physical impact of the tsunami [00:02.59]is still clear to see. [00:04.37]But as r

VOA标准英语2011--Human Waste Killing Caribbean Coral

Human Waste Killing Caribbean Coral In the first documented case of a human pathogen infecting a marine species, U.S. scientists say a bacterium in untreated human sewage is killing coral along the Florida coast and in the Caribbean Sea. The finding

VOA标准英语2011--Bioengineered Spinal Disc Could Relieve

Bioengineered Spinal Disc Could Relieve Back Pain Researchers at Cornell University in New York have developed an artificial spinal disc that may help patients with chronic back pain and other disc problems. The spine is a column of bones alternating

VOA标准英语2011--Cavers Explore Mysterious Hidden Wonders

Cavers Explore Mysterious Hidden Wonders Caves have a subconscious hold on our imaginations - for our ancestors, they were not just shelter from the elements but also symbols of the womb, gateways to the underworld, places of wonder and mystery. Not

VOA标准英语2011--Obama Signs Compromise Debt Ceiling Bill

Obama Signs Compromise Debt Ceiling Bill President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, averting a potential government default only hours before the deadline. The president called the bill an important first st

VOA标准英语2011--These are Dog Days at the US Post Office

These are Dog Days at the US Post Office Have you heard of mail dogs? Not male dogs, as in the masculine half of the species. Dogs that actually carried letters and packages in the days of the Old American West. And pooches that tagged along with mai

VOA标准英语2011--Ivory Coast Refugees Living With Former

Ivory Coast Refugees Living With Former Liberian Refugees Bigger refugee camps are going up along Liberia's eastern border for more than 150,000 people who fled Ivory Coast's political crisis, earlier this year. Many Ivorian refugees are living in lo

VOA标准英语2011--History Project Documents Jewish Life in

History Project Documents Jewish Life in Small-town America For centuries, immigrants have come to America in search of a better life. That's the path William Levine took in the late 1800s, hoping for greater opportunity than what was available to a

VOA标准英语2011--Experts: La Ni?a, Climate Change Impact

Experts: La Ni?a, Climate Change Impact East African Drought Experts say the Pacific ocean phenomenon known as La Ni?a is partly to blame for the drought ravaging the Horn of Africa. But while the latest La Ni?a episode has ended, climate scientists

VOA标准英语2011--Somalia Famine Spreads to New Areas

Somalia Famine Spreads to New Areas The United Nations says three more areas of Somalia have now slipped into famine. The famine is expected to spread further unless there is immediate intervention. The U.N.'s food security analysis unit and a famine

VOA标准英语2011--Remembering Folk Artist Bill Morrissey

Remembering Folk Artist Bill Morrissey Singer-songwriter Bill Morrissey, 59, died on July 23, but his death hasn't received the same attention as that of Amy Winehouse on the same day. Based in the northeastern state of New Hampshire, Morrissey was w

VOA标准英语2011--Mubarak Trial to Begin Wednesday in Egyp

Mubarak Trial to Begin Wednesday in Egypt Egyptian officials are making last-minute preparations for the televised trial of ex- President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons and several other former top officials. The possibility of the ex-leader facing just