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Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said on Tuesday they collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms from the murky depths. Australian experts taking part in an international program to take a census of
thanks very much. Now ever wondered why your ancestors gathered where they did, or where others with your surname live now. A research project investigating the distribution of surnames in Britain ans
无人机帮助科学家们研究澳大利亚濒危的考拉 Koalas spend most of their lives in eucalyptus trees,whose leaves are their favorite food. Since the leaves are low on calories and nutritional content, koalas are not very active-they slee
TECHNOLOGY REPORT - Mobile Phones Could Help Efforts to End Malaria 科技报道 - 手机可能有助于终结疟疾 From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Researc
South Asians Fuel Asian Population Boom in US Despite the sluggish economy, hiring manager Pete Tapaskar is having difficulty filling empty chairs at his suburban Chicago technology firm ProSoft. We dont get enough resources locally. We have to depen
Advocates Rally for Gender Pay Parity, New Legislation NEW YORK Activists gathered in New York on Tuesday Equal Pay Day to highlight a long-standing national problem: the gender pay gap. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, but more than 50 yea
Lesson2 Spare that spider Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends ? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; the
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 25 September 2007 Plans for a sugar factory in Kenya's Tana River Delta have ignited a bitter dispute between conservation groups and economic officials. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, opponents argue development could
By Nico Colombant Dakar 21 March 2008 For the first time since 1984, Liberian census takers are visiting dwellings throughout the country to count the inhabitants. Overall estimates of the post-conflict population range widely from two to four milli
When Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was born to a white mother and a black father in 1961, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal in some parts of the United States. That's no longer the case, but as VOA's Susan Logue reports
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 10 October 2007 More than 200,000 people have died and millions more have been displaced by the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. U.S. President Bush has called the crisis there genocide. Despite international pressur
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. College enrollment has reached an all-time high in the United States. About forty percent of all eighteen- to twenty-four-year-olds -- or almost eleven and a half million -- were in school in October
By Zulima Palacio Washington, D.C. 20 September 2006 watch New Species report A team of scientists just back from combing the waters off Indonesia has announced the discovery of more than 50 new species of undersea life, including a walking shark an
Guinea's President Calls for Calm After Assassination Attempt Guinea's president is calling for calm following an overnight attack on his home in a suburb of the capital, Conakry. Soldiers are out in force in Guinea's capital following a nearly two-h
Third Great Migration Might be in Progress In the early 20th Century, more than two million African-Americans left their homes and small farms in the South and moved to northern industrial cities to escape overt racism and search for better work and
Young Navajos Leave Reservation for Jobs The hallways at Ganado High School are bustling in between classes. But they're not nearly as crowded as they were just three years ago. I'm looking at a high school that, in the mid 2000s, ran about 850 stude
Drones Help Scientists Spot Australia's Endangered Koalas 无人机帮助科学家发现澳大利亚濒危的考拉 Small endangered animals are often hard to find in their natural habitats, making it difficult for scientists to monitor them and deve
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've been hearing these stories for a while now of black people being challenged and even arrested for doing ordinary things like waiting for a friend at Starbucks. But, over the past couple of weeks, there have been even more e
By June Soh Washington, DC 06 September 2006 watch Language Barriers report Leticia Menjaros(middle), interpreter, helps patient and doctor communicate A recent study says language barriers are causing problems in U.S. hospitals as the population ge
By Crystal Park Washington, D.C. 03 May 2006 watch College report The U.S. Census Bureau says a college graduate will earn almost twice as much money as a high school graduate during a career. That ha