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[00:00.76]Restraints to Soar [00:04.25]One windy spring day, [00:06.98] I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. [00:11.47] Multicolored creations of varying shapes [00:14.20]and sizes filled the skies like beautiful bird
This is Mars on Earth, a station that was built to help us learn how to live on the red planet. A group of explorers and NASA scientists are spending the next two weeks inside this habitat, trying to figure out how people will live on Mars. The NASA
President Bush Discusses FISA THE PRESIDENT: Last month House leaders declared that they needed 21 additional days to pass legislation giving our intelligence professionals the tools they need to protect America. That deadline passed last Saturday w
Cramped quarters, no privacy, and the stress of working together every day. Psychology, more than aerospace engineering, may be the key to sending human crews to Mars. This is Mars on Earth, a station that was built to help us learn how to live on t
Obama Takes Heat from Pro-Immigration Groups U.S. President Barack Obama came into office with strong voter support among Hispanic Americans, while promising to make immigration reform a top priority. But many lawmakers in Washington oppose easing re
During Period of Accelerating Change By Barry Wood San Francisco, California 04 December 2006 watch High Tech Leadership Screenshot from hotzone.yahoo.com The Internet, as we know it, is only 15 years old (the World Wide Web invented in 1991), but a
Iran Willing to Resume Nuclear Talks as Sanctions Bite Hard U.S. President Barack Obama last week signed off on a new round of sanctions targeting Irans energy and shipping sectors. They build on a range of unilateral and multilateral sanctions again
Burmas Year of Change Raises Hopes Burmas military-backed, but nominally civilian, government has surprised critics with its political and economic reforms this past year. The liberal moves resulted in a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clint
Thai Schools for Migrants Aim to Prevent Child Labor 9-year-old Nu Nu Wai would like to go to school full time and become a painter. But, as a child of migrant workers from Burma her parents cannot make enough money so she only attends 10 days a mont
'Electronic' Skin Monitors Heart, Brain Function U.S. researchers have developed a stretchy, ultra-thin, self-adhesive material that contains miniature electronics to monitor heart activity, brain waves and muscle movement. According to scientists, t
Cameroonian Develops Mobile Telephone Application To Fight Corruption Baksheesh in Arabic is money offered to crooked officials to get rid of red-tape. And so NoBakchich implies no more bribes. Thats the name of a mobile telephone application conceiv
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Americans are not just shopping online. They are buying pricey items on the Web. Nearly 3 out of 10 online shoppers in the United States have bought a product that costs a thousand dollars or more. That is according to an NPR/Mari
One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a
Recently, the New York Times ran an obituary, but not about a person. The paper said good-bye to an old friend: the audio cassette tape. The audio cassette's problematic and delicate tape easily tangles. And its analog format makes it less crisp and
Script: You have heard all about them, a slue of reports about tainted seafood and pet food from China. The country admitted this week it needs to raise its food safety standards to those of international levels. But as the US imports more and more
US Textile Industry Grows With More Technology and Fewer Workers BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA After decades of decline, the U.S. textile and apparel industry is growing again and many factories are competing with low-wage operations in countries like C
By Scott Stearns White House 13 March 2008 President Bush says he will veto a terrorist-surveillance bill that contains provisions added by opposition Democrats in the House of Representatives, because he says the bill as written would undermine nati
By Cathy Majtenyi Kigali 19 June 2007 An international AIDS conference wrapped up in Rwanda's capital Tuesday with speakers urging participants to continue the fight against HIV/AIDS, provide employment opportunities to people living with the virus,
And if the economy is based on export of goods, of materials, manufactured goods, then you are dependent on the rest of the world for your economy. But if you spur internal growth by doing innovation and creating things and then selling to each oth
Daily Life - Morning Routine Women frequently take a long time to get ready in the morning. Their morning rituals are long and cumbersome. In this lesson we learn about one womans long morning routine.