By Nia Sutadi Santa Monica, California 30 April 2007 Orangutans are highly intelligent and are one of man's closest relatives. Found primarily in Indonesia, their name in English means People of the Forest. Just a century ago, their numbers were plen

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AS IT IS 2013-07-22 Apps for Apes: Orangutans Love the iPad Hello, and welcome to As It Is, our daily magazine show for people learning American English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we visit with some apes who really li

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TECHNOLOGY REPORT - Now on the iPad: Apps for Orangutans 科技报道 - 面向猩猩提供的iPad应用程序 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。 Humans are not

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Why did the orangutan cross the forest canopy? Presumably, to reach some tasty fruit. But the better question might be: how did the orangutan cross the forest canopy. And according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc

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Robyn Williams: The Science Show on RN. So what happens if you put an interactive system resembling a large iPad in an orangutan enclosure? Well, they've done it at the Melbourne Zoo with Microsoft Kinect and a touchscreen on the floor. Sally Sherwen

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I was stunned. August Dupin, my friend with the extraordinarily sharp mind and observational powers still had surprises for me! He had uncovered so much about the horrifying Rue Morgue murders that it seemed there was more understanding than mystery

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Video of Smoking Orangutan Goes Viral This is Whats Trending Today 这里是今日热点节目。 Video of an orangutan smoking a cigarette at an Indonesian zoo has gone viral.The footage led to renewed criticism of the zoo, which has been accused of

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AS IT IS 2015-12-12 #WelcometoCanada, X-Men, and a Laughing Orangutan This is Whats Trending Today. Syrian Refugees in Canada Justin Trudeau became the Canadian Prime Minister in November, and on Thursday night he may have made his biggest social med

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New Orangutan Species Discovered in Indonesia Scientists say they have discovered a new species of orangutans on Indonesias island of Sumatra. 科学家表示,他们在印尼的苏门答腊岛上发现了一种新的猩猩物种。 The population d

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta, Indonesia 13 November 2006 Conservationists in Indonesia have warned that fires set to clear land have killed and injured hundreds of endangered orangutans. Environmentalists are also concerned the burning of rainforest and

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1. U.S. military officials have still not confirmed whether a body found in the Euphrates River is that of one of three American soldiers abducted about two weeks ago. Iraqi police say the male victim appeared to be wearing an American military unif

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 17 October 2006 An Indonesian man rows his boat on Kapuas river amid haze from burning brush fires, in Pontianak, Borneo island, Indonesia, Oct. 5, 2006. The endangered orangutan, elephants and other wildlife are faci

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1. The senate elects its leaders for the incoming 114th congress. Kentuckys Republican Mitch McConnell will again represent his party, this time as the majority leader, * title with Nevada Democrat Harry Reid who will serve as minority leader followi

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Now on the iPad: Apps for Orangutans From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. Humans are not the only ones who like to use tablet computers. The nonprofit organization Orangutan Outreach has started a program calle

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Technology Report - Orangutans With iPads 科技报道 - 猩猩和iPad 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。 Recently we reported on a program called Apps for Ape

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Indonesia and Malaysia have stepped up efforts to protect Asia's great ape, the orangutan. Saving the endangered man of the forest may also help fight global warming. Under a canopy of green in Malaysia's Sabah state, tourists watch as orangutans are

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Scientists are finding clues about the origin of human speech thanks to a very unusual ape. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an orangutan named Rocky. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: A half-dozen orangutans are relaxing in a sun-filled atrium

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Imagine you had never tasted lemonade. You would still probably assume that lemon juice mixed with sugar tastes better than lemon juice alone. Because you know what lemons taste like, and you know what sugar tastes like. You can recall those past exp

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From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. Humans are not the only ones who like to use tablet computers. The nonprofit organization Orangutan Outreach has started a program called Apps for Apes using Apples iPad. Or

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Broadcast: Jan 17, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Orangutans are great apes that live in coastal2 jungles on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. A team of inter

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