AGRICULTURE REPORT - Sweet Deal: How Plants Invite Helpful Insects to Dine on Harmful Ones By Bob Bowen Broadcast: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 I'm Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Agriculture R

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some American students from Florida are bringing the business of beekeeping to farmers in a community in Ghana. The program, called the Honey Project, not only gives the students a chance to own an

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week we talk about the lung disease asthma. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: A boy in Lima, Peru gets treatment for asthma Asthma is a serious l

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85 Plants Words Flower root stem trunk seed pollen fruit bark branch twig leaf bush jungle rainforest cactus desert savannah coniferous deciduous forest hardwood softwood blossom wood Cherry blossom rose petal bamboo Phrases Plant a tree Several spec

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About 5,000 years ago in Peru, culture kicked into high gear. During whats called the late Archaic period, South Americans formed permanent communities with complex architecture, religion and agriculture. And now scientists have shown that maize play

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Medicinal tablets are nothing new. Doctors have been dispensing pills for thousands of years. And now archaeologists have turned up some of those ancient medicines, which were preserved in a shipwreck for close to two millennia. The 2nd-century Pozzi

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Medicinal tablets are nothing new. Doctors have been dispensing pills for thousands of years. And now archaeologists have turned up some of those ancient medicines, which were preserved in a shipwreck for close to two millennia The 2nd-century Pozzin

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Medicinal tablets are nothing new. Doctors have been dispensing pills for thousands of years. And now archaeologists have turned up some of those ancient medicines, which were preserved in a shipwreck for close to two millennia. The 2nd-century Pozzi

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This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? Medicinal tablets are nothing new. Doctors have been dispensing pills for thousands of years. And now archaeologists have turned up some of those ancient medicines, wh

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-Hmm, that's pretty lovely.He puts that down to his honey bees' rather unusual habitat. -We're on the roof of Tate Britain and here these are some of the bees that I look after for the Tate. -I have to say and congratulate. You're having really very,

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One of the first thing they look at is taking place in the grounds of University of Reading. They are hand-pollinating strawberry plants. It might seem strange, but hand-pollination is something that's already been trying out in southwest China, wher

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Peanuts are one of the worlds most nutritious foods. 花生是世界上最有营养的食品之一。 Peanuts contain pound for pound more protein, vitamins, and minerals than beef liver and more fat than heavy cream. For approximately .5% of America

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Something has grown in my mother's kitchen this Winter. It is tall, beautiful, and bright red. If you're in the room, you can't help but * look at it. It's an amaryllis. It was given to her as a Christmas present, and she has been growing it from a b

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科学家曾对蜜蜂离奇死亡或消失的原因进行多番推论,包括全球气候暖化、疾病或杀虫药等。科学家和业界称这个蜜蜂消失现象为蜂群衰竭失调(Colony Collapse Disorder,简称CCD)。爱因斯坦的蜜蜂预言真是所言不假,他曾经说过没有蜜蜂,就没有授粉,就没有植物,就没有动物

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Case questions whether environmental law has gone too far Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 27 April 2010 The US Supreme Court will hear arguments involving a genetically modified variety of alfalfa designed to grow even when farmers spray it with a ch

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AS IT IS 2016-08-02 Smelly 'Corpse' Flower To Bloom in Washington, DC 尸臭魔芋花在华盛顿植物园盛开 This is What's Trending Today: A rare flower, called the titan arum, is about to blossom at the U.S. Botanic Garden. Unlike most flowers

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Allergist Burt Wolf (left) blames global warming for the increased pollen that aggravates allergy sufferers. It's springtime in the United States, a time for many Americans to enjoy the warmer weather and flowering plants. However, it can also can be

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Study: Peanut Therapy Cures Kids' Allergies Researchers at Duke University in North Carolina believe they can prevent dangerous allergic reactions to peanuts by exposing children's immune systems to tiny amounts of the food, according to a study publ

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This bee is carrying a deadly cargo, tiny parasitic mites called varroa. Even wings beating at 450 times a minute can't shake them off. The bee itself is in danger, and it's about to deliver a full cargo back to the hive along with the pollen. Back a

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Roof-TopBeehivesSweetenHotelOfferings Two chefs have taken the trend of buying and eating locally to new heights - up 10 floors above their restaurant, where they have three bee hives producing local honey for their menu. High up on the rooftop of th

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