China to Launch Manned Spacecraft

Broadcast: Jan 02 2003 China has announced it plans to launch its first manned spacecraft in the second half of this year to become only the third country to do so. The news comes as China's fourth un

US Researchers Discover New Breast Cancer Gene

Broadcast: Jan 21, 2003 U.S. researchers have discovered another breast cancer gene that may provide a new point of attack against the disease. The 1) molecule is common to many types of breast cancer

Baghdad Residents Cautiously Optimistic About Saddam's Demis

Broadcast: Apr 09, 2003 Pessin: Alisha, I know you had a chance to go into western Baghdad with the Army units today. Tell us what that was like and what you saw. Ryu:

听一分钟英文：Technology-科技

What would we do without technology? Would we still be living in caves? Probably. I think there are two main kinds of technology. The kinds before and after computers. When we think about technology before computers, it was quite basic. It was all me

SCIENCE REPORT - Bird Brains

SCIENCE REPORT – March 6, 2002: Bird Brains By George Grow This is the VOA Special English Science Report. American scientists have found that some birds are more intelligent than experts had believ

SCIENCE REPORT - Space Tourism

By Mario Ritter SCIENCE REPORT -March 14, 2002: Space Tourism This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. Would you like to orbit the Earth inside the International Space Station? Now you can take

SCIENCE REPORT - Color of the Universe

SCIENCE REPORT – March 21, 2002: Color of the Universe By George Grow This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. What is the color of the universe? Astronomers had not answered this question un

SCIENCE REPORT - Women and Sense of Smell

SCIENCE REPORT -February 21, 2002: Women and Sense of Smell By George Grow This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. Two new American studies are adding to our understanding of women and their s

SCIENCE REPORT - Pine Island Glacier

SCIENCE REPORT – February 20, 2002: Pine Island Glacier By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Science Report. Scientists have expressed much interest in the development of a huge new ice

SCIENCE REPORT - Iceman's Death

SCIENCE REPORT – February 6, 2002: Iceman ’s Death By George Grow This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. A leading expert on ancient mountain cultures has a theory about a man who died mo

US to Test Its First Automated Space Rendezvous System

By David McAlary The U.S. space agency is planning to conduct its first completely automated rendezvous in space Tuesday. In a test of new technology, a spacecraft is scheduled to be launched to track

US Astronomers Find 'Smaller' Planets Around Distant Suns

By David McAlary U.S. astronomers have made a finding they say increases the chance that distant stars may harbor planetary systems like our own. They have discovered two planets the size of Neptune e

Japanese Watchmakers Strive for Perfect Timekeeping

By Steve Herman Man's quest to track time accurately dates back thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians devised the sundial and the water clock. The Babylonians divided the hour and minute into 60 p

Harare Residents Face Water Shortage

By Peta Thornycroft Water rationing has been imposed in Zimbabwe's capital, where water shortages have reached critical levels. Half the city's four-million residents are either short of water or have

Texas Scientists Work to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Air Pollution

By Greg Flakus Scientists in Texas are trying to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide air pollution by capturing the gas, compressing it and then putting it underground. This technique could also yie

Organic Farming Intersects with Modern Technology

Broadcast: Mar 17, 2003 Rain hits the 1) shingles on the large covered porch that leads up to David Masumoto's farmhouse. From the porch he can see 90-year-old 2) raisin 3) vineyards his family has te

Investigators Continue Probing Theories of Shuttle Disaster

Broadcast: Apr 02, 2003 The investigation into what caused the break-up of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia supports the theory that a left wing panel broke off during its mission, possibly playing a r

Pro, Anti-War Groups Use Internet to Organize Supporters

Broadcast: Apr 03, 2003 The Internet has been hailed as a great tool for democracy and public debate, both from pro-war and anti-war groups. The two sides have found the World Wide Web useful in helpi

TED演讲:科技并没有改变爱 为什么?(12)

We did it in the larger culture, and we're doing it in marriage. 在其他文化中我们已经这么做了，现在我们把它带到婚姻中。 Right, no question about it. But it's interesting, the millennials actually want to be very good parent

TED演讲:科技并没有改变爱 为什么?(10)

So we've created what I call this thing of stable ambiguity. 这种现象我称为稳定的模棱两可。 Stable ambiguity is when you are too afraid to be alone but also not really willing to engage in intimacy-building. 它指的是你害怕被剩下