This is the VOA SpecialEnglish SCIENCE REPORT.Would you like to orbit the Earth inside the International SpaceStation? Now you can take a space holiday - for a price. This is dueto a recent decision by top space officials of the United States,Russia, Canada, Japan and the European Space Agency.Graph...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish SCIENCE REPORT.Doctors in Saudi Arabia have performed the first human uterustransplant operation.The doctors say the woman who received the uterus had two monthlyfertile periods after the operation. However, the uterus had to beremoved after three months. Doctors say t...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish SCIENCE REPORT.What is the color of the universe? Astronomers had not answeredthis question until two months ago. That is when two Americanastronomers reported on their study of all the light in theuniverse. They said that the universe would appear to the human eyeto b...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish SCIENCE REPORT.Researchers at an American medical center say special stem cellsin normal human blood can develop into other kinds of healthy, newtissue. The new findings could become important in forming publicpolicy concerning stem cell research.Graphic ImageAdult ste...
Starting April 3, two new programs will take the place ofScience Report:-- On Wednesdays, Health Report will describe new researchand information about staying healthy and treating disease.-- On Thursdays, Education Report will explore educationalissues and news about teaching and learning in the Un...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.A new study says one part of the human brain may become smalleras the result of a condition known as jet lag. Jet lag results fromflying long distances in an airplane. Jet lag interferes with aperson's normal times for sleeping and waking. People with je...
19 Jun 2001, 20:34 UTCThis is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.Scientists say this is a good time to observe the planet Mars.Mars changes in brightness more than any other planet. In June andJuly, Mars will shine brighter than Sirius, the brightest star inthe sky. Mars is also interesting to wa...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.Many Special English Science Reports discuss medical studies thattest the effect of a new drug. Usually, a large number of people isdivided into two groups. One group takes the medicine being tested.The other takes an inactive substance called a "placebo...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.Last week, we explained that the planet Mars has passed"opposition." It passed a point opposite the Sun. This week, we tellabout the planet's surprising motion among the stars.Our English word "planet" comes from the Greek word meaning"traveler." For tho...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.American researchers report limited success using gene therapy totreat the genetic blood disease hemophilia.Hemophilia results when a gene fails to produce the proteinneeded for the blood to clot, or change from a liquid to a solid.The defective gene is ...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.A space object of frozen gas and rock broke into many pieces oneyear ago. The Hubble Space Telescope and telescopes on Earthrecorded the death of the comet named LINEAR. Now scientists havereported what they learned from the information provided by thete...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish SCIENCE REPORT.Scientists have long debated what caused many kinds of largeanimals in North America and Australia to disappear. Two new studiesblame ancient humans for the disappearance. They say human hunterson both continents may have killed the animals for food. Sci...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.. cientists at the University of Pennsylvania experimented withvitamin C in test tubes. They published the results in thepublication Science.The scientists studied the effects of vitamin C on a substanceproduced in the body from fat. That substance is ca...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish SCIENCE REPORT.Engineers are celebrating the completion of repairs to theLeaning Tower of Pisa. Italian officials closed the Leaning Towerfor safety reasons eleven years ago. Experts now say the repairswill make the building safe for at least a few more centuries.The L...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.A recent American study shows that a man's race and where helives affect his chances of dying of heart disease. Heart disease isthe leading cause of death in the United States. The United StatesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention carried out the s...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland has receivedone-hundred-million dollars to develop new medicines to prevent andtreat the disease malaria. The identity of the person who gave themoney to Johns Hopkins is a secret. It is the largest financi...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.Scientists say there has been a reduction in the flow of a deepsea current during the past fifty years. The current of extremelycold water comes from the Arctic Ocean. It enters the Atlantic Oceanbetween Iceland and Greenland.Bogi Hansen is a scientist f...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.A group responsible for world food safety has agreed on the firstinternational rules to govern the safety of foods made with geneticengineering.The Codex Alimentarius Commission approved the rules at a meetingin Geneva, Switzerland earlier this month. Co...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish SCIENCE REPORT.American scientists have found that the chemical D-D-T increasesthe risk of pregnant women giving birth too soon. They say the useof D-D-T in the United States may have caused many premature birthsduring the Nineteen-Sixties. Premature births can cause h...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Science Report.This month, you can see with your own eyes how material fromspace falls to Earth.Space material, which is mostly rock, is often captured byEarth's gravity and falls to the surface of our planet. Thesefalling space rocks are called meteors. Large numbers ...
