We explain about the influenza virus, tell how and why it spreads, and report about ways to prevent flu infections.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO: Emergency hospital during 1918 influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, KansasAnd I'm Faith Lapidus. Th...
Learn about the different kinds of diabetes, and how exercise and diet may reduce the risk of developing type two diabetes.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:Doctors say people can reduce the risk of some kinds of diabetes by increasing exercise...
Also: Using ultraviolet light to purify water. And advice for treating minor injuries.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Bob Doughty. On our program this week, we will tell about an environmental study of the recent wildfires in California...
Also: Some researchers fear a new study could lead people to believe that weighing too much is not as big a health problem as many had thought. And we answer a question about the AIDS virus.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:File photo of embryoni...
Also on SCIENCE IN THE NEWS: American experts suggest early autism testing for all babies. And, scientists are developing plants to eat chemical wastes.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein. On our program this week, we will tel...
Also: A 7-year-old listener asks how to help a friend with a genetic disorder called phenylketonuria, or PKU.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Pat Bodnar. This week, we will tell about a gas that helps to carry oxygen from the blood. We w...
Also: Leading scientific publications join together to examine poverty and development.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about an effort to search for intelligent life beyond our universe. We will te...
Also: Two Americans and a Briton win the Nobel Prize for their work on the duties of individual genes.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:Researchers at Ohio State University studied exercise-induced asthma among top athletes at the school. Ohio St...
Also: How sleeping for a few minutes during the day can improve your health.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:Researchers believe cello music can help improve communications skillsAnd I'm Pat Bodnar. This week, we will tell about a new finding ab...
The IUCN Red List includes almost 200 more plants and animals than last year.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today, we examine a new report about the health of the world's many plants and animals.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:The oran...
VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus. On our program this week, we will tell about an effort to make a world map of light pollution. We tell about studies linking sea ice to the survival of polar bears. And, we report on a deba...
The W.H.O. says tobacco kills an estimated five million people each year. At current rates, that could double by 2020. A look at the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke, and advice about how to stop.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And I'm F...
The science of hurricanes, also known as typhoons or cyclones, dependending on where they happen.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:A NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Katrina, taken on August 29, 2005And I'm Steve Ember. Powerful storms are ...
Medical science has developed many treatments for epilepsy. But most sufferers in developing countries receive no treatment for their seizures.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will examine the brain disorder ...
A new study attempts to explain why penguins are eating more small sea organisms instead of fish. And we answer a question from Vietnam about an eye disease.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we will tell how a di...
Also: An explanation of allergic reactions and their treatments. And the game of checkers has a new champion.This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we will tell how friendship could be fattening. We also will tell about allergi...
Millions of people get hepatitis. Some become very sick. Others never even know they are infected.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we will tell about six diseases of the liver. The six diseases come from six dif...
Winners were recognized last month at ceremonies at the White House.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember.This week, we tell about the highest honors for science and technology in the United States.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:On July twent...
Freud influenced the science of mental health.VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:Sigmund FreudAnd I'm Bob Doughty. The work and theories of Sigmund Freud continue to influence many areas of modern culture.VOICE ONE:Today, we explore Freud's infl...
Summer demonstrations show the many differences among America's plant life.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 tell what is showing and growing at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.(MUSIC)VOICE...
