Wednesday, February 15, 2012

VOA Special English - Weekly Report

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Dating Sites' Claims; Female Voices and Fertility

Researchers dismiss "matching algorithms." And, when is a woman's voice least attractive to a man? | HEALTH REPORT

Online dating site

Will Cost of Cocoa Raise the Price of Valentine's Day?

International efforts seek to increase West African cocoa production as demand for chocolate grows | AGRICULTURE REPORT

Workers gather cocoa beans in Ivory Coast

Travel Industry, Fisheries Depend on Threatened Coral Reefs

Also, studying the spread of plastic waste in oceans. And a scientist wants to know more about the lives of bees | EXPLORATION

Snorkelers swim with sharks on a reef in Bimini, Bahamas, in 1995

Scientists Create First Genetically Engineered Monkeys

The search for the "God particle." And, how rising levels of carbon dioxide are changing the chemistry of oceans | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS

Two of the three chimeric monkeys at the Oregon National Primate Research Center

Drones: Not Just for Military Use

Human rights activists, environmental groups, journalists and others are increasingly using drones in their work | TECHNOLOGY REPORT

A drone

Athletes Battle Extreme Conditions in Arrowhead 135

Also, Latina playwright Josefina Lopez. And a comic book hero from ... Houston, Texas | THIS IS AMERICA

Competitors at Ski Pulk, 177 kilometers into the Arrowhead 135 competition

Words and Their Stories: Easy as Falling Off a Log

Terms for situations that are easy and not so easy | WORDS AND THEIR STORIES

Log rolling contest in the "Great Lakes Timber Show" at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City

Stephen Vincent Benet, 1898-1943: Popular Writer of the Early 1900s, Part Two

He won national prizes for his writing. Part Two | PEOPLE IN AMERICA

Stephen Vincent Benet was one of the most widely read writers in the United States during the first half of the 1900s

Short Stories: "To Build a Fire" by Jack London

A man in wintry Alaska hopes to save himself from a frozen end | AMERICAN STORIES

Detail from a book by Jack London

Looking for a Solution to Syria

As the government attacks Homs, two explosions target security buildings in Aleppo. We talk to a resident | IN THE NEWS

Syrian workers inspect the site of an explosion outside a military security building, one of two sites of bomb blasts in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, February 10, 2012.

Remembering Don Cornelius and His 'Soul Train'

Plus, in time for Valentine's Day, we get relationship advice from an expert | AMERICAN MOSAIC

Don Cornelius in 2006

Can Brain Scans of Young Children Predict Reading Problems?

Researchers are studying 5-year-olds for signs of dyslexia; early treatment is important | EDUCATION REPORT

 A 9-year-old boy with dyslexia in an MRI machine in 2004. Scientists now want to know whether brain images can identify younger children who might develop future reading problems.

New Effort to Fight 10 'Neglected' Tropical Diseases

Drug makers, governments and other groups promise a campaign of almost $800 million for medicine | HEALTH REPORT

A Sudanese child with kala azar, a parasitic infection transmitted through sand fly bites

American History: The Presidency of George H.W. Bush

President Bush successfully led an international coalition against Iraq to end its occupation of Kuwait | THE MAKING OF A NATION

President George H. W. Bush signing legislation at the White House in 1989

RELATIONSHIP ADVICE BLOG: You Be the Judge

Help another person and practice your English by offering ideas to solve problems with personal or professional relationships

Broken heart

A Beloved Family Pet Dies. What Does a Mother Tell Her Children?

The story of Sammy the hound dog, and how two girls were able to recover from his death | EXPLORATIONS

Emma and Nora loved Sammy.
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