VOA标准英语2011--Sci-Fi Thriller 'Source Code' Gives A Fr

Sci-Fi Thriller 'Source Code' Gives A Fresh Twist to Time Travel The new film starring Jake Gyllenhaal returns to science fiction that is less about futuristic technology and more about how an ordinary character deals with extraordinary circumstances

VOA标准英语2011--Coastal Trees Help Fight Global Warming

Coastal Trees Help Fight Global Warming A new study says the world's tropical coastal forests store more planet-warming carbon dioxide than almost any other ecosystem. But rapid loss of these forests - known as mangroves - is releasing substantial an

VOA标准英语2011--Dwindling West African Rainforest Threat

Dwindling West African Rainforest Threatens Long-Term Food Security In West Africa, the Guinean Rainforest is rapidly disappearing. A new study says increased production of cocoa, cassava and oil palm has meant more land is being cleared for agricult

VOA标准英语2011--New Yellow Fever Vaccine Shows Promise

New Yellow Fever Vaccine Shows Promise A new vaccine for yellow fever is showing good results in tests as it overcomes one of the biggest problems with the current version. Yellow fever is a deadly disease that occurs in much of South America and sub

VOA标准英语2011--Fukushima Plant Operator: Nitrogen Pumpi

Fukushima Plant Operator: Nitrogen Pumping Operation Going Well A plan to inject nitrogen into the containment vessel around reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant appears to be working, the plant owner said Thursday. Higher pressure levels h

VOA标准英语2011--Hormone Could Restore Fertility in Lean

Hormone Could Restore Fertility in Lean Women Some women with very low body fat - such as athletes and professional dancers - stop menstruating and have an increased risk of bone fracture. Now, there's increasing evidence that hormone treatments can

VOA标准英语2011--Uncertainty Lingers Over Bahrain Economy

Uncertainty Lingers Over Bahrain Economy Fragile stability appears to be returning to Bahrain following anti-government protests that recently brought the Persian Gulf kingdom to a standstill. However, analysts say economic uncertainty is likely to l

VOA标准英语2011--Nigerian President Backs Election Chief

Nigerian President Backs Election Chief Despite Poll Delay Nigeria's president is supporting the embattled electoral commission chief whose decision to postpone the country's elections has sparked a flurry of criticism. Nigerian President Goodluck Jo

VOA标准英语2011--CIA Secretly at Work Inside Libya

Published reports say CIA officers are at work inside Libya. But just what they are doing is not clear and, in keeping with practice, the CIA would not comment on the reports. The Obama administration has said it has not yet decided whether to arm th

VOA标准英语2011--Russians Protest Corruption, a Hot Elect

Russians Protest Corruption, a Hot Election Year Issue Two anti-corruption rallies were held Saturday afternoon in Moscow. Russians turned out on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Moscow for two rival protests against corruption, the top issue on voters

VOA标准英语2011--Fukushima Farmers Worry About Region's B

Fukushima Farmers Worry About Region's Brand With the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant set to continue through most of this year, many people in the region are worried about the long-term impact on the Fukushima brand. Nowhere can

VOA标准英语2011--Ivory Coast Confronts Issues of Immigran

Ivory Coast Confronts Issues of Immigrant Identity The new government of Ivory Coast comes to power in a country divided by years of often-violent debate about what it means to be Ivorian. Founding father Felix Houphouet-Boigny offered work to thousa

VOA标准英语2011--Libyan Opposition Seeks to Build Self-St

Lib yan Opposition Seeks to Build Self-Styled Government With fighting between opposition forces in Libya and forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in its third month (on April 17th), the rebels have begun to take steps to govern and administ

VOA标准英语2011--Ouattara Moves to Restore Security to Iv

Ouattara Moves to Restore Security to Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is moving to restore security in Ivory Coast one week after his country's political crisis ended with the arrest of former president Laurent Gbagbo. Mr. Gbagbo held on to p

VOA标准英语2011--World Bank Discusses High Food Prices

World Bank Discusses High Food Prices Global food prices have risen by 36 percent in the past year, according to figures released this week by the World Bank. The Bank hosted its spring meetings in Washington this week, where it called on policymaker

VOA标准英语2011--Japan Still Struggling to Control Crippl

Japan Still Struggling to Control Crippled Nuclear Plant Small and peaceful anti-nuclear protests continue to be staged in Japan. The demonstrations are being held as troubles continue at and around the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in the northeas

VOA标准英语2011--Bionic Arm Can Move, Feel

Bionic Arm Can Move, Feel Scientists are developing an entirely new type of prosthetic arm and hand that allows a patient to regain not only movement, but also the sense of touch. American soldiers who have lost limbs in the wars in Afghanistan and I

VOA标准英语2011--Thorny Issues Surround Military Terror T

Thorny Issues Surround Military Terror Tribunal at Guantanamo The Obama Administration recently reversed a decision about the trial venue for alleged 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He and four alleged co-conspirators now face justice in a m

VOA标准英语2011--Life for Residents in Opposition-Held Li

Life for Residents in Opposition-Held Libya Calm But Anxious The fighting in Libya has devastated coastal cities in the central part of the country, but life in parts of the rebel-controlled east has settled into some measure of uneasy calm. It is ma

VOA标准英语2011--MRI Sees Brain Atrophy Years Before Alzh

MRI Sees Brain Atrophy Years Before Alzheimer's Symptoms Memory loss and mental confusion are the first overt signs of Alzheimer's Disease, an incurable and fatal brain ailment. But scientists are starting to find evidence of the disease long before