VOA常速英语:Medical Exam Provides Stage for Actors

VOA常速英语:Arab World Faces Serious Poverty, Food Security Challenges

VOA常速英语:Inherited Vulnerability to Drug Addiction Discovered

VOA常速英语:Decoding Brainwaves Allows Scientists to Pry into Thoughts

VOA常速英语:Encyclopedias Survive by Going Online

VOA常速英语:Dickens' Fans Mark 200th Anniversary of his Birth

VOA常速英语:African American TV Pioneer Exposed Audiences to Black Culture

VOA常速英语:US Economy Remains Focus of Presidential Race

VOA常速英语:US Security Vigilant for Super Bowl

VOA常速英语:US 13th Amendment on Display in New York

VOA常速英语:Genetically-Modified Papaya Hits Shelves in Japan

'Almost like vaccination'

The Rainbow papaya was released in 1998.U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist Dennis Gonsalves helped develop the new fruit variety, called "Rainbow" papayas. And he

VOA常速英语:Scientists Uncover Why Massage Heals Sore Muscles

Massage not only feels good, it does good. It is a regular feature of locker rooms, to soothe the overworked muscles of athletes, and physical therapy sessions, to help patients recover from injuries.

VOA常速英语:Negotiating Medical Aid in Conflict Zones

The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders works in many of the world’s hot spots, including Somalia, Afghanistan and the Palestinian Territories. However, humanitarian assistance often depends on

VOA常速英语:Harrowing Minnesota Race Tests Endurance

Frostbite, sleep-deprivation and harrowing descents in pitch blackness are all part of the strange allure of the Arrowhead 135, a two-day 135 mile (217 kilometer) race that takes place each winter in

VOA常速英语:US: Iran Keeping Open Option to Develop Nuclear Weapons

Top U.S. intelligence officials say Iran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons, but has not yet made the decision to build a bomb. Analysts say if Tehran makes such a decision, it wil

VOA常速英语:New App Aims to Fight Poverty

A pilot project gets underway soon to test whether mobile phones can be used to help educate the poor. It’s estimated three quarters of the world’s poor have access to mobile phones.More and more pe

VOA常速英语:US Says Syria's Assad Turns to Iran to Keep Power

U.S. officials say Iran is increasingly active in backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's campaign of violence against his own people. As opposition attacks against the Syrian government grow, U.S

VOA常速英语:Consortium Takes Aim at 'Neglected' Tropical Diseases

Experts say it's the largest coordinated effort ever - to fight diseases that are widespread, but normally don't get much attention. The new initiative launched in London this week has drawn almost

VOA常速英语:Latina Playwright Josefina Lopez Tells Immigrant Stories

Immigrants are often caught between the cultures of their homeland and their adopted country. Mexican American playwright Josefina Lopez is showcasing the struggles of Latino immigrants through film,

VOA常速英语:Lack of Land Rights Could Lead to Land Rush

New studies suggest that weak land rights are fueling a land rush in Africa and elsewhere. The findings say the sell-off of forests and other prime lands to developers could trigger widespread civil u

VOA常速英语:US Worker Bees Toil in Cubicles

Every day, and certainly on Sunday when many newspapers produce a separate comics section, millions of Americans check out the strip called “Dilbert,” created by cartoonist Scott Adams. It satirize

VOA常速英语:NATO Copes With Early French Afghan Withdrawal

NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels this week to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan, among other issues. The previously-scheduled gathering comes in the wake of the French president’s announ

VOA常速英语:High-Tech Device Reduces Risk of Hospital Infections

The World Health Organization says hundreds of thousands of people around the world develop life-threatening illnesses each year from antibiotic-resistant organisms that are often found in hospitals.

VOA常速英语:Different Blood Pressure in Both Arms Linked to Heart Disease

Doctors generally check their patients' blood pressure during office visits, but a new study says many are not doing it the right way - and that by doing it incorrectly, the doctors could be putting

VOA常速英语:Artist Gets Laughs by Doing Simple Things the Hard Way

It is not easy finding a difficult way to perform a simple task. But New Yorker Joseph Herscher takes the trouble to do so, for the sake of making people laugh. A video of his latest outrageously comp