'Walking Miracle' Inspires Others

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Pat Rummerfield spends a week every month with patients in the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at Maryland's Kennedy Krieger Institute. He works as a spokesman and raises money for the institute. He also provides moral support. ...

A False Sense of Security on the Internet?

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Sony officials held a news conference in early May in Tokyo. They apologized for the theft of personal information f...

What Happens When the Living Race With the Undead

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Hundreds of people are preparing for an unusual race in Alexandria, Virginia. "Don't get touched by zombies." "Run really fast. Don't get bit." "Kill Zombies!" The race is called "Survive Alexandria." SALIL MANITAHLA: "You have to keep your...

A Goal for 2012: Learning English

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Did you make a New Year's resolution? Some of you shared your goals at the VOA Learning English page on Facebook. And,...

Does Physical Activity Lead to Higher Grades? [1]

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Recently we told you about a finding that more years of school could help students get higher scores on intelligence tests. That was the finding of a study of teenage males in Norway. Now, other research shows that physical activity may hel...

A Whole New World, Brought to Us by Gizmos and Gadgets

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Today we tell about some of the top technology developments of the last ten years. The technologic...

Building Art Out of Legos

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Legos are not just for children. They can become works of art in the hands of adults like Nathan Sawaya. NATHAN SAWAYA: I dont notice the time passing. I just, this is what I do and I enjoy it. So I can just work for hours without being int...

Iron, Vitamin D May Lead to Smarter, Healthier Children

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Health Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Many people have low amounts of iron in their blood. But pregnant women need extra iron for their own ...

Teaching Children How to Think Internationally

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I'm Carolyn Presutti with the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The International Primary Curriculum is an idea that began in Britain eight years ago. Today this ...

Flying Car Moves Closer to Reality

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You could fill the sky with all the ideas people have had for flying cars. "But at this point the Transition is the closest to actually getting to the marketplace." So says Carl Dietrich, head of Terrafugia. His company in Massachusetts is ...

Advice for Staying Warm and Safe in Freezing Weather

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Advice for Staying Warm and Safe in Freezing Weather Freezing weather can mean frostbite and hypothermia unless a person is prepared. Today we talk about how to stay warm, dry and safe. Frostbite is damage that happens when skin is exposed t...

How People Like Levi Strauss Put Their Mark on the American West

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Many men and women helped to shape popular images of the American West. Some of these people can be seen in a show at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. FRANK GOODYEAR: The individuals who you see pictured along this wall are...

Saving Money for College

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish How much does a college education cost? In the United States, the College Board releases yearly reports on prices at ...

Debating the Best Way to Learn a Language

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish What is the best way to learn a new language? A small study of foreign language learning in adults compared two metho...

How to Make Your Own Solar Water Heater

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Solar water heaters are used around the world and are not very difficult to build. The system we are going to describe is based on a design developed some years ago in Afghanistan. Since then, it has been built and used in many countries. I...