Seeing Stars: Amateur Astronomers Aim Thousands of Eyes at the Universe

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Astronomer Gus Johnson likes the quiet and the dark. But weather conditions are working against him this night near his home in Maryland. GUS JOHNSON: "Well, Jupiter went behind a cloud so we have the moon ... " Johnson has been watching st...

Paying Tech Talents to Drop Out of College

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison have in common? They all made billions of dollars in technology. And...

Taking a Closer Look at the Future of Video Conferencing

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish High-quality systems used in video conferencing are called telepresence systems. The images are li...

Water Problems in a World of Insecurity

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An American intelligence report says water-related problems will likely increase tensions around the world in the next ten years. These problems include water shortages, poor water quality and floods. The report says the problems will incre...

Worried That People Are Laughing at You?

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report , fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Imagine this situation. You pass a group of people. The people are talking to each other. You cannot hear what they are...

How Stress Affects Mental Bandwidth

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. New research shows how a lack of money, food or even time can affect decision making and the ability to act. In the book, "Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much," Professors S...

Living in a World With Facial Recognition

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A new study looks at privacy in a world where computers can increasingly recognize faces in a crowd or online. Alessandro Acquisti at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, led the study. Professor Acquisti ...

PC Recycler Strikes Gold in Old Computer Chips

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Each year, Americans throw away millions of tons of electronic devices. That means business is goo...

Teaching Children the Power of Music

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Kid Pan Alley is a nonprofit organization that holds songwriting workshops for students across the United States. The organization recently visited a school in the Anacostia area of Washington. The children presented a concert with the help...

Young, and Training for a Good Job - at Sea

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Many new college graduates in the United States have trouble finding a job in the weak economy. But not graduates fro...

Need Help With Your Writing? Try This Web Site

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Millions of students have been taught a formula that has nothing to do with chemistry. The formula is for how to writ...

Educational Technology: Not Just Computers

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com We received a question from a listener about how American schools use educational technology. There is not a simple answer. It depends on the subject and lev...

How to Introduce Yourself Like an American?

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The job market is more competitive than ever for millions of workers around the world. In America, one reason for that right now is high unemployment after the worst recession since the nineteen thirties. But other reasons involve changes i...

How to Do It: Making Paper by Hand

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The earliest process of making paper was done almost five thousand years ago in Egypt and the Nile Valley. In those days, paper was made from strips of the papyrus plant. Modern papermaking began in China about two thousand years ago. This ...

World Leaders Urged to Meet Development Goals by 2015

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In September, world leaders met in New York City to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals they set ten years ago. Five years remain to meet eight goals to reduce hunger, poverty and disease and expand education.United Nations...