– Manuscript – Researchers have estimated that blue whales take in about 10 million pieces of microplastics each day. Microplastics are particles of plastic debris that are less than 5 millimeters long. They come from the breakdown of many kinds of plastic products and industrial waste. Particle levels have been building up in the world’s oceans for many years. The … [Read more...] about Study: Blue Whales Swallow 10 Million Microplastic Pieces a Day
Archives for December 2022
Zen Meditation Brings Alaskan Community Together
– Manuscript – For more than 30 years, members of Alaska’s Anchorage Zen Community gathered for meditation wherever they could find a place. But now they have their own zendo, or meditation hall, in a neighborhood in Alaska’s most populous city. Meditation is the act of spending time in quiet thought. In the zendo, meditation starts when a member of the group rings a … [Read more...] about Zen Meditation Brings Alaskan Community Together
Doozy (Idioms)
– Manuscript – Welcome to English in a Minute! A "daisy" is a kind of flower. But what do you think a "doozy" is? Doozy Speaker A: Wow, Dan. That is a big book!Speaker B: It's called War and Peace. I'm reading it for my book club. It's over 1,000 pages.Speaker A: Whoa. That is a doozy of a read! Does it at least have pictures?Speaker B: Not one! And carrying it … [Read more...] about Doozy (Idioms)
Creating Resilience: Is It Nature or Nurture?
– Manuscript – There is a growing debate among scientists about how people face difficulties and recover from them. The word resilience describes the ability to deal with stress and to recover from it. The researchers are asking, ‘why do some people recover and others struggle after traumatic events such as child abuse, gun violence or the spread of disease?’ They … [Read more...] about Creating Resilience: Is It Nature or Nurture?
Prototype (News Words)
– Manuscript – Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words. At the Tesla "AI Day" last month, company founder Elon Musk showed off the latest version of a humanoid robot. Prototype The type of robot, called Optimus, is in development at the electric car company Tesla. A prototype will begin testing by carrying car parts around the Tesla factory. A prototype … [Read more...] about Prototype (News Words)
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