– Manuscript – From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. For many blind people and those with vision difficulties, life can be made easier with a guide dog. But making a good guide dog takes much work. And for many, the long road begins when the dog is a puppy. Take for example, the five 8-week old puppies that arrived at the Tipton Airport … [Read more...] about Puppies Trained to Guide the Blind
NASA Doctor ‘Holoported’ to Space in Technology Experiment
– Manuscript – The agency said it was the first time that humans had been “holoported” from Earth to space. The term holoport is a combination of the words hologram and teleport. A hologram is an image produced by a computer and made of light. Hologram objects appear in a shapely form, not flat like other images. Teleport means to travel extraordinarily fast using special … [Read more...] about NASA Doctor ‘Holoported’ to Space in Technology Experiment
Study: Hollywood Missing Film Moments about Climate Change
– Manuscript – A non-profit group recently announced an effort to get movie and television writers to use climate change more often in their stories and productions. The group, Good Energy, is a not-for-profit advising organization. It recently announced the release of “Good Energy: A Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change.” Good Energy found although … [Read more...] about Study: Hollywood Missing Film Moments about Climate Change
Diamond in the Rough
– Manuscript – Welcome to English in a Minute! A diamond is a beautiful and valuable gem. But if a diamond is "in the rough", is it still valuable? Diamond in the Rough Speaker A: So, your friend Sam helped me with my taxes the other day.Speaker B: How did it go?Speaker A: At first I thought he wasn't going to work out. He looks very unprofessional with his long … [Read more...] about Diamond in the Rough
Study of Cancer Genetics to Help with Targeted Treatment
– Manuscript – Scientists have studied the full genetic information of more than 18,000 cancer samples. They found new information about the patterns of mutations, or changes, that could help doctors provide better treatment. Their study, which appeared recently in the publication Science, is not the first to do such a complete genetic study of cancer samples. But no one … [Read more...] about Study of Cancer Genetics to Help with Targeted Treatment