Archive for September, 2010
Many Farmers and Gardeners Turn Away From Tilling
Correction attached This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers and gardeners have turned the soil for centuries. But many now believe in no-till or reduced tillage, a method also called conservation tillage. The Conservation Technology Information Center says forty percent of American cropland used this method at last report. Tilling can remove weeds [...]
For Athletes, New Warnings About Risks of Head Injuries
KATHERINE COLE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a program in VOA Special English. I”m Katherine Cole. BOB DOUGHTY: And I”m Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell about head injuries in sports. We will tell about evidence of hearing loss among younger Americans. We will also tell about a study involving more than ten thousand [...]
Troubled US-Iran Relations Pre-Date 1979 Revolution
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. When did the problems begin between the United States and Iran? Many Iranians say it was nineteen fifty-three. That year the United States supported the military overthrow of Mohammed Mossadeq. He was the nationalist prime minister of an elected government . Later, the United States supported [...]
