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Continents and Ocean Floors Are Always Moving
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This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember.
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A massive earthquake in China’s Sichuan province earlier this year was the country’s worst in more than 30 years.
And I’m Barbara Klein. Scientists who study the Earth tell us that the continents and ocean floors are always moving. Sometimes, this movement [...]
Christo, Jeanne-Claude’s Art Helps People See Their Surroundings in New Ways
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I’m Bob Doughty.
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude talking about their ”Over the River” project
And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we learn about the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. This husband and wife team has been making large temporary outdoor art projects in city and rural environments for over forty years.
The artists [...]
Locavores Like Their Food Close to Home
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
A locavore is someone who eats foods produced locally. Locavores usually define local as within one hundred sixty kilometers. This new term grew out of a reaction to the long distances that food now commonly travels from farm to table.
Local is a popular word these days in food [...]
