Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday, 07 June 2011

Today from VOANews.com
Trying to Improve Food Safety With a Camera An experimental system uses lights and high-speed images to find contaminants and defects on apples | AGRICULTURE REPORT
The Ever-Present Threat of Tsunamis Tsunami warning systems can reduce the loss of life from the deadly waves | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS
A Legal Education, From Shakespeare; A Mixed-Race Couple Who Fought the Law A new book examines what Shakespeare’s plays teach about justice. And a new film tells “The Loving Story” | THIS IS AMERICA
WHO Finding Adds to Debate Over Mobile Phones, Brain Cancer A group of scientists decided wireless devices are "possibly carcinogenic" based on existing research | TECHNOLOGY REPORT
Gene Kelly, 1912-1996: His Movies Made Dance More Popular in America He created a new kind of American dance by mixing modern, tap and ballet in an athletic way | PEOPLE IN AMERICA
Short Story: ‘Bartleby’ by Herman Melville The curious story of how an office worker came to answer every request with "I do not want to" | AMERICAN STORIES
US Seeks to Ease Tensions Between North, South in Sudan Two American officials went to Khartoum for talks about the north's seizure of the oil-rich Abyei area | IN THE NEWS
Hope of Profit, Social Change Meet in New College Programs Universities see demand from students interested in becoming social entrepreneurs | ECONOMICS REPORT
An Art Show in Washington That’s Out of This World Plus we read some of your comments and listen to new music from two bands | AMERICAN MOSAIC
American History: US Declares War on Japan, Germany and Italy Roosevelt decided not to strike back at Japan immediately, but to use most of his forces to fight Germany | THE MAKING OF A NATION
Lecture or Interactive Teaching? New Study of an Old Issue In a one-week experiment, students did better on a college physics test after being taught untraditionally | EDUCATION REPORT
Isaac Newton: One of the World’s Greatest Scientists Much of today's science of physics is based on Newton's discovery of the three laws of motion and his theory of gravity | EXPLORATIONS
Study of Paralyzed Man May Offer Hope for New Treatment Rob Summers is able to stand and take assisted steps, but researchers say much more work is needed | HEALTH REPORT
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