Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work

Studying the human brain is difficult because of its vast and intricate network of neural connections. The fruit fly offers a simpler but similar model that researchers can more easily map.

Kristin Scaplen, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Bryant University • conversation
April 15, 2024 • ~5 min

Many People 'Thank Their Lucky Stars'
VOA Learning English • voa
April 13, 2024 • ~4 min

Tiny crystals capture millions of years of mountain range history – a geologist excavates the Himalayas with a microscope

Measuring the concentration of radioactive elements in a single, sand-size crystal reveals the growth of the Himalayan mountain range over time.

Matthew J. Kohn, Professor of Geosciences, Boise State University • conversation
April 9, 2024 • ~5 min

Is It Real or Bogus?
VOA Learning English • voa
April 6, 2024 • ~4 min

What Are Your ‘True Colors’?
VOA Learning English • voa
March 30, 2024 • ~4 min

When Is Something 'Ancient History'?
VOA Learning English • voa
March 23, 2024 • ~3 min

When Do You 'Go Against the Grain'?
VOA Learning English • voa
March 16, 2024 • ~3 min

'Dip Your Toes' or 'Take the Plunge'?
VOA Learning English • voa
March 9, 2024 • ~3 min

Read the Riot Act
VOA Learning English • voa
March 2, 2024 • ~3 min

Influence Others from a 'Bully Pulpit'
VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 24, 2024 • ~4 min

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