It was thought that only humans did this and that this set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom."

VOA: special.2009.11.18

It uses objects from the museum's collection to show how Darwin helped us understand the history of life on Earth.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Let us begin the Olympics,thank you." About one thousand competitors from twenty-six states and Canada took part in the event.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

"It expels us from the western hemisphere, which became peopled and civilized through the proud efforts of our fathers."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Alina from China sent us this proverb: "He who would climb a ladder must begin at the bottom."

VOA: special.2009.03.01

On January 15th, the engines of a US Airways plane lost power shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Just the two of us, rolling on in a cloud of friendly company and smoke from his cigar.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Christopher Cruise tells us about this four-member band from Sweden and the new album they just released.

VOA: special.2011.08.12

Barbara Klein tells us about the latest records from Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Alan Jackson.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

A listener from Venezuela sent us a question about the meaning of the expression mayday.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

She gathered information from more than one thousand places to write "The Sea Around Us."

VOA: special.2010.03.14

It will be the Climate Rally where we'll be inviting people from all walks of life to join us on the National Mall to call on ou."

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Steve Ember tells us more. A View from the Bridge is about Eddie Carbone, a dock worker living in the Brooklyn area of New York during the nineteen fifties.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

It is rather for us,the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that,from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain;

VOA: special.2011.02.07