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How to Break Bad Habits December 29, 2020 Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:05:21 0:00 Pop-out player Imagine you are studying English. Perhaps you are learning new words or expressions. But then you feel the need to check your phone. Perhaps you look on social media. You return to your studies, only to look again at your phone a short time later. This process, when repeated many times, could reduce your ability to learn new material. It is what you might call a bad habit – a custom or repeated action that has a negative effect on you or your goals.

Holiday-COVID Policies Lead to Hard Choices at French Nursing Homes The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:04:25 0:00 nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister since COVID-19 appeared. In fact, the 74-year-old thinks it has been two months since he even stepped outside the building. His situation is not unusual. Nursing homes in the country have used lockdowns to protect their residents from the sharp rise in new infections that began in autumn. But, those measures are suspended for the holiday season through January 3. France took the action to try to ease ...

The drug company Regeneron made an antibody drug designed to treat COVID-19 patients very quickly. This is the story of how they did it.

Shenandoah and Its Native American Roots December 26, 2020 A rainstorm is seen from a distance in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. (Photo Credit: Ashley Thompson for VOA) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:05:07 0:00 And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Every word has its own story. Where did it come from? How did it get into the language? Today’s word is “Shenandoah.” Hundreds of years ago a Native American chief named Shenandoah lived with his tribes in what is now the state of Virginia. Little is known about Shenandoah, but in some w...

Study: Social Media Easily Manipulated The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:05:22 0:00 New research shows that social media companies differ in their ability to stop social media manipulation. The NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence carried out the study. Two American senators took part. Researchers from the center, based in Riga, Latvia, paid three Russian companies for fake social media engagement. For around $368, researchers got 337,768 fake likes, views and shares of posts on social media, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok. Some of th...