First: British and Canadian Citizen Geoffrey Hinton and American John Hopfield have been named the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. As Ashley Thompson reports, the two men were recognized for their work in artificial intelligence. (00:53) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
Next: In many American classrooms, teachers are no longer asking student to read long books. They are instead placing attention on short digital writing. Some experts question if this hurts students’ development. Mario Ritter Jr. and Caty Weaver have the story for the LE Education Report. Then, Caty joins Ashley in the studio. They chat about a word used in the report: pinnacle. (07:27) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
Then Ashley previews tomorrow's LE Science and Technology Report. (18:27)
The LE Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the LE video series, Let's Learn English. Today they focus on episode 31. Are you ready to play ball? Or would you rather watch a game? Jill and Andrew explore the sport of baseball and kinds of transportation. (19:35) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
Mario and Ashley close the show.

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