Goddard’s rockets, Plasma research, Screen time, Partitives

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First: Bryan Lynn presents All About America. He tells us all Robert Goddard, the late American physicist known widely as “the father of modern rocket propulsion.” His work in the early 1900s proved that machines could travel outside of Earth's atmosphere into space. Many of Goddard’s ideas are still in use today. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/american-inventors-rocket-scientist-robert-goddard/7979682.html Next: French scientists have set a new record of 22 minutes for maintaining hydrogen atoms in a state called plasma. The scientists say their work marks an important step towards making a controlled fusion reaction that could one day produce large amounts of energy. Andrew Smith reports. (5:15) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/france-sets-new-plasma-record-in-hunt-for-nuclear-fusion/7983265.html Then: Digital screens are common at work, home, and school. Too much exposure to screens can lead to different issues such as dry eyes, blurry vision, headaches and watery eyes. Experts say taking screen breaks often and using larger screens are some of the actions we can take to avoid such problems. John Russell and Anna Matteo present the subject for the Health & Lifestyle Report.(10:44) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/experts-provide-tips-for-avoiding-computer-linked-vision-trouble/7953508.html Finally: present the Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the Learning English video series Let's Learn English. Today they focus on episode 35 and teach about partitive nouns. (18:50) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-35-lets-make-dinner/3571922.html Caty and Mario close the program. --------- Learning English is Voice of America’s multimedia source of news and information for millions of English learners worldwide. We help you build vocabulary, strengthen your speaking skills and improve your ability to communicate for work, school and everyday life. We are not accepting comments here. You are welcome to comment on the stories at our