Remembering Lena Horne and a Night at a Science Cafe
13 May 2010
Lena Horne in the 1946 film "Till the Clouds Roll By"
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English.
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I’m Doug Johnson.
Today on our show we listen to the great singer Lena Horne, who died this week at age ninety-two…
And we answer a question about the inventor of the telephone.
But first we report on places people are gathering to share food, drink and science.
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Science Cafes
DOUG JOHNSON: Many people have difficulty understanding complex subjects in science. And scientists often have trouble explaining what they do in language that the public can understand. Now there is a movement to bring scientists out of the laboratory and into the community for talks over dinner and drinks. Shirley Griffith has more.
JULIE BIERACH: "Hello everyone. Welcome to Science Cafe. Thank you so much for coming out tonight."
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Most people learn about science in school, from the media or on the Internet. But at a science cafe, they get to learn about it from the scientists themselves. There are now more than one hundred science cafes at bars and restaurants in the United States.
VOA - V. LaCapra Visitors enjoy a meal at Herbie's Restaurant before a Saint Louis Science Center Science Café
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