Life expectancy limit, Growing corals, Untruths in ads

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Ashley Thompson and Mario Ritter Jr. host today's Learning English show. First: Ashley and John Russell report about a new study on life expectancy --- the average number of years a baby born in a particular year might expect to live. The new research finds that humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy. (54:00) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/has-human-life-expectancy-reached-its-limit-/7817392.html Next: Scientists say they have successfully produced corals to improve their resistance to ocean temperatures that are higher than normal. The researchers used a method known as selective breeding to produce desirable characteristics in corals to better tolerate extreme environmental conditions. Bryan Lynn has the full story for the LE Science and Technology report. Then, Bryan joins Ashley for a chat about the report. She asks him about where this research work was centered. Bryan has that answer and info about an earlier study conducted by the same researchers. (06:49) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/scientists-say-they-have-bred-corals-to-better-resist-warm-oceans/7827536.html Finally: 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 39. (16:40) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-39-its-unbelieveable/3598920.html Mario and Ashley close the show. --------- Learning English is Voice of America’s multimedia source of news

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