Professor Roark says knowing the age of the corals might help scientists understand earlier water conditions and ocean surface productivity.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

They say it will help scientists better understand how to protect long-beaked echidnas and the areas where they live.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Prison spokesman Mark Vernarelli says most teens who visit come to understand what even one bad decision can mean.

VOA: special.2010.11.11

Imam Shakir says he wants teachers who are trained and educated in the United States and who understand American society.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

Now I understand. God in Heaven has been raising you for this place from the day you were born."

VOA: special.2009.02.14

But literature can help them understand human conflict, and he says no one has more insight into that than William Shakespeare.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

Readers can better understand how informed consent and the question of morality in medical experiments have changed over time.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

The project will help people understand the many threats to the natural environments where endangered plants and animals live.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

But Mr.Ker-Lindsay says Serbs are conflicted because they understand that their country's future has to be a part of Europe.

VOA: special.2011.05.28

"I don't understand. How can they have no record of her being there." "There has to be some explanation."

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Only one who is deaf can understand the loving way I talked to my dolls,to the stones, to birds and animals.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

This language was developed to make it easier to understand and translate documents used at aircraft repair centers around the world.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

He wanted to make English easier to understand by listeners of VOA broadcasts whose native language was not English.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

But he also said additional research is needed to better understand how the vaccine reduced the risk in those individuals.

VOA: special.2009.10.13