Ancient footprints, AI personal agents, Diabetes, Habitual past

Caty Weaver and Mario Ritter Jr. host today's Learning English show.
First: Caty Weaver reports about some ancient hominid footprints found in Kenya and what they mean to the paleontologists and other scientists studying them. (01:54) learningenglish.voanews.com/a/ancient-footprints-s…
Then: Bryan Lynn tells about a Microsoft effort to expand its AI offerings with personal “agents” designed to take over different human processes. (07:04) learningenglish.voanews.com/a/microsoft-s-ai-agent…
Next: Jill Roberts brings us the Health and Lifestyle Report. She reports about a new study on the incidence of diabetes worldwide. The researchers say more than 800 million adults have the disease. And they say more than half of adults over 30 who have the disease are not receiving treatment for it. (13:50) learningenglish.voanews.com/a/study-more-than-800-…
Then: The Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the LE video series, Let's Learn English, Level 2. Today they teach how we express habitual past actions in English. (18:25) learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-l…
Caty and Mario close the show.
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