05:32 October 15, 2024
Early education expert Dan Gartrell says the most important civics lesson that preschools can teach is “social democracy.” Gartrell wrote a book abou…
03:27 October 15, 2024
Takosangba Pongen could see until he was 14 years old. He has been blind for the 13 years since. But, nobody would know that by watching Pongen perfo…
06:10 October 15, 2024
The Nobel Committee has brought attention to worldwide inequalities by awarding its economic prize to three Americans: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson,…
05:01 October 14, 2024
A group of international scientists recently announced they had made a map of the whole “brain” of an adult fruit fly. They said the milestone would …
06:15 October 14, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. When a brain scientist at the University of California, Irvine got pregnant at the …
06:39 October 14, 2024
Some American communities and universities have been experimenting with sheep and goats to keep plant growth under control. Along the Cumberland Rive…
06:26 October 13, 2024
A family in Italy hopes to prove that a painting found long ago on the island of Capri is the work of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The family has be…
05:36 October 13, 2024
New research says that 610 bird species have died off over the past 130,000 years. For instance, the Kaua’i ’ō’ō, a Hawaiian songbird, was declared e…
05:46 October 13, 2024
A European spacecraft has been launched to explore an asteroid struck in an earlier planetary defense mission by the American space agency NASA. The …
04:38 October 11, 2024
A series of powerful hurricanes have affected millions of people in the United States in recent weeks. Some people are wondering if scientists could …
05:13 October 11, 2024
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,…
04:10 October 10, 2024
South Korean writer Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee said her work “confronts histo…
04:24 October 10, 2024
Powerful crime groups in Southeast Asia use the messaging app Telegram widely, the United Nations said in a report on Monday. It said the app’s use l…
05:51 October 9, 2024
A new study says hurricanes in the United States are hundreds of times deadlier than government estimates say. In fact, the research finds, they resu…
06:53 October 9, 2024
Three scientists who developed methods to predict the structure of proteins and build new ones have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The winners wer…
05:45 October 9, 2024
Meta’s Instagram service recently introduced some built-in tools designed to protect young users. The changes also give parents more control over the…
08:08 October 8, 2024
Teachers in many English classes across America are having students read fewer full-length books. Recently, the Associated Press explored the issue i…
04:20 October 8, 2024
Unpredictable rains and increasing heat are making life more difficult for the people of Rayanpet, a village in southern India. The conditions are al…
06:03 October 8, 2024
Two early developers of artificial intelligence (AI) have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. American John Hopfield is with Princeton University…
02:49 October 7, 2024
A playhouse in London, Britain and a theater from Osaka, Japan, are working together to prove cultural differences between the two countries are only…
06:18 October 7, 2024
Two Americans have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of genetic material called microRNA. Victor Ambros is a pro…
06:10 October 7, 2024
Body weight continues to be a big public health issue in the United States. New government research suggests that the condition of having far too muc…
05:45 October 6, 2024
In the Japanese town of Kojima, the main road is named Jeans Street. This street is where people from around the world come to visit. The drink machi…
05:17 October 6, 2024
Camille Stevens-Rumann recently sat on the ground and measured small trees to see how much they had grown in seven months. She found they had grown f…
06:25 October 6, 2024
Scientists have discovered a small asteroid that recently moved closer to Earth’s orbit. The object was first observed August 7 by two astronomers fr…
03:49 October 4, 2024
Spanish scientist Pilar Bosch has found a way to use bacteria to repair 18th-century paintings. Bosch, a microbiologist, tells Reuters she got the id…
02:58 October 3, 2024
The Argentine town of Hilario Ascasubi near the country’s Atlantic coast has a problem not many places have ever had. It has too many parrots. Biolog…
04:03 October 3, 2024
Edgar Tapia works on the Homeless Outreach Team of San Francisco, California. He goes to places where people are living in the streets and tells them…
06:04 October 2, 2024
Mount Everest, standing 8.85 kilometers above sea level, is Earth's tallest mountain. And Mount Everest is still growing. Mount Everest and the rest …
07:14 October 2, 2024
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed a ban on the sale of self-driving vehicles in the U.S. using Chinese or Russian technolog…
03:38 October 2, 2024
Fields of tall corn plants are a common thing to see in the Midwest United States in late summer. They are as much a part of rural America as big red…
08:07 October 1, 2024
A yearly report on international study shows the number of Chinese students in the United States fell by a small amount last year. Meanwhile, a growi…
06:25 October 1, 2024
If you are trying to lose weight, climbing stairs as a regular exercise might be for you. Stairs are available in many places. And research shows sta…
03:34 October 1, 2024
Elections officials across Pennsylvania have begun testing their voting machines using a method known as logic and accuracy testing. It will be impor…
05:13 September 30, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. A woman in Portland, Oregon started her daily exercise habit with one activity – wa…
04:23 September 30, 2024
People are driving from hours away to buy cookies at Lochel’s Bakery outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And orders for its red and blue cookies a…
07:20 September 30, 2024
Former president of the United States Jimmy Carter is turning 100 on October 1. The 39th president is celebrating the century mark at his home in Pla…
04:13 September 29, 2024
Benmou Suzuki is a religious worker at a 420-year-old temple that is not in very good condition. It is deep in the forest near a small Japanese mount…
06:06 September 29, 2024
A new study suggests sources of water on the moon are more widespread than previously thought. The study was based on new examinations of data collec…
05:41 September 29, 2024
Sri Lanka’s new president faces many choices as he tries to balance ties between the country’s two huge partners: India and China. Anura Kumara Dissa…
05:31 September 28, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought a lawsuit against Visa. It is accusing the financial services company of using illegal methods to bl…
03:12 September 27, 2024
The Japanese video game company Nintendo is opening a museum that will teach visitors about its history. At the museum, fans of Super Mario, The Lege…
04:49 September 26, 2024
A new state law will soon require school districts in California to create new rules restricting student smartphone use. California Governor Gavin Ne…
05:20 September 26, 2024
In South Africa, a former passenger train now serves as a traveling medical center to provide health services to people in need. The train is known a…
05:45 September 25, 2024
Scientists say they have found the largest jets of energy ever observed shooting out of a black hole in a distant galaxy. The jets extend 23 million …
06:19 September 25, 2024
California recently enacted three legislative measures that ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create false images and videos durin…
04:18 September 25, 2024
The head brewmaster for Weihenstephan, the world’s oldest brewery, has a secret. The secret is that he really likes to drink alcohol-free beer. Tobia…
07:40 September 24, 2024
Christina Westman hoped to become a music therapist when she came to St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. But that became impossible when the col…
04:02 September 24, 2024
A reservoir in Poland built to prevent flooding is being praised for doing its job well after major floodwaters hit the area. The anti-flood reservoi…
06:58 September 24, 2024
Violent crime decreased in the United States in 2023, a new report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation says. The FBI released its report Monday.…