
04:54 February 7, 2025
This Sunday, February 9, is not a holiday in the United States, but it might seem like one to Americans. Many will be attending parties to watch Supe…

04:50 February 6, 2025
A new study warns that millions of Europeans could die from heat-related causes by the end of the century. The study was based on computer simulation…

05:56 February 5, 2025
A recent study says India has doubled its tiger population in 12 years. Researchers said the gain came from efforts to protect the big cats from hunt…

07:47 February 5, 2025
An experimental aircraft developed by a private American company broke the sound barrier during a recent flight test. California-based company Boom S…

03:16 February 5, 2025
Japan's space agency says it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new H3 rocket. The latest launch on February 2 took place as the cou…

06:03 February 4, 2025
Scientists are worried that a large iceberg heading toward an island in the South Atlantic Ocean could threaten wildlife there. Researchers say the i…

06:34 February 4, 2025
New Zealand’s parliament recently passed a law that gives a mountain all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The indigenous Māori peopl…

03:44 February 3, 2025
International researchers recently released a study on bursts of energy in an unexpected area of space. Scientists call the energetic activity “choru…

04:02 February 3, 2025
A New York food bank was offered a large donation of fresh fish last month — but the gift came with a complication. LocalCoho, a New York salmon farm…

06:37 February 3, 2025
Michael Garrity had dangerously high blood pressure for many years. And the medicines that doctors gave him could not control it. But a new treatment…

07:18 February 2, 2025
Scientists examining material collected from an asteroid say it appears to contain some of the chemical building blocks of life. The American spacecr…

04:56 February 2, 2025
International visitors to Israel used to visit Ein Gedi, a popular beach on the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is the place on Earth’s surface that is farthe…

02:44 February 1, 2025
Officials in the southern U.S. state of South Carolina have recaptured the last of 43 monkeys who escaped from a farm that raises monkeys in early No…

06:16 January 31, 2025
The activity called yoga means different things to different people around the world. The word itself comes from the Sanskrit language and means “uni…

04:22 January 30, 2025
Over 400 dead sea turtles have been found on India's east coast near the city of Chennai in the last two weeks. Those numbers have not been seen in m…

06:55 January 29, 2025
A group of international experts is proposing a new way to define and identify obesity – a medical condition linked to having too much body fat. The …

03:58 January 29, 2025
Taiwan plans to kill up to 120,000 green iguanas that are damaging the island’s agriculture industry. Around 200,000 of the animals are believed to b…

04:53 January 29, 2025
The efforts to battle widespread fires across Los Angeles included aircraft drops of a bright red and pink substance. The material covered forests, h…

04:19 January 28, 2025
A court in the American state of Colorado has ruled against an animal rights group seeking the release of five elephants from a zoo. Lawyers for the …

04:39 January 28, 2025
A United Nations report has found that extreme weather interrupted the schooling of at least 242 million children last year. The weather included sev…

07:04 January 27, 2025
There is a growing movement worldwide to use plants in building design to establish closer connections with nature and soften hard city styles. The m…

09:33 January 27, 2025
Influenza, or the flu, COVID-19, norovirus and the common cold easily spread throughout the winter season. Knowing what these infections are and how …

05:10 January 27, 2025
People in the southern U.S. state of Florida are used to warm, sunny weather. But on January 21, Floridians saw a rare sight: snow on their beaches. …

07:33 January 26, 2025
Two American astronauts awaiting their return flight from the International Space Station (ISS) have stayed busy carrying out a series of scientific …

04:59 January 26, 2025
In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of birds called sandhill cranes search for food such as berries, corn, see…

04:26 January 25, 2025
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In many parts of the world, winter brings cold temperatures and, in some places, sn…

03:17 January 24, 2025
Archeological research has uncovered another treasure of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii: a large private bathhouse. The explosion of Mount Vesuviu…

05:37 January 23, 2025
A group of sheep on farmland in the American state of Texas work together to complete a job: eating the grass growing beneath hundreds of solar panel…

04:58 January 22, 2025
A recent study suggests that female family ties were central to social networks in ancient Celtic society before the Roman invasion. Genetic evidence…

06:40 January 22, 2025
Facebook parent company Meta recently announced changes to the way it tries to identify misinformation and harmful material published on its social m…

04:23 January 22, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned a chemical widely used to color some food products red. The ban of the coloring chemical, call…

04:45 January 21, 2025
Businessman Elon Musk said a third person has had a special electronic device directly connected to their brain. The unidentified person received an …

04:18 January 21, 2025
Nepal's Supreme Court has struck down disputed laws that permit waterpower centers, visitor housing such as hotels, and other business development in…

06:10 January 20, 2025
If you are looking for houseplants that do not take up a lot of space and are easy to grow, air plants might be the right choice. There are more than…

05:39 January 20, 2025
To age well, doctors say we should remember the importance of good balance. It matters when you wash yourself, put clothing on and, generally, move a…

04:13 January 19, 2025
For more than 5,000 years, humans have covered themselves with permanent artistic designs known as tattoos. In a recent study, researchers used laser…

07:28 January 19, 2025
Two private spacecraft are on their way to the moon to carry out separate missions. The landers launched January 15 from the American government’s Ke…

09:55 January 18, 2025
On January 20, the United States president is sworn into office in Washington D.C. The inauguration is an important ceremony that officially marks th…

05:36 January 17, 2025
Art Deco is an international artistic style that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Now, interest in the style and its qualities is growing. A new g…

05:01 January 16, 2025
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Even as temperatures kept dropping in China’s northeastern “ice city” of Harbin, ex…

03:07 January 15, 2025
A spacecraft recently sent back some of the best close-up pictures yet of the planet Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer…

08:35 January 15, 2025
At this year’s CES show in Las Vegas, Nevada, crowds from around the world came to see the latest products built with artificial intelligence (AI). C…

05:14 January 15, 2025
Greenland is the world’s largest island and a self-governed territory of Denmark. About 57,000 people live there, mainly along its coasts. Most of Gr…

08:06 January 14, 2025
Many historians say U.S. President Ronald Reagan helped defeat the former Soviet Union and end the Cold War. Reagan’s efforts included giving support…

06:29 January 13, 2025
A century ago, iodine deficiency affected children across much of the United States. The problem mostly disappeared during the 1900s after iodine was…

07:28 January 13, 2025
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. As the new year begins, some people see an opportunity for change and improvement. …

07:00 January 12, 2025
NASA says a spacecraft that has been examining the sun’s outermost atmosphere recently got closer to our Earth’s star than any past explorer has. The…

06:21 January 12, 2025
Past research suggested drinking alcohol in moderate amounts could be good for the heart. But a growing number of public health experts now advise pe…

04:42 January 9, 2025
The American Kennel Club, or AKC, has named another kind of dog to its registry. Say hello to the Danish-Swedish farmdog. Or maybe say "hej," the wor…

05:32 January 8, 2025
When Jimmy Carter ran for president, he wanted the color green to be used in his campaign instead of red, white and blue. Green showed up on almost e…