04:54 April 2, 2024
A United Nations report says that even with hunger being a problem, the world wastes about 19 percent of the food it produces. The report said the wa…
05:54 April 1, 2024
When Google launched Gmail in 2004, it quickly grew into one of the internet’s most popular email services. At the time, though, many people thought …
04:28 April 1, 2024
Dog owners know that their dogs understand and answer commands such as “sit” and “stay.” Many believe that dogs also understand words connected to th…
04:55 April 1, 2024
Researchers have identified two ancient star groupings that appear to be among the Milky Way Galaxy’s earliest parts. The structures are named after …
06:49 April 1, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The mental health chatbot Earkick greets users with a friendly-looking panda that c…
04:08 March 31, 2024
A 420-meter white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the northern Netherlands could be the start of a new kind of transportation for peop…
06:45 March 31, 2024
Scientists plan to closely study next week’s total solar eclipse to learn new things about the sun and our own planet. The eclipse can be seen on Apr…
04:23 March 31, 2024
Bamboo farming is on the rise in Uganda. The strong and fast-growing crop is seen by the East African government as having real growth possibility. A…
08:51 March 30, 2024
Many European countries have programs that help place students in careers at a young age. In Germany, some students move into education programs at t…
05:47 March 30, 2024
An ongoing bird flu outbreak has killed tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in several parts of the world. Scientists said the virus’ spread als…
06:03 March 30, 2024
In 2007, when a 274-meter-long container ship struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, it stood firm. No one died, either on the ship or the road…
04:26 March 29, 2024
Humans have been writing by hand for thousands of years. Since ancient times, people have used every tool imaginable to share information, do busines…
05:23 March 29, 2024
Washington D.C. officials say some of the city’s famous cherry trees will need to be cut down as part of a major improvement project. Up to 1.5 milli…
05:10 March 28, 2024
Scientists say new research confirms results of an earlier study suggesting the crash of a spacecraft into an asteroid changed the shape of the targe…
05:56 March 28, 2024
A new study involving stars that formed together shows how lucky Earth is to be in a normal planetary system. Researchers studied 91 pairs of stars t…
05:33 March 28, 2024
Barbara Peraza-Garcia is from Venezuela. She lives in a single-room apartment in Seattle, Washington with her family. The family includes her partner…
05:42 March 27, 2024
Fake photos, videos, and audio are spreading online as a result of the rise and misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. And it is getting harde…
05:38 March 27, 2024
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a law that bans children in the state under the age of 14 from having a social media account. The meas…
06:46 March 27, 2024
Coffee growers in many countries are worried about a new European rule designed to prevent deforestation. Deforestation describes when developers cut…
05:41 March 27, 2024
In southeastern Kenya earlier this year, people from Kasengela village built a special kind of dam. The barrier is called a sand dam. It reduces wate…
03:29 March 26, 2024
Australia will soon begin enforcing stricter visa rules for foreign students. The move comes as official data showed migration hit another record hig…
03:57 March 26, 2024
A container ship smashed into a major bridge in Baltimore, Maryland early Tuesday, causing it to collapse. The accident sent several vehicles and peo…
05:00 March 26, 2024
The United Nations Security Council is demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Some members are concerned that a famine might have begun.…
05:46 March 25, 2024
Scientists recently studied the fossil of a creature that lived in what is now the U.S. state of Texas about 270 million years ago. They named it Ker…
06:03 March 25, 2024
A United Nations report warns that no longer used electronics, called “e-waste,” is increasing worldwide. It adds that recycling rates of e-waste rem…
06:20 March 25, 2024
A new way to fight an extremely aggressive kind of brain tumor is showing promise in two experiments with a small number of patients. For the experim…
06:12 March 25, 2024
Eleven-year-old twins Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung live on a houseboat in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. But their dreams take them far away.…
06:58 March 24, 2024
U.S. electricity providers are quickly adding batteries to store electricity in large amounts. The batteries are mainly ones called lithium-ion batte…
05:05 March 24, 2024
Most people around the world speak one or two languages. But some can speak three or more. These people are called polyglots. And they are helping re…
05:16 March 24, 2024
The American space agency NASA says the recent test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket demonstrated progress in several important areas even though t…
09:30 March 23, 2024
The U.S. State Department says there were about 20,000 fewer visas issued to Chinese students last year compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. Aft…
03:23 March 23, 2024
South Korean researchers have combined cow muscle cells with rice grains. They say the new rice is an important step towards a sustainable, less cost…
05:07 March 23, 2024
Historic covered bridges in the United States are under threat by the use of the modern technology GPS. GPS is short for Global Positioning System. T…
03:35 March 22, 2024
Theo works days, nights, and weekends in the tulip fields in the Netherlands and never complains of sore muscles. How is this possible? Theo is an ar…
03:27 March 22, 2024
Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may have little chance of winning Sunday’s election, but activists say her presence alone is important. …
05:08 March 21, 2024
The American college basketball tournaments known as “March Madness” begin this week. College basketball, or National Collegiate Athletic Association…
03:55 March 21, 2024
India will begin the world’s largest general election next month. The process is expected to stretch over 44 days before results are announced on Jun…
11:21 March 21, 2024
An area stretching across Argentina, Bolivia and Chile forms what is called the “Lithium Triangle.” The earth there is rich in lithium, a necessary m…
06:37 March 20, 2024
A growing number of American libraries are struggling to offer users digital versions of books because they cost a lot more than physical copies. Pub…
04:40 March 20, 2024
The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than ten years. The increase came after the pandemic which forced some…
07:41 March 20, 2024
Aid groups warn that famine, a widespread lack of food, will soon strike two troubled places: Gaza and Haiti. In Gaza The Integrated Food Security Ph…
05:52 March 20, 2024
An Afghan education official says the ruling Taliban group might permanently close girls' secondary schools. The official said the Taliban is instead…
05:16 March 19, 2024
Information from this year’s IQAir World Air Quality Report shows only seven countries met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pollution recommenda…
05:51 March 19, 2024
A nonprofit group has identified more than 1,500 books that local schools in America have banned from their libraries and classrooms in 2022-2023. Th…
05:23 March 19, 2024
March 20 is the United Nations' International Day of Happiness. For many years, northern European countries, especially Finland, have been named amon…
05:54 March 18, 2024
One early morning in Washington, D.C., many years ago, the president of the United States took off his clothes and jumped into the Potomac river. Mom…
07:33 March 18, 2024
This year, the vernal equinox officially arrives on Tuesday, March 19 at 11:06 pm in Washington, D.C. That is 3:06 UTC on Wednesday, March 20. At tha…
05:01 March 18, 2024
A recently released report from European scientists says there are 16,000 chemicals in plastic materials around the world. The report said not enough…
07:40 March 18, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In 2021, the U.S. food and drug agency approved the drug Wegovy for weight loss. No…
04:09 March 17, 2024
Research in the growing field of space medicine has identified many ways in which zero-gravity and other conditions can affect the human body. Now, a…