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Yellowstone National Park in the western United States was the world’s first national park. Established in 1872, it is famous for its geothermal acti…

05:54 February 15, 2025
An American nonprofit group says the number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest …

04:26 February 14, 2025
A new museum of laughter in Croatia is offering to help people deal with the negativity of modern life. Visitors to the HaHaHouse in the Croatian cap…

04:04 February 13, 2025
The government of Nepal has increased the cost of a permit to climb Mount Everest by about one-third. Officials say the price increase aims to help r…

07:40 February 12, 2025
There are several terms experts use to describe computer systems in the field of artificial intelligence. Recently, the French News Agency (AFP) defi…

04:13 February 12, 2025
Cambodian officials are warning visitors to the nation’s famous Angkor Wat complex of buildings to stay away from wild monkeys. They say the animals …

02:42 February 12, 2025
George Washington was the first president of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1797. He was a famous general who led the American colonists t…

05:10 February 11, 2025
Wordle has become one of the most popular online games in the United States since it came out last October. Players get six chances to guess and lear…

06:30 February 11, 2025
Paradox Museum Miami is a mixture of art, science, and fun. The 1,000-square-meter museum is housed in Miami's Wynwood arts and entertainment area. I…

05:46 February 11, 2025
Carlene Thomas is a dietitian, a person who gives advice about healthy foods to eat. When it comes to eating healthy vegetables, Thomas says there ar…

06:13 February 10, 2025
Researchers in the U.S. state of Michigan are looking for ways to help apple trees survive bad weather. To do this, one researcher plans to use a lat…

04:47 February 10, 2025
Television has made it possible for people around the world to share in many different experiences – sports, music shows, films, and more. Yet many p…

06:03 February 10, 2025
New research suggests the risk of Americans developing dementia over a lifetime may be much higher than once thought. A new study predicts about one …

04:30 February 9, 2025
Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy - and, scientists now say, lead pollution. That is the finding of a study that recently app…

06:17 February 9, 2025
A new study suggests an asteroid strike on the moon billions of years ago left two huge valleys about the size of Earth’s Grand Canyon. Researchers f…

03:58 February 9, 2025
The Gettysburg National Military Park is in the small town of Gettysburg in the eastern state of Pennsylvania. Much of the area around Gettysburg sti…

05:02 February 8, 2025
Norway is very close to meeting its goal of selling only fully electric new vehicles starting this year. The Norwegian Road Federation (OFV), an auto…

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…