03:43 October 29, 2024
South Korean researchers have developed a drone designed to stay level when transporting goods over many kinds of surfaces. A team at Seoul National …
04:42 October 29, 2024
In the Japanese village of Kamimomi, a small group of farmers began gathering their rice in extreme heat, two weeks earlier than usual. Kamimomi is i…
03:01 October 28, 2024
Scientists in Colombia say they have developed a new food substance that protects bees from dangerous chemicals used in farming. They claim it will p…
04:28 October 28, 2024
A new government study suggests U.S. teen smoking rates reached an all-time low this year. The study was a survey of American youth carried out by th…
05:10 October 28, 2024
“No pain, no gain” is an old saying in English. It means that one has to suffer or work hard in order to succeed or make progress. The expression is …
05:01 October 27, 2024
The space rock that hit Earth 66 million years ago and caused the deaths of many life forms – including dinosaurs - was not the largest object to eve…
03:34 October 27, 2024
How a sperm and an egg come together has long been a mystery. Now, new research by scientists in Austria provides interesting insight. It shows that …
06:19 October 27, 2024
Astronomers have made a surprising discovery about the first brown dwarf ever identified. New observations suggest the object is actually two brown d…
05:15 October 26, 2024
The U.S. government has issued final rules for operating air taxis. It has also set training and approval requirements for pilots. The U.S. Federal A…
05:13 October 25, 2024
October 31 is Halloween. But many Americans have been preparing for the holiday for weeks. And businesses are hoping for good profits from Halloween …
05:44 October 24, 2024
Baseball has long called its championship the World Series although it only involves teams playing in the United States and Canada. It started in 190…
04:33 October 24, 2024
In Pakistan, polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign. Violence targeting health workers has also hurt years of efforts toward maki…
05:51 October 23, 2024
The Caribbean island of Anguilla is getting a economic lift from companies registering internet addresses through the British territory. The companie…
05:15 October 23, 2024
The United States said on Wednesday that it had seen evidence of North Korean troops in Russia. And South Korean intelligence officials told lawmaker…
02:43 October 23, 2024
While emotional goodbyes are common at airports, one airport in New Zealand is not having any of it. Travelers at New Zealand’s Dunedin Airport have …
06:04 October 22, 2024
For many years, children of families living in the United States illegally have had the right to attend public school based on a 1982 Supreme Court d…
03:41 October 22, 2024
Periods of very high temperatures, or heatwaves, deep in the ocean might be highly “under-reported,” a recent study says. The study suggests such hea…
07:38 October 22, 2024
Technology company Amazon recently said it is investing in small nuclear reactors to meet its increasing need for electricity. Amazon’s announcement …
06:28 October 21, 2024
Weather researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) systems to improve existing weather prediction methods. But, experts say the AI tools curr…
04:26 October 21, 2024
Space scientists say unusual lights in the sky, known as the northern lights, are more likely to appear because of intense activity on the sun. The c…
06:16 October 21, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. A rare look inside the human brain might help to explain how it clears away waste. …
07:56 October 20, 2024
China plans to start operations of a huge experiment next year that aims to observe subatomic particles called neutrinos. The goal is to gather infor…
06:53 October 20, 2024
Scientists say they have successfully reproduced corals to improve their resistance to warmer ocean temperatures. The latest effort is one of many th…
05:36 October 20, 2024
A new study says humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy. Developments in medical technology and genetic research are not leading to m…
08:40 October 18, 2024
On a film set in China, a 69-year-old actor is playing the part of a wealthy family leader. In “Grandma’s Moon,” actor Zhu Jian celebrates his birth…
05:15 October 17, 2024
The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza will open a limited number of exhibits about ancient Egypt starting this week. The limited opening will be a test r…
04:57 October 17, 2024
Illegal gold mining operations in Ghana have reportedly increased in recent years. The activities present dangerous risks to the individuals involved…
03:36 October 16, 2024
Scientists in Brazil recently announced the discovery of one of the world’s oldest reptile remains. They say the bones – dating back to around 237 mi…
04:29 October 16, 2024
The largest bug to ever live was about 2.6 meters long and had many legs. However, the look and shape of its head remained a mystery until now. The f…
06:32 October 16, 2024
SpaceX has successfully completed a fifth test of its Starship rocket system. The uncrewed test was carried out Sunday at the American space company’…
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…