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06:03 May 24, 2023
In the ground below a tall New York City apartment building, several machines collect carbon dioxide (CO2) from large gas-powered boilers. The boiler…
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05:45 May 24, 2023
A major meeting of computer hackers planned for this summer is to include an event that will test the limits of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. T…
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03:43 May 24, 2023
Norway’s armed forces welcomed a nuclear American aircraft carrier on Wednesday. Norway called the U.S. its “most important ally” on the arrival of t…
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05:12 May 24, 2023
Petro Nikitin is the lead trauma surgeon at a military hospital in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. The 59-year-old doctor works to repair the bodies of some…
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05:37 May 23, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted learning across the world. As students are back in class, some are much more behind than others. In the United States…
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05:49 May 23, 2023
An experimental skin treatment might help young children who have strong reactions to peanuts. The new skin patch is designed to train the body to de…
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06:25 May 23, 2023
Brazil’s environmental agency recently refused to give oil company Petrobras permission to search for oil under the ocean near the mouth of the Amazo…
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08:30 May 23, 2023
The United States government has a history of paying its bills on time. Many people, however, are worried about what would happen if the U.S. default…
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03:26 May 22, 2023
Two private astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the nation’s first woman, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday after taking…
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05:10 May 22, 2023
The European Union fined Meta a record $1.3 billion for privacy violations Monday. The EU ordered Meta to stop sending users’ personal information to…
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06:43 May 22, 2023
Healthy plants are the most important part of a growing garden. And one of the best ways to keep plants healthy is to make sure the soil’s chemical p…
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06:34 May 22, 2023
Tokyo’s governor is a major supporter of a building project that is raising concerns among sports fans, history fans and environmentalists. Critics s…
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06:05 May 21, 2023
The American space agency NASA is testing a snake-like explorer designed to search for signs of life in hard-to-reach places. The robot is known as t…
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05:04 May 21, 2023
The month of May is the best planting time in many areas in the northern half of the world. Many gardeners are visiting garden centers now to buy pla…
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05:35 May 21, 2023
At a recent event for investors, Tesla presented an idea that may change the way cars are made around the world. The manufacturing idea is called the…
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07:07 May 21, 2023
On Indonesia's eastern island of Sumba, solar power is providing people with electricity. Having electric lights can mean many things. It can mean be…
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08:43 May 20, 2023
On an April evening in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, members of the Carolina Flyers are playing a fast-paced practice game. The Flyers are a men’s pro…
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05:36 May 20, 2023
A new study has found that YouTube’s tool to suggest videos can direct young users to content about guns and violence. The study was based on an expe…
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04:12 May 19, 2023
Kehinde Wiley is a well-known and influential American artist. His paintings and sculptures are the subject of art shows around the United States. Th…
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06:19 May 19, 2023
American researchers have reported some success using radiation to treat patients experiencing irregular heartbeats. The highly experimental treatmen…
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04:04 May 19, 2023
Teruko Yahata is 85 years old. But she could have died as a girl. She was in Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, when the United States dropped an at…
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05:51 May 18, 2023
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new carbon pollution limits for coal and gas-fired power plants. Energy industry…
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06:08 May 18, 2023
More Iranian women are choosing not to wear the head covering called the hijab. Since the early years of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, women have been r…
![Report: 71 Million People Displaced Around the World in 2022](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-4321-08db555d98a0_cx0_cy10_cw0_w408_r1.jpg)
03:28 May 18, 2023
A new report says the war in Ukraine helped push the worldwide number of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to 71.1 mi…
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04:46 May 17, 2023
A Nepalese Sherpa mountain guide has regained the record for most climbs of Mount Everest. On Wednesday morning, 53-year-old Kami Rita Sherpa reached…
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05:53 May 17, 2023
Bolivia has developed a special program to make its electric vehicles more popular so the country can one day put an important resource it has to use…
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05:35 May 17, 2023
The United Nations’ weather agency reports that world temperatures are likely to reach dangerous levels within the next five years. The World Meteoro…
![AI Tools Present New Risks in 2024 US Election](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-b562-08db56f52247_cx2_cy0_cw81_w408_r1.jpg)
06:47 May 17, 2023
The risk of misinformation influencing voters has long existed during elections around the world. But political experts warn that new artificial inte…
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06:09 May 16, 2023
Leaders of U.S. states are pushing for pay increases and other rewards as schools across the country try to employ more teachers. Groups that follow …
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02:42 May 16, 2023
Hilda Baci is a chef in Lagos, Nigeria. She recently stayed in the kitchen for 100 hours and only took short breaks each hour. She started cooking on…
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05:17 May 16, 2023
At a school in Hampden, Maine, David Bishop works to keep floors clean and classrooms in good shape. Bishop is a janitor. But he is also known as the…
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03:51 May 16, 2023
Damage to roads and bridges is delaying rescue efforts in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State after a powerful ocean storm struck Sunday. Cyclone Mocha b…
![Scientists Release New Accounting of Human Genome](https://gdb.voanews.com/eaeab002-1e4c-418b-8724-ec14983fe6f3_w408_r1.jpg)
05:00 May 15, 2023
Scientists recently released a new accounting of the human genome. The research effort included information from people from around the world and cou…
![US Says Migrant Numbers Unexpectedly Fell in Recent Days](https://gdb.voanews.com/cae6beb4-36a4-4b9a-8cff-d4f6d1d32c7c_w408_r1.jpg)
05:00 May 15, 2023
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden says the number of migrants crossing the southern U.S. border with Mexico has unexpectedly fallen. U.S…
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04:56 May 15, 2023
Thailand’s two main opposition parties won big in the general election and have agreed to seek a ruling coalition to replace the current military-bac…
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05:16 May 15, 2023
Turkey’s presidential election will be decided in a runoff, election officials said Monday. The election was held on Sunday. Current President Recep …
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03:10 May 14, 2023
A new way of pulling DNA from soft materials such as bones, teeth and tusks makes it easier for scientists to find out about objects made by ancient …
![Children and Social Media: Some Advice for Concerned Parents](https://gdb.voanews.com/5e1ba7f4-7c28-4497-83b4-1b6b1a2ad3c9_w408_r1.jpg)
06:30 May 14, 2023
With so many social media services aimed at children, parents and families need help. Some are seeing their children’s mental health suffer despite c…
![Floating Solar Panels Becoming Popular](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-c908-08db51725d8b_cx0_cy10_cw0_w408_r1.jpg)
04:52 May 14, 2023
Joe Seaman-Graves is the city planner for the small town of Cohoes, New York. He was in search of a less costly way of providing electricity to the t…
![Scientists Observe Dying Star Swallowing Planet for the First Time](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-efd4-08db5016f152_w408_r1.jpg)
06:04 May 14, 2023
Scientists say they have observed a dying star swallowing a planet for the first time. Astronomers recently reported the observation of what appeared…
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08:37 May 13, 2023
When GianMarco Douglas was thinking about which medical school to attend earlier this year, he had a number of things in mind. He wanted to go to a s…
![Scientists Vaccinating Koalas against Deadly Disease](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-cf85-08db523b960a_cx0_cy6_cw0_w408_r1.jpg)
05:52 May 13, 2023
Scientists have started vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in New South Wales, Australia. The disease causes blindness, infertility and death.…
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04:01 May 12, 2023
American electric carmaker Tesla has broken ground on a new lithium processing center it says will support the production of up to 1 million vehicles…
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03:56 May 12, 2023
Scientists have released new information about an area around a bright star called Fomalhaut in the Milky Way galaxy. The observations, made by the J…
![Competing Visions of Turkey's Elections](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-408e-08db52e66318_cx0_cy10_cw0_w408_r1.jpg)
07:29 May 12, 2023
Turkey will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday. The elections take place as the Turkish Republic marks its 100th anniversary. Ob…
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04:45 May 11, 2023
There is good news for people who hate passwords. Google has added a different way to log in to its services. This new feature employs the use of “pa…
![Thailand to Hold Competitive Vote for Legislature](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0aff-0242-9f8f-08db519c5760_cx0_cy10_cw0_w408_r1.jpg)
05:31 May 11, 2023
Thailand will hold an election on May 14 after nearly 10 years under a military-led government. Voters will choose from opposition parties, including…
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05:00 May 11, 2023
Large numbers of migrants are crossing the United States border just hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are set to end. There are fear…
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03:29 May 10, 2023
A petit basset griffon Vendéen, or PBGV, won top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City Tuesday. The dog, called Buddy Holly,…
![US Agency Plans Deeper Study of Sea Turtles, Dredging Threat](https://gdb.voanews.com/8c8d9f98-ad56-4eda-b239-d2975456df8b_cx0_cy8_cw0_w408_r1.jpg)
04:15 May 10, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to study the effects of its dredging operations on sea turtles in the state of Georgia. Dredging is the p…