05:40 December 15, 2024
Two European satellites were recently launched on a mission that will include a simulated total solar eclipse. The European Space Agency (ESA) launch…
06:19 December 12, 2024
A new study finds that the first humans to live in North America depended heavily on mammoths and other large animals for food. The finding is based …
05:39 December 12, 2024
The capital city of Kabul, Afghanistan, has seen big changes in its high-end housing market. Peace, it seems, is driving up property prices. Omidulla…
05:24 December 11, 2024
A recent report by the European climate service Copernicus says that November was the second-warmest November for which the agency has records. The f…
05:35 December 11, 2024
TikTok has asked a U.S. appeals court to temporarily block a law requiring its parent company, ByteDance, to divest itself of the popular video shari…
04:31 December 11, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and pop singer Chappell Roan were among the year's most talked-about people. Their names were also among those people sa…
05:37 December 10, 2024
In the Education Tips series, education experts in the United States give you tips about how to improve your English skills. This week, Suzanne Meyer…
04:32 December 10, 2024
Over the last 20 years, the number of stranded sea turtles has increased in the waters off the northeastern coast of the United States. As a result, …
05:05 December 10, 2024
In Ecuador, power outages threaten ice cream businesses in the small town of Salcedo in the country’s central highlands. Ice cream production in Salc…
07:35 December 9, 2024
Crime-solving methods might have provided an answer to an ancient mystery — the identity of a leading Byzantine painter. The artist Giotto who lived …
08:17 December 9, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. At Myosin Marketing in Austin, Texas, the group employee meeting begins with an unc…
04:43 December 9, 2024
The Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) Billionaire Ambitions Report for 2024 said the total number of billionaires worldwide had risen to 2,682 from 2,5…
03:15 December 8, 2024
Recently, a rare pudu was born in an Argentinian zoo. The birth has given scientists and conservationists a chance to study and collect data on the s…
06:38 December 8, 2024
A new study suggests that Venus likely never had water flowing on its surface. The research was based on data related to the chemical makeup of the p…
04:56 December 8, 2024
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a proposed plan to protect the state's famous Joshua trees. Environmentalists say the tre…
06:13 December 6, 2024
The 36-year-old Peruvian artist Sadith Silvano makes creations born of ancient songs. Brush in hand, eyes on the cloth, the Peruvian woman paints as …
04:43 December 5, 2024
A popular kind of sausage stand in Vienna, Austria has been recognized by the United Nations for its cultural value. The street stands – called “Würs…
06:44 December 5, 2024
A short boat ride from the wealthy city-state of Singapore is something rare – a small, quiet island. People living on Pulau Ubin still talk about th…
06:34 December 4, 2024
Notre Dame Cathedral in the French capital of Paris is set to reopen to the public Sunday after a five-year-long rebuilding project. The Cathedral ha…
05:41 December 4, 2024
As the amount of space traffic continues to grow, the United Nations is calling for increased international cooperation to improve safety. Continued …
04:25 December 4, 2024
South Korea's parliament moved to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law and sent troops into the streets on Tuesday night. Fo…
07:14 December 3, 2024
The Rohingya are an ethnic group from Myanmar. They have been displaced from that country and many now live in some of the world’s largest refugee ca…
03:56 December 3, 2024
A South Korean court has found a man guilty of purposefully gaining weight to avoid completing required service in the country’s military. Seoul’s Ea…
05:48 December 2, 2024
Microsoft is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) tool offerings to include “personal agents” which are designed to take over different human p…
04:34 December 2, 2024
Scientists say ancient footprints left in wet dirt on a Kenyan lakeside suggest that two early human ancestors were neighbors about 1.5 million years…
04:36 December 2, 2024
A new study reports that more than 800 million adults have diabetes worldwide. And more than half of those aged over 30 who have the condition are no…
04:53 December 1, 2024
Researchers have created an early version of a map of some of the human body’s cells. The human body has an estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type …
06:19 December 1, 2024
An international group of scientists has been studying how the structure of the universe has grown over the past 11 billion years. These researchers …
05:37 December 1, 2024
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is known for its tall, modern buildings rising high above the desert. But an unusual animal from Argentina, the Pat…
03:55 November 29, 2024
Since its start in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest money-raising days of the year for nonprofits i…
06:26 November 28, 2024
An asteroid that moved closer to Earth’s orbit in recent months is now moving away from our planet as gravity pulls it back toward the sun. The aster…
05:40 November 28, 2024
Astronomers have observed a newborn planet that formed in three million years, a relatively brief time. They say the discovery leads to questions abo…
05:39 November 27, 2024
The United States government has proposed a series of measures to limit Google from anti-competition business activities. The move comes after a fede…
02:43 November 27, 2024
Police suspected someone was stealing shoes from a children’s school in southwestern Japan. But a security camera caught the thief in action. It was …
06:35 November 26, 2024
Many English learners can improve their pronunciation by listening carefully to native English speakers and trying to match the up-and-down movement …
04:44 November 26, 2024
Countries from around the world recently agreed to provide $300 billion to support poor nations in the face of climate change. The agreement reached …
07:37 November 26, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In Edmonton, Alberta, the sun had yet to come up. The temperature was more than 20 …
04:35 November 25, 2024
Scientists say a fossil found in Germany is providing new details about flying reptiles that lived on Earth about 147 million years ago. The fossil w…
07:43 November 25, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. New guidelines have been issued in the United States for preventing stroke – the na…
04:14 November 25, 2024
A Scottish dairy, or milk cow farm, is offering what it calls Britain’s costliest coffee: one cup for $344. It is a huge price for a little cup of co…
05:28 November 24, 2024
The brains of today's birds show a level of intelligence and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But scientists do not fully understand ho…
07:15 November 24, 2024
American companies are developing unmanned aircraft systems that are larger than drones. The goal is for the aircraft to help agricultural producers …
07:20 November 24, 2024
NASA has once again reconnected with its Voyager spacecraft, marking a continuation of the American space agency’s longest mission in history. The tw…
05:13 November 22, 2024
A baby hippopotamus in Thailand became famous earlier this year when zoo workers published images and videos of her online. Now the pygmy hippo, name…
05:08 November 21, 2024
A much-publicized art piece made up of a single banana taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million. The sale happened Wednesday night during an auction…
07:29 November 21, 2024
Churchill, Manitoba is a small, rural Canadian town that lives with neighboring predators and loves it. That is because the predators — a polar bear …
06:58 November 21, 2024
Many medical experts say that walking is an easy way to improve physical and mental health, support fitness and prevent disease. They advise that wal…
05:26 November 20, 2024
The Japanese rice wine called sake is made using ancient brewing methods. They date back more than a thousand years. Junichiro Ozawa, the 18th-genera…
06:36 November 20, 2024
The social media service Bluesky says it has been gaining millions of users since the U.S. presidential election. Usage data shows Bluesky reached 20…
04:47 November 20, 2024
People will no longer have to fight with monkeys in the historic Thai city of Lopburi. That is because of new efforts to keep the animals from reprod…