06:00 April 17, 2023
Over the weekend, fighting broke out between the armies of Sudan's two most powerful generals. Tensions had been rising for weeks between the armed f…
02:59 April 16, 2023
In the Caucasus Mountains nation of Georgia, dumpling-eating is a serious activity. "I'm not Georgian, but the first rule I learnt when I came to Geo…
05:14 April 16, 2023
Life on Earth faced an extreme test of survivability during the Cryogenian Period, which began 720 million years ago. The planet was frozen over most…
05:59 April 16, 2023
American researchers suggest in a new study that humans will need to create very Earth-like conditions to survive for long periods in space. The stud…
05:41 April 16, 2023
Sitting in a restaurant in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, 20-year-old Nastya took slow, deep breaths to calm herself. Her neighborhood had just been bombed aga…
08:36 April 15, 2023
Recent research suggests that there has been a big drop in enrollment in community colleges. Two-year community colleges fill the gap between high sc…
04:24 April 15, 2023
The United States, Panama and Colombia have announced a new campaign designed to reduce traffic on a big illegal migration route. The effort is to ce…
03:44 April 14, 2023
Britain continues preparations for the ceremony to recognize the rule of a new king. The coronation, or crowning, of King Charles III is set for May …
05:03 April 14, 2023
Both the United States and China are considering possible security policies aimed to control the creation of artificial intelligence, or AI. The Bide…
04:30 April 14, 2023
The Seine River, the famous river that goes through Paris, has mostly been off-limits to swimmers since 1923. Although it has been the subject of art…
05:03 April 13, 2023
Scientists, environmental activists, and government officials warn that the Bahamas’ conch population is decreasing because of overfishing. The conch…
06:42 April 13, 2023
A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that the abortion drug mifepristone may still be used in the United States for now with some restriction…
02:56 April 13, 2023
A dog is back with his Alaskan islander family after going missing for over one month. Nanuq was found over 200 kilometers away across sea ice. Mandy…
06:33 April 12, 2023
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (or NOAA) recently reported that the atmospheric gas methane increased in 2022. NOAA is the U.S. …
07:19 April 12, 2023
Chinese companies are planning to build an undersea internet link to connect Asia, the Middle East and Europe, Reuters news agency reports. Technolog…
08:08 April 12, 2023
You may have already seen them in some restaurants around the world: robots. They are about the size of a child. They can welcome people and lead the…
07:38 April 12, 2023
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is aiming for new rules to push electric vehicle sales in the United States. Biden wants the Environme…
05:15 April 11, 2023
An elementary school shooting in the U.S. state of Tennessee recently left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead. Now, state legislatures across th…
06:23 April 11, 2023
Marcela Castro’s office in Chihuahua is more than 150 kilometers from the United States-Mexico border. But the distance does not prevent her from ass…
03:09 April 11, 2023
A news organization in Kuwait is using a virtual news announcer created with artificial intelligence (AI). The organization plans for it to present o…
04:37 April 11, 2023
Chinese navy ships reportedly remained in waters around Taiwan on Tuesday, a day after China said it had ended military exercises in the area. Chines…
08:12 April 10, 2023
There are many apps that use mobile phone cameras and other devices that might surprise gardeners. They can provide expert gardening planning and pla…
03:56 April 10, 2023
A humanitarian group called Save Ukraine is working to bring Ukrainian children home from Russia. Ukraine says nearly 20,000 children were illegally …
04:43 April 10, 2023
Taking care of Hawaii's natural environment takes time, people and money. Now the U.S. state wants tourists to help pay for it. That is because growi…
05:56 April 10, 2023
Some of Britain’s fruit growers are reducing their production because it is too costly to grow their crops. James Smith’s family has grown apples on …
03:49 April 9, 2023
A new study suggests that our ability to share other’s feelings, also called empathy, may have very ancient beginnings. The study, published recently…
04:49 April 9, 2023
The American space agency NASA has chosen the astronaut crew that will carry out a planned test mission around the moon next year. The trip is part o…
07:49 April 9, 2023
Early COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, long hours on his computer, and increased stress led U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Daniel Murillo to eat more. Then, pl…
06:04 April 9, 2023
Changing sea levels are affecting freshwater in places like Chellanam, India. In Chellanam, saltwater is moving inland into small bodies of fresh wat…
08:27 April 8, 2023
Willem Aspinall is a 19-year-old student at New College of Florida. He grew up near Chicago. He called his school, near the small city of Sarasota, “…
05:45 April 8, 2023
The United States gets hit by some of the strongest and most destructive storms on Earth. Examples of extreme weather include hurricanes, tornadoes, …
06:23 April 7, 2023
In the early 1980s, Michael Jordan was a great college basketball player at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. No one was sure he would be…
06:13 April 7, 2023
A new study suggests that horses were present in the American West by the early 1600s. That is earlier than most written histories have estimated. Th…
04:58 April 6, 2023
High school students and those who help in their education in Cyprus have developed an unusual robot. The robot uses ChatGPT artificial intelligence …
05:15 April 6, 2023
An organization is using human genetic material to learn about the African roots of 36 American slaves who lived in the late 1700s. The 36 bodies wer…
05:33 April 5, 2023
An effort called the Welcome Blanket project aims to help refugees by giving them hand-made blankets. The project has grown over the years. Recently,…
05:10 April 5, 2023
The first cellphone was invented fifty years ago this week. The man who built that phone, Martin Cooper, is now 94 years old. Cooper, who has been ca…
03:32 April 5, 2023
If you like riding electric scooters in Paris, be sure to plan a trip before September. People who live in the French capital voted recently to ban t…
05:31 April 5, 2023
A robot captured images inside one of the three severely damaged reactors at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power center. The Fukushima center was damaged…
05:27 April 4, 2023
Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of reporting false business records. The charges came after an investigat…
05:27 April 4, 2023
There are a growing number of educational centers trying to reach Afghanistan's girls and women through online classes in their homes. Sofia is an Af…
05:09 April 4, 2023
The Tyrannosaurus rex, or T. rex, is a dinosaur that lived from the late Jurassic Period, about 150 million years ago, to the end of the Cretaceous P…
04:16 April 4, 2023
A migrant who survived a recent fire at a detention center in Mexico says his cries for help went ignored as officials kept his cell door locked. Edu…
05:00 April 3, 2023
A new study predicts continued warming will lead to more intense and deadlier storms hitting parts of the United States. Scientists say higher temper…
06:15 April 3, 2023
Drugs that fight obesity could for the first time be included on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “essential medicines list.” The United Nations…
07:15 April 3, 2023
As spring progresses in the northern half of the world, stores are offering gardeners many choices for seeds. Starting a garden from seeds, rather th…
07:46 April 3, 2023
Former American President Donald Trump is expected to appear Tuesday before a New York State judge to answer his indictment. A grand jury voted last …
07:44 April 2, 2023
Along the streets of Malabon in the Philippines, Marilene Capentes pushes a cart every morning except Sundays. The city of Malabon is just north of t…
06:23 April 2, 2023
A recently launched satellite designed to study all water across the world has begun sending its first images back to Earth. The American space agenc…
06:46 April 2, 2023
In much of Africa, traditional radio sets are widely used. Radios are more popular than smartphones and computers because internet service is not alw…