05:00 October 16, 2023
Emergency aid for Gaza was being held up at a border crossing in Egypt Monday as Israel continued to launch air strikes into the Palestinian-ruled te…
03:54 October 15, 2023
If you visit the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, you will see the rocky grounds high above the city that include the famous ruins of the Parthenon. Howe…
06:56 October 15, 2023
Google says an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system it created is helping improve traffic flow in major world cities. The system, called Proje…
05:21 October 15, 2023
China is developing a new generation of nuclear-armed submarines that, experts say, will be more difficult for the United States and its allies to fi…
04:51 October 15, 2023
Banana plant stems are mostly useless following harvest of the fruit. It takes time and work to remove the stem from the ground. Then the farmers hav…
07:16 October 14, 2023
Canadian universities are confirming the safety of their Indian students and providing resources after a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.…
04:33 October 13, 2023
The largest Hindu religious site outside India in modern times opens to the public Monday in the American state of New Jersey. Its creators began pla…
05:06 October 13, 2023
The Mona Lisa is the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting of a woman with a mysterious smile. This week, the painting gave up a secret. Scientists used …
03:45 October 12, 2023
“Look what you…made me do,” entertainer Taylor Swift wrote on social media as she premiered Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie Wednesday night in Los …
09:51 October 12, 2023
The U.S. Marines have officially begun combining men and women during their first major training exercises called boot camp. But so far, military lea…
05:21 October 12, 2023
The problem of cross-country smoke, or haze, has caused a new disagreement in Southeast Asia. Malaysia’s environment minister wrote to Indonesia’s go…
05:10 October 11, 2023
New research confirms that a fossil of human footprints found in the U.S. state of New Mexico likely represents the oldest direct evidence of humans …
05:39 October 11, 2023
Scientists say that for the first time, they have observed the effects of gravity on antimatter. Matter includes all the things we can see around us.…
03:44 October 11, 2023
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. But it takes a lot of plants to produce the world’s coffee supply each year. This production p…
09:01 October 11, 2023
The fighting between Israelis and Hamas militants is the latest clash in a conflict that some people believe dates back to events described in the Bi…
05:20 October 10, 2023
Many Americans joke about how bad they are at math. But, labor experts and others in the United States are not laughing. They say the nation’s ever-d…
03:49 October 10, 2023
An American teacher from Minnesota has set a record for growing the world’s heaviest pumpkin, which weighed 1,247 kilograms. Travis Gienger was named…
05:10 October 10, 2023
Officials in France are worried about the spread of an insect called the bedbug as Paris prepares to hold the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Prime Minist…
08:03 October 10, 2023
Mining companies produce important metals needed to build electric car batteries and solar panels. Devices called smelters process the rock and miner…
03:48 October 9, 2023
It was a criticism about her Afro-braided hair that led Ruth Essel to create what she calls a safe space for Black dancers. The founder of Pointe Bla…
05:43 October 9, 2023
Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, thousands of years later. Roman engineers built thick concrete se…
06:20 October 9, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) approved a second malaria vaccine last week. The decision could offer a less costly and readily available shot to…
04:59 October 9, 2023
The Nobel Prize in economics has been awarded to Claudia Goldin for her work on the gap between men and women in the workplace. The Royal Swedish Aca…
05:37 October 8, 2023
This Monday is Columbus Day in the United States. The U.S. government established Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934 to honor the explorer Ch…
04:37 October 8, 2023
China plans to increase the size of its space station in the coming years. The station will offer astronauts from other countries a different choice …
06:54 October 8, 2023
The American space agency NASA is preparing to launch a spacecraft designed to observe an asteroid made mostly of metal. The launch of the vehicle, c…
05:02 October 7, 2023
The West Coast of the United States produces over 90 percent of America’s wine, an alcoholic drink. However, the area is also prone to wildfires. Suc…
06:58 October 6, 2023
In northern Chile, Teófila Challapa learned to weave, or make cloth, surrounded by the high hills and sandy roads of the Atacama Desert. “Spin the th…
04:56 October 6, 2023
When Yared Markos moved to London 25 years ago, he did not see any Ethiopian coffee shops. Now, there are at least 12 around a city known for its tea…
03:51 October 6, 2023
Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Mohammadi was recognized for women’s rights and democracy, and agai…
05:49 October 5, 2023
A new report suggests many girls across the world are not using the internet because of online abuse, discrimination or other issues. The report was …
03:00 October 5, 2023
Cuba is undergoing economic crisis and shortages. This can make even simple efforts like fishing or farming complex. That is why two young Cuban busi…
05:12 October 5, 2023
The Swedish Academy awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature to a Norwegian known for considering life’s “basic choices” in his 40 years of work…
06:45 October 4, 2023
An experiment involving hundreds of office workers has found that artificial intelligence (AI) tools can greatly help but also hurt worker performanc…
04:05 October 4, 2023
In a small building in Peshawar, Pakistan, a group of Afghan women watch a teacher show them how to use a sewing machine. The training program was es…
04:38 October 4, 2023
Three scientists in the United States won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday. The three won for their discovery of quantum dots, a technology …
06:52 October 3, 2023
Many students across the United States fell behind in math during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many educators are seeking ways to bring students back up to…
07:40 October 3, 2023
Important foods like grains and cooking oil again are growing more costly in many places around the world. Observers say that is because countries ha…
05:14 October 3, 2023
Three European physics professors won the Nobel Prize on Tuesday for their work on a system that permits scientists to study electrons. Electrons are…
04:46 October 3, 2023
Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a gathering of bishops and others to discuss the future of the Roman Catholic Church. Some of the discussions in…
06:09 October 2, 2023
United States health advisers voted against an experimental treatment for ALS disease last week. The vote came after years of efforts by ALS patients…
03:24 October 2, 2023
Mamadou Safaiou Barry lives in the West African nation of Guinea. He wanted to study Islamic theology at a top school in Cairo, Egypt. Without money …
05:22 October 2, 2023
Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for making molecule discoveries that helped create COVID-19 vaccines. The Nobel Assembly at Swede…
06:06 October 1, 2023
The American space agency NASA has a new plan for deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS). The plan involves developing a new spacecraft to …
06:12 October 1, 2023
Immigrants in America are more hopeful about the future than citizens who were born in the United States. That is what a recent opinion study of 3,35…
06:48 September 30, 2023
Many elementary school teachers say they dislike the idea of teaching mathematics even at the most basic level. That is a cause for concern among edu…
05:06 September 29, 2023
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has long worked to make her city less dependent on cars. She wanted to see more people using bicycles, or bikes, to get arou…
05:16 September 29, 2023
The average life expectancy of North America's largest and rarest tortoise species is unknown. But scientists say the animals could live more than 10…
05:30 September 28, 2023
Researchers say they have recovered genetic material from the Tasmanian tiger, an Australian animal that has long been extinct. The discovery could h…
05:22 September 28, 2023
Kai Koerber was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida when a gunman murdered 14 students and three school workers there in Feb…