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…
04:28 April 2, 2023
In the early part of his life, Seiichi Sano was a busy business owner. Later in life, he took on other difficult activities. At the age of 80, he cli…
08:59 April 1, 2023
Gun violence can happen anywhere in the United States. It can happen at a school for children, a holiday parade or a food store. It can also happen o…
06:13 April 1, 2023
A new estimate suggests India would need to spend about $900 billion to transition from coal to cleaner forms of energy. The estimate was recently re…
06:53 April 1, 2023
The Webb Space Telescope has found no evidence of an atmosphere on one of the seven rocky, Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby star. Scientists sai…
04:04 March 31, 2023
For many years, skateboarding was considered an activity for young rebels or drug users in city streets, schoolgrounds and public parks. Those days a…
04:29 March 31, 2023
An Australian company has made lab-grown meat using genetic information from a wooly mammoth, an extinct animal. The company launched the creation in…
08:36 March 31, 2023
A grand jury in New York State indicted Donald J. Trump Thursday night, making him the first former American president to be charged with a crime. An…
03:55 March 30, 2023
What does a small school in the American state of Florida have to do with the famous Italian statue of David in Florence, Italy? Well, the mayor of F…
05:45 March 30, 2023
Hundreds of artificial intelligence experts and industry leaders are urging for a suspension in development of some AI technology. They say that the …
06:40 March 30, 2023
A court in Russia ruled that an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal newspaper should be detained for nearly two months. The reporter was ac…
02:40 March 29, 2023
Scientists report they have discovered water in materials collected during a Chinese moon mission. The water is in extremely small glass beads that w…
06:13 March 29, 2023
Political support appears to be growing in the United States for a complete ban on the popular video sharing service TikTok. If such a ban does happe…
04:37 March 29, 2023
Thousands of Japanese cherry trees are blooming on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. When the trees reach peak bloom, the United States’ capital …
06:07 March 29, 2023
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created a struggle for control of a religious complex called the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The Lavra is commonly calle…
06:59 March 28, 2023
American high school students who slept less than seven hours each night during the pandemic were more likely to struggle in school. That finding com…
06:39 March 28, 2023
‘Oumuamua is the first object found visiting our solar system from another solar system. It is a comet that was first discovered in 2017. Scientists …
04:14 March 28, 2023
China’s government has given specific guidelines for citizens in an effort to increase the country’s birth rate. A series of proposals were made earl…
09:31 March 28, 2023
An attacker shot and killed six people, including three 9-year-olds, at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee Monday. Police killed the …
06:32 March 27, 2023
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. For half the world, spring has begun. Temperatures are warming and daylight lasts l…
04:20 March 27, 2023
Colombia is one of just eight countries where bullfights remain legal. Many places in those countries are establishing restrictions on the activity. …
04:09 March 27, 2023
In Israel, thousands of protesters demonstrated Sunday and Monday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to make changes to the nation’s t…
06:39 March 27, 2023
Living simply is at the heart of Alex Morisey’s Quaker religion. The 82-year-old graduated from a good college and spent years working in nonprofit o…
04:46 March 26, 2023
Less than two months ago the new South Korean girl group MAVE: released its first music video. It now has nearly 20 million views on YouTube. At firs…
03:40 March 26, 2023
Fossils of a large sea reptile that lived during the time of the dinosaurs were found recently on a Norwegian island. The reptile is the ichthyosaur.…
06:26 March 26, 2023
Scientists say examinations of old images provide new evidence that the planet Venus is volcanically active. The finding is based on radar images cap…
04:29 March 26, 2023
A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died during Somalia’s longest drought on record last year. Half of them were likely children under five …
04:35 March 25, 2023
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. A fort is a place of protection. It is a fortified structure with strong walls and doors…
06:14 March 25, 2023
For those attending classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) in Washington, D.C., retirement is not a time to slow down. And it surely…
04:27 March 25, 2023
The American Library Association (ALA) released a new report Thursday about book banning in the country. It found attempted book bans and information…
15:46 March 24, 2023
Our story today is called "The Diamond Lens. " It was written by Fitz-James O'Brien. We will tell the story in two parts. Now, here is Maurice Joyce …
04:44 March 24, 2023
Researchers who examined DNA from famous German composer Ludwig van Beethoven have learned new details about his health. The DNA – which came from Be…
04:37 March 24, 2023
A famous American circus has been reimagined and reborn without the use of animals in the show. The family event now centers on humans performing tri…
04:17 March 24, 2023
Two chemical compounds necessary to living organisms have been found in material from the asteroid Ryugu. The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 collected…
03:58 March 24, 2023
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about “start,” “begin,” and “commence.” Question: Dear VOA, Please let me know the diffe…
05:30 March 23, 2023
Imagine a teacher says the following to you during an English speaking test: Tell me about where you live. Can you describe your living space? Today…
02:33 March 23, 2023
A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts started its first flight late Wednesday but failed to reach orbit. The 33-meter-long rocket, called…