03:12 September 27, 2024
The Japanese video game company Nintendo is opening a museum that will teach visitors about its history. At the museum, fans of Super Mario, The Lege…
04:49 September 26, 2024
A new state law will soon require school districts in California to create new rules restricting student smartphone use. California Governor Gavin Ne…
05:20 September 26, 2024
In South Africa, a former passenger train now serves as a traveling medical center to provide health services to people in need. The train is known a…
05:45 September 25, 2024
Scientists say they have found the largest jets of energy ever observed shooting out of a black hole in a distant galaxy. The jets extend 23 million …
06:19 September 25, 2024
California recently enacted three legislative measures that ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create false images and videos durin…
04:18 September 25, 2024
The head brewmaster for Weihenstephan, the world’s oldest brewery, has a secret. The secret is that he really likes to drink alcohol-free beer. Tobia…
07:40 September 24, 2024
Christina Westman hoped to become a music therapist when she came to St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. But that became impossible when the col…
04:02 September 24, 2024
A reservoir in Poland built to prevent flooding is being praised for doing its job well after major floodwaters hit the area. The anti-flood reservoi…
06:58 September 24, 2024
Violent crime decreased in the United States in 2023, a new report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation says. The FBI released its report Monday.…
06:35 September 23, 2024
Over the past 20 years, injuries related to dog walking have been on the rise among adults and children in the U.S., Johns Hopkins University researc…
05:08 September 23, 2024
Cholera is spreading in Sudan as fighting between the military and a paramilitary group goes on past 17 months. Health officials said the disease has…
05:39 September 23, 2024
China and Japan have reached an agreement over the release of wastewater from Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear power center. The deal prepares the…
05:12 September 22, 2024
Eiko Araki is an expert of the Sanuki Kagari Temari, a Japanese traditional craft. The craft has been passed down for more than 1,000 years on the is…
06:35 September 22, 2024
The American space agency NASA has cleared a spacecraft to launch next month to look for possible signs of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa. Agency offi…
08:16 September 22, 2024
In her small kitchen, Idowu Bello looks over a gas cooker while stirring a pot of eba, the thick West African food made from cassava root. Kidney pro…
05:25 September 21, 2024
Britain’s last coal-fired power station is set to close at the end of this month. The Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station sits in central Britain’s East …
03:58 September 20, 2024
Celebrations across the United States are taking place to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month. It is a yearly tradition that honors the diversity …
07:02 September 20, 2024
Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers. The country’s current retirement age is now one of the lowest among the world’s …
04:21 September 19, 2024
The United States Congress has honored four women known as the “hidden figures” of the space race with its highest civilian award. The Congressional …
08:07 September 19, 2024
Chinese migrants are going all over the world, from Mexico to Thailand and beyond. But one country has become increasingly popular among Chinese migr…
06:51 September 18, 2024
Some police departments in the United States are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help them produce incident reports. Police …
04:12 September 18, 2024
United States law bans noncitizens from voting in federal elections, such as elections for president, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. L…
07:45 September 18, 2024
When it comes to the business of moving elephants, Dr. Amir Khalil and his team might be the best. The work experience of this Egyptian animal doctor…
03:53 September 17, 2024
This autumn, students in the Finnish town of Riihimaki headed back to school with backpacks full of books. This marks a change from recent years. For…
05:43 September 17, 2024
Climate change pressures have led some companies to try growing cocoa in new environments to produce chocolate. Some of the companies have set up gro…
08:06 September 17, 2024
Last year, the percentage of U.S. residents who were foreign-born grew to its highest level in more than 100 years. Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau …
04:36 September 16, 2024
Japan is celebrating the record-breaking Emmy Award wins of the American television series Shogun. Many Japanese, however, say they have not watched …
05:26 September 16, 2024
The four-member crew of a private space flight has returned to Earth after a trip that included the first-ever spacewalks by non-professional astrona…
06:28 September 16, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. Actor Alicia Silverstone worried fans on social media recently. While on a trip to …
04:32 September 15, 2024
The Brazilian sport of footvolley is a popular activity on sunny days along Rio de Janeiro’s coast. But, recently, people stopped to watch one especi…
07:45 September 15, 2024
ChatGPT and other generative AI tools have raised concerns that chatbots will replace many kinds of workers. Writers, editors, and customer service r…
06:35 September 15, 2024
The American space agency NASA says it has confirmed the long-suspected existence of an electric field that surrounds Earth. A rocket named Endurance…
04:30 September 14, 2024
A sunken Greek village has begun to reappear after water levels dropped in the lake that covered it. Extreme hot, dry weather is blamed for the disap…
04:58 September 13, 2024
During his more than 60-year acting career, James Earl Jones’ voice became a star of its own. Jones died this week at the age of 93. One of Jones' ca…
06:46 September 12, 2024
A mass shooting at an American high school has raised questions about policies restricting cellphone use in classrooms. The shooting took place Septe…
05:54 September 12, 2024
Helium leaks have been a major problem for spacecraft and rockets. Recent reports about Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission have inv…
06:02 September 11, 2024
The world creates about 52 million metric tons of plastic pollution every year, a new study says. More than two-thirds of that plastic comes from the…
06:29 September 11, 2024
Apple has launched its latest device, the iPhone 16. The company said it designed the new phone with the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technolo…
04:40 September 11, 2024
A law that recently passed in Turkey requires the country’s four million stray dogs to be impounded, or put in animal shelters. The legislation aims …
05:11 September 10, 2024
The new school year in the Palestinian territories officially began on Monday. But all schools in Gaza are closed after 11 months of war. There is no…
05:59 September 10, 2024
Some top universities in the United States are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes. At other colleges, includin…
04:54 September 10, 2024
American actor James Earl Jones died Monday. He was 93 years old. His agent, Barry McPherson, said Jones died at his home in the Hudson Valley area o…
06:14 September 9, 2024
A European climate service says summer 2024 was the hottest on record. The declaration makes it even more likely that this year will also turn out to…
05:51 September 9, 2024
Most Americans eat ultraprocessed foods every day. These are foods that you cannot make at home because they contain flavors and chemicals that chang…
04:51 September 9, 2024
A powerful ocean storm caused deadly floods and landslides in the northern part of Vietnam over the weekend. Typhoon Yagi is the strongest such storm…
05:52 September 8, 2024
U.S. technology companies are increasingly purchasing or leasing energy assets held by bitcoin miners. These moves come as technology companies hurry…
06:46 September 8, 2024
A private space mission will seek to launch non-astronauts to a high orbit and include the first private spacewalks in history. The American space co…
03:36 September 8, 2024
In the war-damaged streets of northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, 15-year-old Youssef Saad rides his bicycle with his musical instrument strapped o…
03:03 September 7, 2024
A workshop in Taipei, Taiwan, is giving new life to bottle caps, food packaging, old toys, and other kinds of plastic waste. The zero-waste workshop …
04:11 September 6, 2024
One of the most popular foods in South Korea is kimchi. It is a kind of fermented cabbage or other vegetables. Now farmers, manufacturers and scienti…