05:57 December 11, 2023
About 20 years ago, the international mining company Rio Tinto said it would open a nickel mine in the far northern part of the American state of Mic…
04:12 December 11, 2023
Four years ago, country music star Brad Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, helped create a free food store in Nashville, Tennes…
04:46 December 10, 2023
High school students in the United States can earn college credits by taking and passing Advanced Placement (AP) courses. The classes, developed by T…
06:13 December 10, 2023
Scientists have identified six planets orbiting a nearby star “in perfect harmony” in our Milky Way galaxy. The solar system appears to be untouched …
06:11 December 10, 2023
Mushrooms are not only tasty. They are also filled with healthy nutrients, like calcium and potassium, and vitamins, like D and B. Some people not on…
09:55 December 9, 2023
American higher education experts are concerned that small colleges closed at a high rate in 2023. They say college closures can prevent students fro…
04:45 December 8, 2023
Recently, members of the American rock band Kiss closed out their final performance. The group’s “The End of the Road” concert series ended in New Yo…
05:15 December 8, 2023
India is planning to launch the world’s largest renewable energy project near the country’s border with Pakistan. The term renewable describes energy…
04:21 December 7, 2023
Hanukkah (also written as Chanukah) is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight straight nights, Jews come together with family and friends at the en…
06:12 December 7, 2023
Documents show that a U.S. research program is making progress on its goal to use a safer kind of fuel for nuclear-powered Navy submarines and milita…
04:21 December 6, 2023
European Union scientists said on Wednesday that 2023 would be the warmest year on record. The average world temperature for the first 11 months of t…
04:39 December 6, 2023
Officials in the American city of Detroit, Michigan, have equipped a piece of road with technology designed to charge electric vehicles (EVs) on the …
05:41 December 6, 2023
Venezuela has increased pressure on its claim that the territory of Essequibo belongs to the country. However, the government of President Nicolás Ma…
05:40 December 6, 2023
The US National Park Service recently announced a plan to remove hundreds of stray cats that wander historic Old San Juan on the island of Puerto Ric…
09:53 December 5, 2023
Nearly 9,000 private schools in the American state of Louisiana do not need state approval to give high school diplomas. Public schools, formal homes…
04:11 December 5, 2023
Lucy was rescued from a rural property in New South Wales, Australia, two years ago. She was suffering from chlamydia, a disease widespread among koa…
04:38 December 5, 2023
The world’s climate negotiators are meeting this month in Dubai for the COP28 United Nations Climate Conference. Activists, scientists and U.N. offic…
06:38 December 5, 2023
The number of Rohingya taking risky boat trips to flee refugee camps in Bangladesh is rising even higher than last year. Human rights groups and aid …
05:50 December 4, 2023
Almost all new parents struggle to get enough sleep while caring for their newborns. For some penguin parents, though, periods of sleep are especiall…
08:36 December 4, 2023
South Africa and Colombia are among the countries aiming to push drug companies to permit low-cost versions of drugs for deadly diseases. The drugs a…
05:19 December 4, 2023
When Sean Rafferty first worked in a food store 40 years ago, anything that was not sold got thrown out. But on a recent day at his store near the Ne…
03:11 December 4, 2023
The administration of American President Joe Biden warned lawmakers Monday against rejecting a military aid proposal for Ukraine. Shalanda Young is t…
06:27 December 3, 2023
As the American space agency NASA continues to carry out tests of its Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, it is also testing a future aircraft design on Ea…
08:18 December 3, 2023
Walter Banegas is a refugee from the Central American country of Honduras. He now lives in the northern Mexican city of Saltillo. There, he works in …
05:49 December 3, 2023
Walmart, the world’s largest store, is importing more goods to the United States from India and reducing its dependence on China. Between January and…
10:26 December 2, 2023
Researchers report that more than one million foreign students attended college or university in the United States last year. The data comes from the…
03:42 December 2, 2023
Iris Logan was having a hard time growing grass at her home in St. Paul, Minnesota. So, she covered the space with stones, statues, and other art. Mo…
04:17 December 1, 2023
One year has passed since the Grinch stole Christmas from the town of Whoville. Now, the green creature is back in a follow-up book called How the Gr…
05:12 December 1, 2023
Life expectancy in the United States rose by about one year in 2022 following earlier decreases linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Life expectancy pred…
05:04 December 1, 2023
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove Republican Congressman George Santos of New York on Friday. The House voted 311 to 114 to immediate…
05:08 November 30, 2023
While Christmas music played, 100 South Korean men and women gathered at a hotel near the capital of Seoul with their names written for others to see…
09:00 November 30, 2023
A city in the southwest of China has become a popular place for people who are looking for a freer way of life. They have left big cities and have mo…
06:30 November 30, 2023
American former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died Wednesday at his home in Connecticut. He was 100 years old. Kissinger was famed for helping r…
06:07 November 29, 2023
Google is about to start deleting accounts considered “inactive.” The company plans to start removing inactive accounts that users have not used or s…
04:38 November 29, 2023
British Businessman Richard Branson and Britain’s Department of Transport organized a flight crossing the Atlantic Ocean by a jet using fuel made fro…
04:37 November 29, 2023
The United Nations refugee agency has named a former child refugee from Somalia winner of this year’s Nansen Refugee Award. The U.N. High Commissione…
07:01 November 28, 2023
A 17-year-old student in Washington, D.C. recently got the chance to interview retired American basketball star Magic Johnson. As a result, Magic off…
06:09 November 28, 2023
Three recent reports say the world is failing in its fight to slow climate change. The medical publication The Lancet released its yearly report call…
05:16 November 28, 2023
At a meeting in April in Athens, Greece, drink experts looked carefully at the liquid in their glasses. They held them up to the light. They tasted a…
03:31 November 28, 2023
Rescuers pulled out all 41 workers who were trapped for 17 days in a mountain tunnel in northern India on Tuesday. A crowd of people around the tunne…
04:36 November 27, 2023
U.S. first lady Jill Biden wants everyone who visits the White House around Christmas to feel like a kid again. On Monday, Biden held a gathering to …
04:21 November 27, 2023
Researchers are renewing efforts to find Alzheimer’s disease treatments that remove harmful proteins from the brain. Such vaccines could possibly off…
04:50 November 27, 2023
Negotiators have reached a deal to extend a cease-fire between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza. A Qatari official announced Monday on the social med…
06:24 November 26, 2023
NASA has successfully tested a laser-based communication method that sent data over 16 million kilometers. The American space agency hopes the system…
06:42 November 26, 2023
The sudden and large increase in sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Raising the cost of bread would mean decreasing sales, so the …
04:42 November 26, 2023
After more than a thousand of its workers went to fight Russia’s invasion, a coal mine in eastern Ukraine needed workers. Its answer was to permit wo…
05:40 November 25, 2023
A federal study of all public schools says that America’s Black and Latino students have reduced chances of success. The data came from the Civil Rig…
05:56 November 24, 2023
More than 50 million people in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere follow pastoralism as a way of life. They keep animals and move with them …
04:27 November 24, 2023
China called for caution on Friday as an increase in respiratory illness hit its schools and hospitals. And the World Health Organization (WHO), whic…
06:34 November 24, 2023
Thousands of Ukrainians decided to flee war in their country and head to Israel after Russian forces invaded in 2022. But now those people are facing…