05:36 June 8, 2024
Colleges and universities in the United States are increasingly creating climate change study programs. They are meeting the demand from students who…
05:23 June 8, 2024
Reduced treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without hurting results, doctors reported recently at the world’s large…
08:35 June 8, 2024
The top leaders of the biggest U.S. companies had their pay increase by about 13 percent in 2023. Pay for workers at the same companies rose by only …
05:23 June 7, 2024
How does it feel for rock star Mick Jagger to be back on tour singing and dancing before thousands at 80 years old? "Like being on stage at 78," the …
04:33 June 7, 2024
Agriculture companies are using new methods to change the genes of plants to produce more productive crops. The process of gene-editing is gaining at…
05:46 June 6, 2024
Some Americans have been setting their own “no-buy” rules in an attempt to reduce wasteful spending and save money. Creating no-buy rules themselves …
10:15 June 6, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The hardest part of Culix Wibonele’s first job in long-term care was not getting hu…
06:02 June 6, 2024
Since April, Nigeria’s government has been arresting illegal miners for reportedly stealing lithium. Lithium is a metal that is used to make batterie…
04:08 June 5, 2024
Boeing launched astronauts into space with its delayed Starliner spacecraft for the first time Wednesday. The launch marked the company’s entry into …
05:54 June 5, 2024
Chinese space officials say a spacecraft has successfully collected samples from the moon and is headed back toward Earth. The unmanned spacecraft, c…
04:31 June 5, 2024
James Kane of New York City is a fisherman. But he does not eat what he catches. Instead of catching fish, he uses powerful magnets attached to long …
07:33 June 5, 2024
President Joe Biden announced an executive action Tuesday that temporarily places restrictions on the number of migrants unlawfully entering the Unit…
06:01 June 4, 2024
There are programs in the United States that aim to support families with their children’s early learning and development. Home visiting programs try…
03:36 June 4, 2024
Some people seem to be born with skill for making art. Ace-Liam Ankrah of Ghana is a good example. He recently set a world record for his painting an…
05:44 June 4, 2024
Very small organisms that live in the world’s farm fields release nitrous oxide gas. Some scientists link the gas to climate change. They are looking…
04:21 June 4, 2024
In 1944, Jake Larson was carrying a backpack with 34 kilograms of gear as the boat he was in got closer to Omaha Beach in France. Omaha Beach was the…
03:50 June 3, 2024
NASA's Lucy spacecraft visited a little asteroid called Dinkinesh last November. The visit, scientists say, unlocks a surprisingly interesting histor…
04:54 June 3, 2024
The East African country of Uganda has begun a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign. The aim is for the country to protect its population aga…
06:54 June 3, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. You may have heard of white noise being used to cover or hide background sounds. Bu…
06:17 June 3, 2024
Election officials in Mexico say Claudia Sheinbaum will become the country's first female president. Sheinbaum won a large victory in Sunday’s electi…
03:03 June 2, 2024
How many insects can you count in one hour? That was the question being asked by a group of environmentalists outside of Berlin’s Natural History Mus…
05:41 June 2, 2024
An international team of climate scientists recently released a report on climate change and city growth. They found the effects of heavy rains that …
06:13 June 2, 2024
New examinations of data collected from Venus suggest the planet is more volcanically active than previously thought. The finding is based on radar i…
06:06 June 1, 2024
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the five biggest college sports conferences recently agreed to pay almost $2.8 billion to set…
03:56 June 1, 2024
A scientist in Cuba is raising silkworms native to Asia in hopes the creatures will produce local, high quality silk for clothing. Dayron Martin is a…
03:49 June 1, 2024
For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana almost every day has grown greater than the number who drink alcohol almost every day. …
03:08 May 31, 2024
Italy celebrated the return of hundreds of its antiquities from the United States this week. The property included ancient bronze statues, gold coins…
04:58 May 31, 2024
A New York City jury on Thursday found former U.S. president Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 …
07:03 May 30, 2024
A low-cost drug mixture is harming young people in the West African country of Sierra Leone. The mixture is called “kush.” Sierra Leone’s President J…
06:13 May 30, 2024
In the American state of California, researchers recently climbed the world’s largest tree to check on its health. The tree is a giant sequoia named …
06:07 May 30, 2024
A court in Hong Kong found 14 pro-democracy activists guilty of crimes linked to an unofficial vote in 2020. Some could face life in prison. Hong Kon…
03:31 May 29, 2024
New research suggests that the sun’s magnetic field forms much closer to the surface than scientists had thought. The finding could help predict peri…
07:03 May 29, 2024
European aerospace company Airbus has fitted a special truck with airplane controls in an effort to test self-taxiing abilities. Airbus officials rec…
04:16 May 29, 2024
The local officials protecting Mount Fuji are making changes to protect its natural beauty and the safety of people climbing it. Those who want to hi…
04:42 May 29, 2024
North Korea has flown hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure toward South Korea. The strange action led the South’s military to organize chem…
06:10 May 28, 2024
May 17 marked the 70th anniversary of one of the most notable cases in U.S. Supreme Court history – Brown versus Board of Education. The 1954 decisio…
03:52 May 28, 2024
In the northeastern American state of Massachusetts, people are combining a form of exercise for the body and spirit with pigs. The yoga classes in M…
03:46 May 28, 2024
Melinda French Gates announced this week that she plans to give $1 billion over the next two years to support women and families around the world. Fr…
05:38 May 28, 2024
Officials in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have ordered people in parts of Enga Province to leave their homes because of the continuing danger of landslides…
03:06 May 27, 2024
They are six-legged, hairy home invaders that will not die, no matter how hard you try. Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors. But they did no…
05:22 May 27, 2024
You do not need good soil – or even soil at all – to grow plants. Straw bales can work, too. Straw is the dry stems of wheat and other grain plants. …
06:03 May 27, 2024
A top U.S. pediatricians’ group is making a major policy change about breastfeeding by women with HIV. The group says women infected with HIV can bre…
04:53 May 27, 2024
A rights group based in New York City says it has documents from Chinese officials that show a plan to push rural Tibetans into cities against their …
04:53 May 26, 2024
Most recent cars have an electronic key that lets the owner get into and start the car. The electronic key is called a “fob” to those who know about …
06:19 May 26, 2024
A private company is working with the American space agency NASA to develop a new rocket that could greatly reduce space travel times. The engine for…
03:07 May 26, 2024
Researchers in Japan say they will begin selling new devices that will help people reduce how much sodium, or salt, they use to improve the taste of …
07:48 May 25, 2024
Across the United States, students are now looking to community colleges for training in jobs related to climate change solutions. These include wind…
03:31 May 25, 2024
Researchers in Australia recently announced the launch of a new device that, they say, absorbs water from air to produce drinkable water. Researchers…
03:53 May 25, 2024
The baobab tree is a special thing to see. During the dry season, its leafless branches look like roots coming from a thick trunk. It appears as if s…
05:59 May 24, 2024
Kola Bah used to earn money as a guide in Mali’s historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning. The city is known for its large Grand Mo…