07:10 January 7, 2024
A series of new space missions are planned for the coming year. Here is a look ahead at some of the ones to watch out for in 2024. Artemis II The Ame…
04:45 January 7, 2024
New research from the American non-profit organization Consumer Reports finds that plastics have a "widespread" presence in food. The group called on…
06:46 January 7, 2024
Joyce Loaiza lives alone in a community for older people in the American state of Florida. When she is home, the retired office worker often talks wi…
06:10 January 7, 2024
Sunny is a proud Singaporean citizen who follows the laws of her country. Mostly, anyway. For the last three years, she has been illegally sheltering…
07:30 January 6, 2024
Harvard University’s Claudine Gay recently became the second Ivy League president to step down under pressure from alumni, political activists and su…
03:31 January 6, 2024
Few players of the online video game Free Fire know that one of their top opponents is an 81-year-old grandmother from rural Chile. From her professi…
06:26 January 5, 2024
Lawmakers in Uganda are considering barring people from making a popular alcoholic drink at home. The bill being considered would affect people like …
02:54 January 5, 2024
Chinese lawmakers recently entered a fierce online debate on whether fireworks should be used to celebrate the Lunar New year this February. They sai…
06:25 January 4, 2024
Some important tree species native to the northwestern states in the U.S. are no longer growing well because of climate change. As conditions change …
04:02 January 4, 2024
A 13-year-old American boy has become the first person ever to beat the popular video game Tetris. The young gamer, Willis Gibson, completed 157 leve…
07:16 January 4, 2024
Investigators are studying what went wrong when a Japanese coast guard aircraft and a passenger jet crashed into each other on Tuesday at Haneda Airp…
07:25 January 3, 2024
Japanese researchers say they have broken the world speed record for sending internet data. The recent experiment involved sending data over fiber-op…
03:32 January 3, 2024
It is a small dog with a big “smile.” And it is ready to compete with 200 other kinds of dogs, known as breeds. Say hello to the Lancashire Heeler. T…
02:36 January 3, 2024
A record 520,000 migrants crossed the difficult and dangerous Darien Gap wilderness area between Colombia and Panama in 2023. Panamanian officials sa…
06:46 January 3, 2024
The desert in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan is filled with hundreds of thousands of people. Some live in tents. Others live out in the open af…
05:09 January 2, 2024
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says “The period from birth to eight years old is one of remarkable bra…
04:23 January 2, 2024
Every day Juanita Mengel, a 67-year-old woman from the state of Ohio, wakes up and puts on her manufactured leg. The device is called a prosthetic. T…
02:57 January 2, 2024
A U.S. government agency says the world’s population grew by about 75 million people in 2023. The U.S. Census Bureau notes the worldwide growth rate …
04:31 January 2, 2024
A series of powerful earthquakes in western Japan have left at least 55 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings, automobiles and boats. The fi…
02:53 January 1, 2024
For some, a natural diamond, created over billions of years, is what they have always wanted. But an award-winning British designer sees greater wort…
04:12 January 1, 2024
The American space agency NASA's human-like robot Valkyrie looks powerful. It stands 188 centimeters tall and weighs 136 kilograms. Valkyrie is named…
05:47 January 1, 2024
United States health officials recently approved two new gene treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD). The treatments provide hope that the disease …
06:14 January 1, 2024
Saodat Sadikova is an English teacher in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan. As a young girl, she dreamed of becoming a flight attendant and traveling the world. He…
07:38 December 31, 2023
Language experts estimate as many as 10,000 people still speak the French-based language Louisiana Creole. In addition, many others in New Orleans an…
06:19 December 31, 2023
As 2023 comes to a close, we are taking a look back at some of the biggest space stories of the year. Asteroid sample returns to Earth A container ca…
05:58 December 31, 2023
Beneath each full moon, a group of women in religious clothing surround a fire near a village in central Mexico. They breathe in deeply from a joint …
09:52 December 30, 2023
As 2023 comes to a close, we take a look back at the top stories and developments in higher education. They include a major high court decision on co…
03:39 December 30, 2023
The first generation of solar panels in use on homes and other buildings will soon be too old to work anymore. Owners will need to replace them. But,…
09:27 December 29, 2023
2024 is just hours away. Before the world welcomes a new year, we remember some of the influential people who died in 2023. Sandra Day O'Connor We st…
04:48 December 28, 2023
Alessandra Zarelli works to keep the artwork of the Vatican Museums in good condition. She says, whenever she works on a masterpiece, she must calm h…
09:25 December 28, 2023
This year, social media services gained a lot of attention for their growth methods and for their influence. The Associated Press recently looked bac…
05:03 December 28, 2023
Official population data show more men live in the western United States, while more women live in the East and South. The data was collected by the …
04:06 December 27, 2023
Bahara Rustam is 13 years old. She took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 11 knowing it was the end of her educa…
02:50 December 27, 2023
For better or for worse, the number of couples getting married in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, on New Year's Eve could set a record. That is becaus…
06:34 December 27, 2023
The Endangered Species Act had widespread support when President Richard Nixon signed it into law late in 1973. In the 50 years since, the effects of…
06:18 December 27, 2023
The past year marked the rise of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools. But here is a look back at some of the other noteworthy techno…
09:57 December 26, 2023
In the third full school year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, students continued to feel the effects of school closures. Some leading experts and …
05:51 December 26, 2023
California officials recently approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking wa…
04:59 December 26, 2023
China has proposed new rules for online gaming that aim to restrict purchases and limit compulsive playing behaviors. The guidelines were recently is…
04:51 December 26, 2023
At the beginning of 2023, Saudi Arabia’s growing influence on professional golf, and sports in general, was a concern for players and their fans. Twe…
05:31 December 25, 2023
The earliest presidents who lived in the White House did not want the large outdoor areas that the monarchs of Europe might enjoy. Marta McDowell is …
06:03 December 25, 2023
The disease dengue is spreading across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began in 1980. Experts are warning that rising…
06:15 December 25, 2023
The Rohingya girl from Myanmar wanted to do anything she could to provide some money for her parents and three younger siblings. They needed food. Th…
06:24 December 24, 2023
NASA has discovered new evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus holds material that is important to the early development of life. The American space a…
04:28 December 24, 2023
A new study adds to evidence that obesity is becoming more common in young children in America. The study appeared in the medical publication Pediatr…
07:29 December 24, 2023
Mental health expert Oleh Hukovskyi recently stood in a temporary classroom in eastern Ukraine speaking to a group of soldiers. They were attending a…
05:44 December 23, 2023
In 1822, an American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote a poem that redefined the image of Saint Nicholas. It was called “Account of a Visit …
07:48 December 22, 2023
From VOA Learning English, I'm Caty Weaver. Today, Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith present a special program on Christmas traditions in the United S…
03:59 December 22, 2023
A South African company will make vaginal devices that protect against HIV. Medical experts say that should at some point make them less costly and m…
04:42 December 21, 2023
A large Swedish study has found an unexpected finding about people diagnosed with extreme fear of serious illness. It found they are more likely to d…