03:06 August 6, 2024
A California wildlife organization says it has been rescuing sick sea lions in recent weeks showing signs of algae poisoning. On August 1, the Santa …
05:46 August 6, 2024
The Amazon Basin is facing one of the most severe droughts in recent years, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (or ACTO) said. As the dry sea…
04:57 August 5, 2024
A Taiwanese business is seeking to become the first foreign company to launch a rocket from Japan. The planned launch comes as Japan keeps on a path …
04:38 August 5, 2024
Scientists now have an explanation for the mysterious remains of an ancient Egyptian woman who has her mouth open in what appears to be a scream. Sci…
07:48 August 5, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. A new study has found that the twice-yearly injections of a treatment for AIDS were…
04:43 August 4, 2024
Singapore’s House of Seafood restaurant is the country’s first eatery to offer insects to customers. The change comes after the city state's food aut…
05:22 August 4, 2024
A Mars explorer operated by the American space agency NASA has captured a rock that scientists say shows possible signs of ancient microbial life. NA…
05:38 August 4, 2024
African health officials say mpox infections on the continent have risen by 160 percent in 2024. They expect the spread to continue, they say, as Afr…
05:32 August 2, 2024
A popular rapper in Puerto Rico has kept his job as a doctor to help deal with a shortage of medical workers in the United States territory. Many Pue…
05:46 August 1, 2024
Astronomers say they have observed a new exoplanet that orbits far away from its star although it is a large and massive planet. An international gro…
04:18 August 1, 2024
Some plants, known as flowering annuals, bloom without stop before dying at the end of the year or season. Other flowering plants, known as perennial…
07:45 August 1, 2024
New blood tests could help to identify, or diagnose, Alzheimer’s disease faster and with more accuracy, researchers reported recently. However, some …
05:04 July 31, 2024
As it moves across central Italy, an old train pulling carriages from the 1930s and 1950s crosses the forests of the Majella National Park and the Ab…
05:56 July 31, 2024
The U.S. Senate has approved the nation’s first major legislation aimed at protecting children from internet harms. Two bills passed the Senate by a …
07:23 July 31, 2024
When it comes to disasters in the United States, most people think of major storms and earthquakes that hit coastal areas. But a study from the nonpr…
06:35 July 30, 2024
If parents say "no" when a child asks for a smartphone, the response they are likely to hear is, "Everyone has one. Why can't I?" But what would happ…
06:03 July 30, 2024
The organization supervising the Olympic triathlon event at the Paris Olympics has postponed the event because of water quality in the Seine River. H…
06:32 July 30, 2024
Rising demand for cooling systems in Nigeria and other African nations might be making existing pollution problems worse. Cooling systems use gases c…
07:05 July 29, 2024
Scientists are raising pigs to produce human organs at a specialized research farm in the American state of Virginia. A medical company called Revivi…
07:20 July 29, 2024
Summer brings very high temperatures to many parts of the United States. That can be both good news and bad news for gardens and gardeners. Jessica D…
06:01 July 29, 2024
A video shared on the social media service X is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to mislead voters, with American ele…
03:30 July 28, 2024
A small space in Tokyo houses a container of fermenting sake. The bacteria in the 670-litre container will take more than two weeks to turn the rice …
06:47 July 28, 2024
Researchers say new telescope observations suggest an Earth-like planet outside our solar system may hold a large liquid ocean. The exoplanet is know…
04:01 July 28, 2024
A small insect is hurting Tunisia’s prickly pears, an important source of money for the North African country's economy. Bassem Sahnoun, a farmer str…
02:34 July 26, 2024
Visitors to Paris for the Olympics can now send a smell of France home with their picture postcards and letters. The smell comes from a special stamp…
07:43 July 25, 2024
Indonesia aims to be the world’s top nickel supplier. But its efforts to produce nickel have seriously harmed the country’s forests, nonprofit groups…
05:20 July 25, 2024
Cuba’s capital, Havana, is famous for its colorful vintage cars. They fill the streets and are often popular subjects for visitors' photographs. But …
04:19 July 24, 2024
Paris is a popular place for visitors because of its food, art, and history. The city itself is likely to be central to the experience of the Olympic…
04:52 July 24, 2024
The European climate change service Copernicus said Monday broke the world’s hottest day record that was just set a day earlier. The European Union’s…
06:52 July 24, 2024
A major computer system outage affected a wide range of businesses around the world beginning late last week. But the cause of the outage was quickly…
06:47 July 23, 2024
More American states are pushing for cell phone restrictions in high schools. The move comes as teachers say it is a major problem in the classroom. …
05:02 July 23, 2024
An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released images of a reclusive Peruvian Amazon tribe’s members searching for food outside of their usual…
05:17 July 23, 2024
Scientists in Brazil say heavy rains helped them discover a fossil they believe came from one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs. Researchers found the …
06:24 July 22, 2024
Many new Ukrainian businesses are reportedly developing unmanned military vehicles for the country’s war against Russia. The operations often happen …
07:43 July 22, 2024
People who grow their own food are familiar with planting tomatoes, peppers, squash, herbs, berries and other common fruits and vegetables. However, …
04:39 July 22, 2024
Democratic Party lawmakers, some governors, and financial donors are supporting U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s presidential nomi…
06:09 July 21, 2024
Turkey has become a leading exporter of television shows in recent years. Millions of people are watching Turkish TV dramas known as Dizi. Many of th…
03:29 July 21, 2024
Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin tissue to robotic faces and make them "smile." This breakthrough could be helpful not only…
06:42 July 21, 2024
Scientists say they have found evidence that the smelly molecule hydrogen sulfide exists in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet. Hydrogen sulfide…
05:29 July 20, 2024
The United Nations is predicting the world’s population will reach 10.3 billion in the 2080s. The prediction appears in a new U.N. report. The report…
05:38 July 19, 2024
The sound of church bells around the world is usually made by machine. But before newspapers, radio, telephones, television and the internet, bell ri…
08:31 July 18, 2024
Cold nights, on Chippewa Flowage, a lake in the state of Wisconsin, do not stop 15-year-old Gabe Bisonette. He has been learning spearfishing, a trad…
04:21 July 18, 2024
Health workers in Ivory Coast have launched the country’s first child vaccination program against malaria. The effort aims to reduce cases of the mos…
03:41 July 17, 2024
Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago. They suspect there are hundreds …
03:14 July 17, 2024
No one has ever seen a live spade-toothed whale. It is the world's rarest kind of whale. No one knows how many exist, what they eat, or even where th…
06:34 July 17, 2024
For most of us, using – and trying to remember – a collection of passwords is just a normal part of our digital lives. But it seems like the number o…
07:35 July 16, 2024
A new study says that Americans have increasing questions about the value and cost of a college education. Most of the people taking part in the stud…
04:03 July 16, 2024
South Korean beauty products company AmorePacific has a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory that has become popular with customers. At the la…
06:44 July 16, 2024
Different versions of bird flu have been spreading around the world in recent years. The virus, officially known as H5N1, is believed to have killed …
03:33 July 15, 2024
An art gallery in the Australian state of Tasmania presented three paintings as if they were works by the famed painter, Pablo Picasso. At first, the…