Month: January 2021

Stanford University in California offers a class called “Hacking for Defense.” This course helps Stanford students understand some of the national security issues facing the United States. Students taking the…

Jeremy Coller likes alternative protein foods because he thinks the world may not be able to produce enough meat in the future. Coller is head of Coller Capital, a financial…

Off a road in rural Wisconsin sits a 57-year-old American working in an open garage. He makes a small amount of money by selling metal parts from broken equipment. Until…

Brazil, South America’s largest nation, has many natural and cultural treasures that are popular among foreign visitors. The country is home to the largest rainforest on Earth. It has sandy…

The NBA Finals begin Thursday night in Oakland, a city in northern California. Last year, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA championship. It was…

The world’s biggest airplane has been shown to reporters in the United States. The plane, called Stratolaunch, is set to begin testing in the coming weeks. Stratolaunch weighs about 227,000…

A bombing in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least 90 people and injured hundreds more Wednesday morning. The bomb was hidden in a truck designed to carry sewage. It exploded in…

The United States Defense Department says it has successfully tested a defense system against an intercontinental ballistic missile. The test involved two separate missile launches. The military launched an intercontinental…

Josh Kness works at the Mount Carroll Home Center in the American state of Illinois. The home center sells many products for home improvement, tools and farm supplies. Kness grew…

Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega died in a Panama City hospital on Monday. He was 83 years old. Noriega had been in a coma since March. He had been recovering…

The United Nations humanitarian chief says Yemen has the largest food crisis in the world. Stephen O’Brien told the U.N. Security Council this week that more than 17 million people…

A new airplane may soon be able to travel into space at more than five times the speed of sound. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, announced last…

Dick Becker is hopeful about his hometown of Lancaster, in Grant County, Wisconsin. He also feels hopeful about the United States under the leadership of Donald Trump. “They need to…

President Donald Trump has condemned the killing in Oregon of two men who tried to stop another man from using anti-Muslim speech against two teenaged girls. A third man was…

The sound of electric sewing machines fills a room in the Fulton, Illinois community center. Several women gather there each week to talk and work on sewing and crochet projects.…