2022-03-20 NASA Extends Ingenuity Helicopter Mission on Mars
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s carbon fiber blades can be seen in this image, taken from video that was captured by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on April…
2022-03-20 Seniors Free of COVID Isolation Dance Together
Walter Perez teaches a seniors dance class at senior centers in New York City. Older adults can socialize, stay fit, and enjoy the music during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, March…
2022-03-20 Madagascar: a Green Island Turns Red
Tarira and her son Avoraza, 4, walk through a field covered with red sand in Anjeky Beanatara, Androy area, Madagascar, February 11, 2022. (REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis ) With few trees left…
2022-03-20 Climate Change Produces More Pollen, Longer Allergy Season
FILE – A farmer shows pollen collected from sunflowers in Zaheerabad, about 120 km west of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad March 31, 2009. (REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder) Scientists at the…
2022-03-20 Black Inventors Create Objects for Daily Use
The folding chair, gas mask, traffic signal, automatic elevator doors, potato chips and the Super Super child’s water gun were all invented by Black innovators. There is a need to…
2022-03-19 Will US Restrictions on Russia Hurt Academic Exchange?
As nations around the world are imposing financial restrictions on Russia, people in education are worried about the future of academic exchange between Russia and the U.S. Nations around the…
2022-03-19 Are You a ‘Big Fish in a Small Pond?’
In this Oct. 8, 2010 photo, Matt Balazik gets ready to throw a 70-lb Atlantic sturgeon into the James River near Charles City, Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) And now Words…
2022-03-19 The Cherry Blossom Festival Returns to America’s Capital
Cherry Blossoms The National Cherry Blossom Festival is celebrating its 110th anniversary. The popular event celebrating U.S.-Japanese ties, is once again being held in person. The most flowers are expected…
2022-03-19 Ancient Burial Discovered Under Paris Cathedral
People look at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral as its Emmanuel tenor bell rings to “call for peace in Europe”, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Paris, France, March 3,…
2022-03-19 US Astronaut to Ride Russian Spacecraft Back to Earth
In this photo provided by NASA, U.S. astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei peers at the Earth below from inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station’s…
2022-03-18 Even
Ask a Teacher: Even Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question from Ester, a reader, about the uses of “even.” Question: Could you please tell…
2022-03-18 ‘Love of Life,’ by Jack London, Part Two
We present the second of four parts of the short story “Love of Life,” by Jack London. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.…