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The ancient bones of a distant ancestor of the modern giraffe are offering scientists evidence about why the animal’s long neck developed. Scientists say these fossils, which were discovered in…
Some lawmakers in the U.S. state of California want to use taxpayer money to buy out farmers. A proposal in the state Senate would spend up to $1.5 billion for…
Egbontoluwa Marigi worked deep in a forest in Nigeria, a country on the western coast of Africa. He is a logger who cuts down trees using an axe and a…
As a young man in one of Washington, D.C.’s toughest neighborhoods, Rodney Stotts had little to live for. His father had been murdered. His mother was addicted to drugs. Many…
Recently, 14-year-old Harini Logan won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States. She correctly spelled 22 words during a 90-second spell-off. The words included phreatophyte, excimer, saccharose, and…
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. Today we talk about the ocean. Oceans are…
A young generation pressed by war in Ukraine has turned its anger into rap music. Ukrainian volunteer soldier Otoy is putting the war into the words and loud beats of…
New Zealand recently released a proposal to put a price on gases released from agricultural activity. The move is part of an effort to deal with the country’s biggest sources…
In the United States, India, Britain and Japan, people are starting to see smaller containers and higher prices for food. The cost increases are affecting snack food, cheese, drinks, soaps…
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question from Aiping about the difference between mission and assignment in one of our stories. Question: Dear teacher, I…
Editor’s note: This story includes some of the informal dialect that Mark Twain liked to include in his writing. We have provided explanations of some of the expressions after the…
The major hit movie Top Gun was released in 1986. The film was based on a true story about fighter pilots in training and was published in a magazine three…
The panel of lawmakers looking into the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, said former President Donald Trump is to blame for, what they called, an “attempted…
After more than 300 years, a woman who was found guilty of using witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts has been pardoned. Witchcraft is traditionally described by some people as using supernatural…