2022-08-07 Study: ‘Millennials’ Mostly Stay Near Home
Americans born between 1984 and 1992 are known as ‘Millennials’ because they grew up around the year 2000. A new study has found that, as this age group entered their…
2022-08-07 South Korean Scientists Develop Tattoo Health Device
South Korean scientists are working on a health device in the form of a tattoo that could alert users to possible health problems. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of…
2022-08-07 More Female Sea Turtles a Result of Florida’s Hot Summers
Florida’s sea turtle population is changing because of hot weather. Recent heat waves in the southern state have made the sand on the beaches so hot that almost of all…
2022-08-07 Study: Cell Function Restored in Pigs after Death
Researchers say experiments on pig tissue suggest that tissue can be preserved and cells can regain the ability to work an hour after death. The study, by a team of…
2022-08-06 Women Are Better at Statistics than They Think
Students seeking college degrees in sociology and psychology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha are required to take a class in mathematical statistics. Statistics is a kind of math…
2022-08-06 Learn How to ‘Read the Room’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. As humans, we have emotional states, also called moods. Sometimes we feel happy and sometimes sad. Other times we may…
2022-08-06 ‘Black Widow’ Is Heaviest-known Neutron Star
Space scientists have observed what they believe is the most massive known example of an object called a neutron star. It has been called a “black widow” since it gained…
2022-08-06 Africa Sees Some Artifacts Returned, Seeks Many More
African countries have reclaimed many historic objects, called artifacts, from European countries. Recently, Nigeria and Germany signed a deal for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin…
2022-08-06 Dry Weather Threatens Italy’s Famous Grape, Olive Crops
Farmers in Italy’s famous Tuscany area are struggling to save grape and olive crops threatened by a heatwave and drought conditions. A lack of rainfall since spring has even affected…
2022-08-05 Mine v. Quarry
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question from Yusuf about the difference between “mine” and “quarry.” Question: Hi VOA learning team, Would you please help…
2022-08-05 The Ambitious Guest by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Our story today is called “The Ambitious Guest. ” It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Harry Monroe with our story. One December night, a long, long time ago,…
2022-08-05 ‘Stray’ Cat Video Game Helps Real Cats
A new video game that includes a brave cat is popular with cat lovers. Some of them are using the game to raise money for real cats. The game was…
2022-08-05 Saving Small Fish as Big US River Dries Up
On a recent afternoon, vehicles moved up and down the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande River, near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The drivers had a purpose. They were biologists hoping…
2022-08-05 Australia to Prevent Development of New Coal Mine
Australia’s new government announced recently that it plans to prevent development of a coal mine due to the possible effects on the nearby Great Barrier Reef. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek…