2022-11-20 In-Depth: What Is NASA’s Newly Launched Moon Mission?
The American space agency NASA recently launched its powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft on a test mission to fly around the moon. The launch marked the…
2022-11-20 Firms Race to Develop Less Costly Batteries for Electric Vehicles
American and European companies are racing to develop new batteries for electric vehicles using two readily available and less costly materials: sodium and sulfur. The new batteries could help bring…
2022-11-20 Chinese Planner Supports ‘Sponge Cities’
A Chinese architect has been making the case for China and other countries to create so-called “sponge cities” – cities with large amounts of plants and trees laid out in…
2022-11-20 Turtles in Demand as Pets, Leading to Increase in Poaching
A growing demand for turtles as pets in the United States, Asia, and Europe has led to a rise in poaching. Poaching means to catch or kill an animal illegally.…
2022-11-19 Experts Advise Students to Be Cautious on Twitter
Businessman Elon Musk became the owner of Twitter just three weeks ago. And many people have been concerned about the future of the social media company ever since. Alexandra Roberts…
2022-11-19 Have You Felt the ‘Walls Are Closing in on You’?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give you examples and notes on usage.…
2022-11-19 Israel Uses Robotic Weapons in West Bank
In two areas in the occupied West Bank, Israel has put in robotic weapons that can fire tear gas, stun grenades, and sponge-tipped bullets at Palestinian protesters. The weapons, located…
2022-11-19 UN Seeks $146 Million to Help Haiti Fight Cholera Crisis
The United Nations and Haiti are seeking $146 million to help fight a cholera outbreak that has already killed at least 175 people. Health officials in Haiti say cholera cases…
2022-11-18 Scrabble Dictionary Adds 500 New Words
Scrabble is a popular word game in which players put letters of the alphabet together to form words. It helps when a player remembers unusual words to use in the…
2022-11-18 Stories, Players to Follow at Upcoming World Cup
Will you be watching the World Cup when it begins November 20 with the game between Ecuador and host country Qatar? The soccer tournament is normally played in the summer,…
2022-11-18 Lion King Turns 25 on Broadway
The Lion King turns 25 years old on Broadway this month. The musical first opened in the summer of 1997 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Audiences saw something…
2022-11-18 ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue,’ by Edgar Allan Poe, Part One
We present the first of five parts of the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” by Edgar Allen Poe. The story was originally adapted and recorded by VOA…