2022-12-18 India’s Cricket Bat Business in Danger
The best cricket bats in the world are made in England and India from willow trees. A bat is the long stick cricket players use to hit the ball. The…
2022-12-18 Water Crisis Threatens Indonesia’s Bali
Bali, Indonesia, is facing a worsening water crisis from tourism development, population growth and water mismanagement. Shortages already are affecting UNESCO World Heritage structure, food production and Balinese culture. Experts…
2022-12-17 Ukrainian Children Get Therapy Help from Dogs
Mental health experts in Ukraine are using therapy dogs to help children deal with the harmful effects of the country’s war with Russia. The therapy is carried out at the…
2022-12-17 Companies Develop Technologies to Deal with Food Waste
Restaurants, farmers, and food businesses are turning to chemistry and physics to deal with the problem of food waste. Some companies are testing coverings to slow the ripening process in…
2022-12-17 Inside Baseball, Other ‘Inside’ Expressions
And now Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today we go out to the ballpark … the baseball park! We talk about an expression from the sport of…
2022-12-17 Math Professor Connects Teaching Method in India, US
Growing up in India, Vinay Kanth Rao loved math and knew that he wanted to teach math someday. After earning his master’s degree in mathematics from the National Institute of…
2022-12-16 Already or Yet?
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about the differences between “yet” and “already.” Question Dear Learning English, I can learn a lot from you.…
2022-12-16 ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue,’ by Edgar Allen Poe, Part Five
We present the last 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 the…
2022-12-16 Secret Museum That Visitors Will Never See
The capital city of Washington, D.C. is home to many famous museums in the United States. But there is one museum in the city that visitors will never get to…
2022-12-16 NASA to Study Water around the World from Space
A NASA-led international mission launched a radar satellite from southern California early on Friday. The satellite will be involved in a major project to research the world’s oceans, lakes and…
2022-12-16 Kenya Drought Kills Hundreds of Wild Animals
Officials in Kenya say severe drought conditions in a northern area have killed hundreds of wild animals in recent months. Many animals that do survive are starving and weak. They…