2023-04-24 Why Sudan’s Conflict Matters to the World
Foreign governments have evacuated hundreds of diplomats and other citizens from Sudan since Sunday. For Sudanese, the evacuation is a sign that international powers expect conditions to worsen in the…
2023-04-24 Amazon Indigenous Woman Wins Environment Prize
Alessandra Korap, a Munduruku Indigenous woman from the Brazilian Amazon, has been awarded a 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize. The respected award honors six activists from six continents who work on…
2023-04-24 Companies Use AI Chips to Run Quantum-based Programs
Quantum computers promise to be millions of times faster than today’s fastest supercomputers. They could greatly change everything from climate change research to medical development. The wait for these machines,…
2023-04-24 Gentle Methods for the Hard Work of Gardening
Gardening requires a lot of physical labor. The activity can extend from light exercise to heavy labor. All that bending, lifting, digging, carrying and moving burns calories and builds muscle.…
2023-04-23 NASA Shows Mars Habitat where Four People Will Live for One Year
NASA showed off a simulated Mars environment this month where four volunteers will live for one year to help the American space agency prepare to send humans to the planet.…
2023-04-23 Wealthy People Still Spend Money But Keep Low Profile
With an ongoing war in Europe, high energy prices and food shortages, some wealthy people find themselves wanting to spend their money in ways that do not draw attention. Even…
2023-04-23 Researchers Study with the Aid of Dead Birds
Scientists in the southwestern state of New Mexico are giving dead birds new life through unusual research. A team at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro…
2023-04-22 While Some Students Skip College, Trade Schools Are Growing
Almost every area of higher education in the United States has fewer students registering for classes. But many trade programs are growing. Trade programs teach students skills for specific jobs,…
2023-04-22 Are You a ‘Bull in a China Shop’?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Have you ever felt out of place? Have you ever felt clumsy, like you cannot move gracefully and smoothly? If…
2023-04-22 William Henry Harrison: Short-Lived
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about William Henry Harrison. Although he was elected in 1840, many Americans still remember his catchy campaign slogan: “Tippecanoe and…