2023-08-07 ‘Barbie’ Is Changing the Clothes People Wear
If you walk into a clothing store, you are likely to be hit with an explosion of the color pink. The pink wave has been fueled by the release last…
2023-08-07 New Data Shows Ocean Waves Getting Bigger, Stronger
An ocean researcher at the University of California, San Diego says waves are getting bigger and stronger since 1970. There are also more “big wave events” than ever before. A…
2023-08-07 US Health Agency Targets Effects of ‘Long COVID’
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is beginning a group of studies aimed at treatments for the condition called long COVID. Reports say millions of Americans are affected by…
2023-08-06 To Cut Food Waste, Switzerland Tries Public Refrigerators
A nonprofit group in Geneva, Switzerland is making refrigerators available so restaurant owners and cooks can make food available to the public before it goes bad. The refrigerators are being…
2023-08-06 Japanese Railway Tests a System to Help Visitors
Japanese railway operator, Seibu, is testing a special help desk for foreigners at one of the company’s busiest train stations. Visitors who need help at the Seibu-Shinjuku station in Tokyo…
2023-08-06 More Companies Seek to Recycle Solar Panels
Many plans designed to deal with climate change depend on the use of clean energy from the sun, or solar power. But the equipment necessary for solar power sometimes gets…
2023-08-06 AI System Finds First Possibly Dangerous Asteroid
A new artificial intelligence (AI) method has been used to identify an asteroid that could one day present a threat to Earth. Scientists made the discovery using a computer processing…
2023-08-05 New Rules Aim to Protect Valuable Horseshoe Crabs
New rules aim to protect horseshoe crabs, which are used in medical research, and also to support an endangered bird species. Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is used by researchers…
2023-08-05 Benjamin Harrison: Grandson
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Benjamin Harrison. His family name may sound familiar. That is because he was the grandson of President William Henry…
2023-08-05 ‘Run Something Up the Flagpole’ to Test an Idea
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Great ideas can be the lifeblood of any project. That means they can bring a project to life or even…
2023-08-05 US Colleges Ask for More Writing after Affirmative Action Ban
August 1 is the start of the new college admissions season in the United States. It is the day students can start to complete the Common Application for college admission…
2023-08-04 AM Radio Stations Oppose Removing AM Radios from Cars
The move by automobile manufacturers to include radios in cars nearly 100 years ago helped spread AM radio across the United States. But now, some carmakers want to stop providing…