2024-01-05 Ahead of Lunar New Year, Chinese Debate Fireworks Ban
Chinese lawmakers recently entered a fierce online debate on whether fireworks should be used to celebrate the Lunar New year this February. They said a total ban on fireworks in…
2024-01-05 Rappaccini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Part Two
Today, we complete the story “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Kay Gallant with the second and final part of “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Many years ago, a…
2024-01-05 What Does Slender Mean?
Hi there! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Nirmala about the meaning of the word “slender.” Question: Hello Teacher, I’m Nirmala. What does the word…
2024-01-04 Plane Crash in Tokyo Raises Design Concerns
Investigators are studying what went wrong when a Japanese coast guard aircraft and a passenger jet crashed into each other on Tuesday at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Officials want to…
2024-01-04 Forest Service Moving Trees to Save Them
Some important tree species native to the northwestern states in the U.S. are no longer growing well because of climate change. As conditions change in states such as Washington, Oregon…
2024-01-04 American Teenager Becomes First Human to Beat Video Game Tetris
A 13-year-old American boy has become the first person ever to beat the popular video game Tetris. The young gamer, Willis Gibson, completed 157 levels of Tetris before the game…
2024-01-04 Personification, Adjectives in ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’
Many Americans have returned to work or school as the holiday season comes to an end. Some traveled far to be with loved ones for Christmas and New Year’s Day.…
2024-01-03 Record Half-million Migrants Crossed Dangerous Darien Gap Last Year
A record 520,000 migrants crossed the difficult and dangerous Darien Gap wilderness area between Colombia and Panama in 2023. Panamanian officials say that total is more than double the number…
2024-01-03 Displaced Afghans Cross Borders to Survive
The desert in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan is filled with hundreds of thousands of people. Some live in tents. Others live out in the open after they were forced…
2024-01-03 Japanese Experiment Breaks Record for Internet Traffic Speed
Japanese researchers say they have broken the world speed record for sending internet data. The recent experiment involved sending data over fiber-optic lines enclosed inside cables. Fiber optic technology is…
2024-01-03 Lancashire Heeler: Small Dog with Big Smile
It is a small dog with a big “smile.” And it is ready to compete with 200 other kinds of dogs, known as breeds. Say hello to the Lancashire Heeler.…