2024-01-28 New Evidence Suggests Large Water Ice Supply near Mars’ Equator
A Mars explorer has discovered new evidence of a large amount of water ice buried near the planet’s equator. The discovery was made with data collected by the Mars Express…
2024-01-27 Thailand Aims for Lithium Production
Thailand hopes to start producing lithium from a mine in its southwest in about two years, government and business officials say. The mine could help the country become a center…
2024-01-27 Kenya Moving Rhinos to New Home
Kenya began its biggest rhino relocation project earlier this month. Workers began the difficult work of moving 21 of the endangered animals to a new home. They each weigh around…
2024-01-27 Snow Day? Don’t Be ‘Left Out in the Cold’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give definitions, examples, notes on usage, and…
2024-01-27 Apple’s Computer Launch Leads to Study of User Experience
Many people first heard about Apple’s Macintosh computer through a television commercial during the American football Super Bowl game in 1984. However, the commercial did not show a computer at…
2024-01-26 Scientists Map Largest Deep-Sea Coral Reef off US Atlantic Coast
Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef off America’s Atlantic coast. Researchers say the reef stretches about 500 kilometers from Florida to South Carolina. At some points, it is 109…
2024-01-26 245,000 Holocaust Survivors Are Still Alive
Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across more than 90 countries. A new report found that 49 percent of them are living in…
2024-01-26 2024 Academy Award Nominees: Surprises, Snubs and Fun Facts
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday announced the nominees for Hollywood’s highest movie awards — the Oscars. As usual, there were surprises. And there were snubs,…
2024-01-26 ‘The Fall of the House of Usher,’ by Edgar Allan Poe, Part One
We present the first of three parts of the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” by Edgar Allan Poe. The story was originally adapted and recorded by…
2024-01-26 Meanings of ‘As’
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Bill in China about the word “as.” Question Dear VOA, Thank you for your high quality American English…
2024-01-25 UN: Taliban Enforcing Restrictions on Single, Unaccompanied Women
A report from the United Nations says the Taliban are putting more and more restrictions on women in Afghanistan. The Taliban re-took power in Afghanistan after the United States withdrew…
2024-01-25 Croatian Artist Makes Life-size Sculptures with Matchsticks
Croatian artist Tomislav Horvat is not the first person to make models out of matchsticks, but he might be creating the largest projects. A matchstick is the short, thin piece…
2024-01-25 Japan’s Moon Lander Hits Its Target
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Thursday that its first lunar mission landed within 100 meters of its target over the weekend. Japan became the fifth country to reach…